Eddie the Eagle

When I started competing, I was so broke that I had to tie my helmet with a piece of string. On one…

— Eddie the Eagle

Sport on TV is so boring.

— Eddie the Eagle

In my case, there are only two kinds of hope - Bob Hope and no hope.

— Eddie the Eagle

I was the best ski jumper in the United Kingdom.

— Eddie the Eagle

I broke my jaw jumping, and I broke my back and my neck in the downhill. This is normal for me.

— Eddie the Eagle

I don't regard myself as an entertainer. I don't think that's where my talents lie. It always feels a bit uncomfortable.

— Eddie the Eagle

Where is it written that the Olympics are only for winners?

— Eddie the Eagle

The press portrayed me as a joke and a clown.

— Eddie the Eagle

I want to be recognised as exemplifying the Olympic spirit - one of the last true Olympians.

— Eddie the Eagle

My mum was wonderful.

— Eddie the Eagle

I was like the George Clooney of the ski business.

— Eddie the Eagle

When I plummeted into infamy in the Calgary Olympics, I never thought that a film would be made about my life.

— Eddie the Eagle

That James Bond movie? The one where Bond skis off a cliff, shucks his skis, and parachutes to the ground? That's for…

— Eddie the Eagle

I was a true amateur and embodied what the Olympic spirit is all about. To me, competing was all that mattered.

— Eddie the Eagle

I wore No. 24 at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada - one bib on the back and one on the…

— Eddie the Eagle

When I trained with the Japanese team, there we'd be singing Oasis songs at the top of our voices at the top…

— Eddie the Eagle

The births of my two girls were wonderful - I felt proud to have helped bring new life into this world.

— Eddie the Eagle

It's nice and restful, plastering.

— Eddie the Eagle

People say I wasn't a real athlete, but I trained hard. It's possible to take something seriously and still have fun at…

— Eddie the Eagle

The worst thing that happened to me as a child was seeing my brother get pushed into a cement mixer.

— Eddie the Eagle

It takes a lot of guts to jump. If people criticise, I would give them a set of skis and say, 'Do…

— Eddie the Eagle

I did a tandem parachute jump when I opened a golf course in Atlanta, Georgia. I jumped out of a plane at…

— Eddie the Eagle

The only airline I avoid like the plague is Ryanair. I don't like that, when you book, there are then all of…

— Eddie the Eagle

Once I was making £10,000 for an hour's work, but there have been years where my promotional stuff has brought in only…

— Eddie the Eagle

I had no money, no training facilities, no snow, no ski jumps, no trainer, but I still managed to ski jump for…

— Eddie the Eagle