We can't keep throwing stuff away at this alarming rate, thinking this planet is indestructible. — Jay Blades Alarming Copy Share Image
I never remember any police officer being brought around our area to do good, to investigate a crime, to sort something out. — Jay Blades Good Copy Share Image
Growing up on a council estate in Hackney, you didn't show emotion or vulnerability. — Jay Blades Growing up Copy Share Image
My charity lost its funding and my marriage broke down and I felt like a failure and I couldn't go on. — Jay Blades Broke Copy Share Image
There's so much stuff that the normal person doesn't know that historians know. — Jay Blades History Copy Share Image
The item I prize in the kitchen is the mixing bowl, which can represent the start of something beautiful. — Jay Blades Beautiful Copy Share Image
No matter where you are in your life, no matter what you think you can't achieve, there are some people that are… — Jay Blades Achieve Copy Share Image
I went to a school that was predominantly white, and I was one of the first wave of black kids. — Jay Blades Black Copy Share Image
Once I got a letter from a doctor and I had to go out into the street and ask someone what it… — Jay Blades Doctor Copy Share Image
When you've been in that state - call it a no man's land, because a future can't be seen. People say, 'Why… — Jay Blades Alive Copy Share Image
You have to make a mistake to succeed. If anybody came to you and says 'I'm always winning,' something's not right there.… — Jay Blades Failure Copy Share Image
School had two big influences on me. First, the racism I received - being called names and having eight people out to… — Jay Blades Food Copy Share Image
Even when we decided to home school our daughter, I would be there for all the practical things - bringing her into… — Jay Blades Children Copy Share Image
There is a lot of support out there, and a lot of local support, so just tap into the resources around you.… — Jay Blades Family Copy Share Image
People find it amazing that somebody can't read. It's like not everybody is a David Beckham, not everybody can kick the ball… — Jay Blades Amazing Copy Share Image
I wasn't aware of how important food was until I was at real rock bottom. When I was 46, I sat in… — Jay Blades Back Copy Share Image
No matter where you are in life, no matter what you think you can't achieve, there are people ready to support you… — Jay Blades Achieve Copy Share Image
I felt proud of Hackney before but now even more so with the history. Some of the history is dark, but you… — Jay Blades Dark Copy Share Image
I could read a little bit, I think I suffered a lot of racism when I entered school and my learning just… — Jay Blades Could Copy Share Image
For years, I'd run community groups. I was the person people would come to when their children were arrested, something was going… — Jay Blades Children Copy Share Image
It's all about sustainability, it's all about teaching the next generation as to what they should be doing and what they can… — Jay Blades Craft Copy Share Image
I think when you don't see tomorrow and you don't see yourself in tomorrow, you're in that kind of zone and it's… — Jay Blades Come Copy Share Image
Me being on TV is hopefully encouraging people to say, well, Jay's done this from where he's come from. I'm sure we… — Jay Blades Difficulties Copy Share Image
I've seen more men crying on 'The Repair Shop' than I have in the entire rest of my life. — Jay Blades Life Copy Share Image
You can't beat a traditional afternoon tea - I drink about 10 cups of tea a day and have a very sweet tooth. — Jay Blades Afternoon Copy Share Image
I think one of the areas that's developed a lot with having dyslexia, for me, is confidence. — Jay Blades Confidence Copy Share Image
Reading is something most people do every day and I didn't know it would mean so much to me. — Jay Blades Day Copy Share Image
The biggest repair job we have done on 'The Repair Shop' is me. — Jay Blades Biggest Copy Share Image
My alarm is set for six o'clock but every day at half five, I'm up - let's go, let's go! — Jay Blades Alarm Copy Share Image
I take on any challenge and I push myself to the extreme where sometimes it can be detrimental. — Jay Blades Challenge Copy Share Image
When I was 16, I landed a job at a modelling agency in Bond Street, and those guys introduced me to a… — Jay Blades Bond Copy Share Image
If you make something, your mental health will benefit. It could be something really small, but every day you will have a… — Jay Blades Day Copy Share Image
What we are asking the consumer to do is learn to buy and have habits in a completely different way. To think… — Jay Blades Car Copy Share Image
I'm one of these ever-romantics, 'This is the one. No, there's another one. She's the one. She's the one. She's the one.'… — Jay Blades Another Copy Share Image
