Len Goodman Quotes

Your money is like your willy, it only grows if you play with it

I'm a cup of tea in a world of lattes.

It's never too early to panic.

The thing with children is they're a bit like baking a fruitcake: you throw all the ingredients in but you never know how they're going to turn out.

The truth is, I've been lucky. But just like the waltz, life has its own rhythm of rise and fall.

You have to speak your mind, but without being cruel.

The trouble when you die is that everyone says you were nice. I would like to be thought of as genuinely nice. I would like there to be people who can honestly say: "Len! Oh yeah, there was more good than bad in him.

Children give life a reason to be - they make life.

On the dance floor, as much as you say, 'Ladies, you are the car. He is the driver. You can only go where he takes you,' they still try to be in control.

I won't eat anything I can't spell or wouldn't tread in.

You got to risk it if you want the biscuit.

There are no gentlemen in anything competitive - you want to win.

As you get older, things conk out. It's a bit like a car. As long as it's something the mechanics can fix, you can chug on for a few more thousand miles.

I've got a great life. It's a shame the work gets in the way of the golf, really.

I'm passionate about old people because I am one myself.

I always think of a show like a plant - a little pruning now and then keeps it healthy, but you shouldn't pull it out and chop the roots up.

I always tell the adults at my dance school, 'Men, you are going to have to do something that you are absolutely not used to: you have got to take command and be the boss.' Because - and this is just an observation - women get their way.

I'm a technophobe. I can't crack the iPhone, and the extent of my multitasking is being able to talk while I make a drink.

I am good in bed - I don't snore. I don't take the duvet. I just lay there and go straight off to sleep. That's all you want out of a bloke.

I am a little bit of a softie, yes. Actually I don't think it's softness, I think it's kindness.

I haven't danced since 1973; I'm too old.

I can't do most things, if I'm honest, but cooking I definitely can't do.

Obviously you can't please everyone. I'm sure some people say, 'Bloody old Len Goodman gets on my nerves.

Life is precious and relationships are precious. I'm a great believer in family.

I've never really been very good at marriage. It's one of my failures. I've tried my best, but I do realise the common denominator is me; it's something I'm doing.