Len Goodman
Len Goodman
Leonard Gordon Goodman is an English professional ballroom dancer, dance judge, and coach. He appears on television dance programmes such as Strictly Come Dancing and Dancing with the Stars. He also runs a ballroom dance school in Dartford, Kent...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionDancer
Date of Birth25 April 1944
CityBromley, England
children giving reason
Children give life a reason to be - they make life.
winning gentleman want
There are no gentlemen in anything competitive - you want to win.
common very-good realising
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.
speak-your-mind mind speak
You have to speak your mind, but without being cruel.
home broken parent
I come from a broken home. My parents split up when I was nine. Everyone gave me a good wallop. But I come from a time when you just put up with that, you got on with things rather than sitting moaning about them.
growing-up people annoyed
I get so annoyed at people not looking after their parents. The deal is when we are growing up they look after us and as they grow older we look after them. That's the deal.
sleep want duvets
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.
kindness thinking littles
I am a little bit of a softie, yes. Actually I don't think it's softness, I think it's kindness.
horse racing trying
I try to keep myself in the best of company and my horses in the worst of company.
nice people trouble
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.
havens
I haven't danced since 1973; I'm too old.
car trying drivers
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.
people passionate old-people
I'm passionate about old people because I am one myself.
golf way shame
I've got a great life. It's a shame the work gets in the way of the golf, really.