Do you do that now when you work with less experienced people?

“I try to. Most definitely there’s a responsibility to hand down the knowledge you have. Either you’re the kind of person that likes to keep secret and is afraid of the other people you’re working with, or you want to see talent at its best.

“It’s even better if you’re in the room with them because they’ll also improve you. Whatever level they’re playing at you’ll try and meet it, so it’s an important thing to always nurture the next group going through.”

What’s the best advice to give in this game?

“I think the most important advice, which I probably learnt from myself, is not to take anything for granted and not to presume that because today is going a certain way tomorrow will be the same.

“That’s something I learnt from the times that I wasn’t in the position to be allowed to work. When you really feel like this is your job, but you have to do something else because you’re unemployed in the one you really want to do.

“It makes you appreciate things and realise how precious it is.”