I met Sir Jim Ratcliffe through a friend four years ago when he was interested in buying Chelsea, and I was immediately impressed by one thing.
He came down to the reception of his office to meet me and I’m thinking, ‘He’s an important man, but he’s being respectful’. It was nothing to do with that. His office was on the eighth floor and he said, ‘Do you mind if we walk up the stairs? I like to do this a few times a day’. So it was all just part of his exercise regime!
I walked with him, stair for stair, and that dedication to his fitness left an impression on me.