Billy Billingham

Okay, so I'm Mark Billy Billingham, British, born in the UK, born into a family of five in the West Midlands, a very poor family. I was the middle child, which means I'm different. Middle children are different. We are rogue, and I was rogue. So where I grew up, it was all gangs at the time, and I gravitated. Peaky blinders?

I gravitated towards that, thinking that was, you know, those guys with a name in the street, and everyone knew him, and I thought, I want to be like that guy. Of course, looking back, I was wrong, but that's where I was going. At the age of nine, I joined a gang and I ended up stealing from an old man who kind of changed my life even at an early age.

I gravitated towards that, thinking that was, you know, those guys with a name in the street, and everyone knew him, and I thought, I want to be like that guy. Of course, looking back, I was wrong, but that's where I was going. At the age of nine, I joined a gang and I ended up stealing from an old man who kind of changed my life even at an early age.

I gravitated towards that, thinking that was, you know, those guys with a name in the street, and everyone knew him, and I thought, I want to be like that guy. Of course, looking back, I was wrong, but that's where I was going. At the age of nine, I joined a gang and I ended up stealing from an old man who kind of changed my life even at an early age.

Rather than giving me a good hiding, he took me to the side and said, listen, there's something about you. I want you to come to my boxing gym at the age of nine. And I went, you know, if you could imagine a nine-year-old today doing what I did, you've got to think about this.

Rather than giving me a good hiding, he took me to the side and said, listen, there's something about you. I want you to come to my boxing gym at the age of nine. And I went, you know, if you could imagine a nine-year-old today doing what I did, you've got to think about this.

Rather than giving me a good hiding, he took me to the side and said, listen, there's something about you. I want you to come to my boxing gym at the age of nine. And I went, you know, if you could imagine a nine-year-old today doing what I did, you've got to think about this.

I stole from an old man who, rather than giving me a night, tells me to go to a boxing club, which is in the pub, downtown, three miles from my house, in the snow, in February, pitch black. I'm nine years old, walking down to meet an old man at the back of a pub that I stole a hat from.

I stole from an old man who, rather than giving me a night, tells me to go to a boxing club, which is in the pub, downtown, three miles from my house, in the snow, in February, pitch black. I'm nine years old, walking down to meet an old man at the back of a pub that I stole a hat from.

I stole from an old man who, rather than giving me a night, tells me to go to a boxing club, which is in the pub, downtown, three miles from my house, in the snow, in February, pitch black. I'm nine years old, walking down to meet an old man at the back of a pub that I stole a hat from.

He took me in the gym, taught me all about boxing and I won't go too deep into all this, but what he said to me was boxing is not a sport of brutality. Boxing is a poor man's game of chess. It's about reading what's in front of you, having respect for what's in front of you, having respect for yourself, the sport. It's about anticipating the next move and always being one step ahead.

He took me in the gym, taught me all about boxing and I won't go too deep into all this, but what he said to me was boxing is not a sport of brutality. Boxing is a poor man's game of chess. It's about reading what's in front of you, having respect for what's in front of you, having respect for yourself, the sport. It's about anticipating the next move and always being one step ahead.

He took me in the gym, taught me all about boxing and I won't go too deep into all this, but what he said to me was boxing is not a sport of brutality. Boxing is a poor man's game of chess. It's about reading what's in front of you, having respect for what's in front of you, having respect for yourself, the sport. It's about anticipating the next move and always being one step ahead.

And his final words to me said, no matter how good you are or think you are, you will have a moment where it's going to be hard and you'll feel you can't do it. You've got to say to yourself, I can go always a little further. And you will. And it's the reason we do what on the show. 20 years later, I joined the SAS.

And his final words to me said, no matter how good you are or think you are, you will have a moment where it's going to be hard and you'll feel you can't do it. You've got to say to yourself, I can go always a little further. And you will. And it's the reason we do what on the show. 20 years later, I joined the SAS.

And his final words to me said, no matter how good you are or think you are, you will have a moment where it's going to be hard and you'll feel you can't do it. You've got to say to yourself, I can go always a little further. And you will. And it's the reason we do what on the show. 20 years later, I joined the SAS.

On the clock tower, which is a tower where people's names go on if you don't survive. All my unfallen comrades are on there. You know, you have to beat the clock. That's a saying. On the day I joined the SES, I went and read the collect and the final words underneath was always a little further. And I went back to be nine years old and the air's on the back of my neck. And that's my mantra. Wow.

On the clock tower, which is a tower where people's names go on if you don't survive. All my unfallen comrades are on there. You know, you have to beat the clock. That's a saying. On the day I joined the SES, I went and read the collect and the final words underneath was always a little further. And I went back to be nine years old and the air's on the back of my neck. And that's my mantra. Wow.

On the clock tower, which is a tower where people's names go on if you don't survive. All my unfallen comrades are on there. You know, you have to beat the clock. That's a saying. On the day I joined the SES, I went and read the collect and the final words underneath was always a little further. And I went back to be nine years old and the air's on the back of my neck. And that's my mantra. Wow.

I've gone off at a tangent. That's how I was growing up. 13, I got thrown out of school. 11, I was in juvenile court for being in a gang, fighting. I was shaming on my family. I was putting a lot of pressure on my mom and dad. And I knew I was. My mom, as every mom does, he got in with her own crowd. I was their own crowd. I knew what I was doing. And kids do know. So there's lesson one.