As British Prime Minister Tony Blair turns 50 on Tuesday, a new interview with the politician reveals how he feels about reaching the landmark age.
"Funnily enough, I don't feel 50 – at all," he tells the UK's Saga magazine, a publication aimed at more mature readers. "I feel great physically. I do more exercise today than I've done since I was at school."
There is one thing the father of four has noted, however. "When I was young, I paid more regard to intellect than judgment," he says. "As I've got older, I pay more regard to judgment than intellect."
In the future, the PM says he'd like to study science and Spanish – subjects he wishes he'd pursued more in the past. "I think back to things I'd like to have done at school, science for instance, at which I was absolutely hopeless, and in which I've now become extremely interested."
In the meantime, Mr Blair has his hands full raising three teenagers – Euan, Nicholas and Kathryn – and toddler Leo. It's his three-year-old, he says, that keeps him young. "'Elderly father' - that's what worries me," he jokes.
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