FACTBOX - London Mayor Boris Johnson in his own words

LONDON (Reuters) - Here is a collection of quotes by Boris Johnson, 43, who was elected London's new mayor on Friday:

ON HIS CHANCES OF LEADING THE COUNTRY

"My chances of being prime minister are about as good as the chances of finding Elvis on Mars, or my being reincarnated as an olive."

AFTER BEING SACKED FROM THE CONSERVATIVE FRONT BENCH

"My friends, as I have discovered myself, there are no disasters, only opportunities. And, indeed, opportunities for fresh disasters."

ON THE 2005 CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADERSHIP CONTEST

"I'm supporting David Cameron purely out of cynical self-interest.

ON FORMER PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR

"It is just flipping unbelievable. He is a mixture of Harry Houdini and a greased piglet. He is barely human in his elusiveness. Nailing Blair is like trying to pin jelly to a wall."