I think every child in every country, not just South Africa, every year should go to a national park, and it should be part of their basic curriculum.

Sometimes we set boundaries for ourselves in life, or even worse, we allow others to do so. In many cases, these boundaries are just in our mind and need to be pushed away.

Ordinary won't change the world.

We have to appreciate that we are part of nature, we must work with nature; the environment is our lifeline.

Very few things which are really worth achieving come easily. Sometimes they do, but most of the time you really have to work hard and cleverly.

I love swimming, swimming's my passion and I hope I swim until the last day of my life, so I really, really do enjoy swimming, but swimming for me is simply a way of carrying a message.

Britain has bred many great explorers, but they seem to get so little coverage compared to soccer and rugby players.

You shouldn't be able to do a swim at the North Pole, it should be frozen over.

If you've got a problem and you multiply it by 50-million people, it becomes unsolvable, but if you've got a problem and you divide it by 50-million people, it becomes solvable.

I was very, very lucky because I started swimming when most of the landmarks in the world had not been swum.

Mount Everest is a very spiritual place, it's a beautiful mountain.

Despite my excellent mood, I don't have any sympathy for Romney. If he'd been a good candidate he wouldn't have had a different campaign for every month on the calendar.

I love being in America.

Dance is your pulse, your heartbeat, your breathing. It's the rhythm of your life. It's the expression in time and movement,in happiness, joy, sadness and envy.

Banking was conceived in iniquity and born in sin.

Why should I stretch? Does a cheetah stretch before it chases its prey?

Dream big and stay true to yourself as you pursue your dreams.

I live to succeed, not to please you or anyone else.

The conscience is eternal and never dies. Peace if possible, but truth at any rate.

I’ve always said to people, "I don’t care what you call me as long as the checks don’t bounce and the family gets fed." But I never saw myself that way. I just saw myself as a novelist.

ISIS and Iran have declared war on America, and we need a commander in chief who will do everything necessary to keep our children safe.