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

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 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.

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.

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

Cherish every moment with those you love at every stage of your journey.

Medical professionals, not insurance company bureaucrats, should be making health care decisions.

Love alone could waken love.

Kant thinks of judgment as a special faculty or talent of the mind, not reducible to discursive reasoning but cultivated through experience and practice.

I like to feel that what I'm doing portrays this: a family where there is love between mother, father and the kids. It's a subject that is near and dear to me.

Wyoming is good, but Montana is like heaven on earth.

True repentance also involves reform.

Whilst our Hearts are violently set upon any thing, there is no convincing us that we shall ever be of another Mind.

You will get the most attention from those who hate you. No friend, no admirer and no partner will flatter you with as much curiosity.

There's no need to imagine that you're a wondrous beauty, because that's what you are.