Our dreams are just wishes, if we never follow them through with action. And in life, you have got to be able to light your own fire.

In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.

You can't live someone else's expectations in life. It's a recipe for disaster.

One thing I know for sure: it is only by doing what we fear that we can ever truly learn to be brave.

I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.

Life doesn't reward the naturally clever or strong but those who can learn to fight and work hard and never quit.

The rules of survival never change, whether you're in a desert or in an arena.