Why is it that the finish line always tends to appear just after the point at which we most want to give up? is it the universe's way of reserving the best for those who can give the most? What I do know, from nature, is that the dawn only appears after the darkest hour.

There is no feeling like coming home after danger.

Survival is not about being fearless. It's about making a decision, getting on and doing it, because I want to see my kids again, or whatever the reason might be.

There's no magic to running far or climbing Everest. Endurance is mental strength. It's all about heart.

That feeling when you're so cold you'd give anything to be warm - I've had it before, literally huddled around a candle flame on an ice sheet.

I love Ray Mears. He's brilliant. He's so rude about me in the press, it's outrageous!

I think viewers quite like it when I'm suffering or eating or drinking something horrible or really up against it in some quicksand or whatever.