The rewards of the wild and the rewards of the survivor go to those who can dig deep, and, ultimately, to the guy who can stay alive.

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

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.

The difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word - extra.

Make a little time to be quiet by yourself every day and just be.

A friend once asked me what qualities were needed for SAS. I would say to be self-motivated and resilient; to be calm, yet have the ability to smile when it is grim; to be unflappable, be able to react fast and to have an ‘improvise, adapt and overcome’ mentality.

The extremes of jungles, mountains, and deserts are inherently dangerous places.