I was always brought up to have a cup of tea at halfway up a rock face.

Survival requires us to leave our prejudices at home. It's about doing whatever it takes - and ultimately those with the biggest heart will win.

Above all, I feel a quiet pride that for the rest of my days I can look at myself in the mirror and know that once upon a time I was good enough. Good enough to call myself a member of the SAS. Some things don’t have a price tag.

Being brave isn't the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.

The hardest thing about my job isn't the snake bites or the crocodiles, it's being away from my children. I have a really religious satellite phone call every day back to the boys, wherever we are, whatever time zone, to say goodnight.

The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.

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