Time and experience have taught me that fame and money very rarely go to the worthy, by the way - hence we shouldn't ever be too impressed by either of those impostors. Value folk for who they are, how they live and what they give - that's a much better benchmark.

I do see a lot of the hard end of ecology, and my feeling is that we live on a super-exciting planet but a super-fragile one.

Both faith and fear may sail into your harbor, but only allow faith to drop anchor.

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

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

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

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