If you risk nothing you gain nothing

I think fire is so critical in the wild. You can cook with it, you can make tools, you can deter a predator, you can dry your clothes and you get that element of morale that matters so much when you're stuck in the middle of nowhere.

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

Never depend on those luck moments – they are gifts – but instead always build your own back-up plan.

The only difference between 'try' and 'triumph' is varying degrees of 'umph'

I come from a line of self-motivated, determined folk - not grand, not high society, but no-nonsense, family-minded go-getters.

Our achievements are generally limited only by the beliefs we impose on ourselves.