Sometimes it's hard for us to believe, really believe, that God cares and wants good things for us and doesn't just want us to go off and give everything up and become missionaries in Burundi.

All worthwhile journeys have big obstacles. It's the way of the world. The rewards go to those who can push through those trying moments and still manage to keep a smile on their face.

The difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word - extra. And for me, I had always grown up with the belief that if someone succeeds it is because they are brilliant or talented or just better than me... and the more of these words I heard the smaller I always felt! But the truth is often very different... and for me to learn that ordinary me can achieve something extra-ordinary by giving that little bit extra, when everyone else gives up, meant the world to me and I really clung to it.

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

And Jesus, the heart of the Christian faith is the wildest, most radical guy you'd ever come across.

You only get one chance at life and you have to grab it boldly.

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