Life is an adventure that is best lived boldly

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.

Change the way you use your time, and you change your life.

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

The lesson is, the rewards in life don't always go to the biggest, or the bravest, or the smartest. The rewards go to the dogged; and when your going though hell, to the person who just keeps going.

I try and eat really healthy when I'm home, but I certainly don't eat worms and snakes.

I am not fearless. I get scared plenty. But I have also learned how to channel that emotion to sharpen me.