Dreams, though, are cheap, and the real task comes when you start putting in place the steps needed to make those dreams a reality.

What Scouting says to people is: Every child has a right to have an adventure. Life is about grabbing opportunities

I learnt another valuable lesson that night: listen to the quiet voice inside. Intuition is the noise of the mind.

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.

Exercise helps my back. If I don't exercise, that's when it starts to hurt. The pain is a good motivator to run and exercise.

One thing I know for sure: it is only by doing what we fear that we can ever truly learn to be brave.

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.