It's unresolved conflict in my life that I have a lovely family and a risky job.

Our dreams are just wishes, if we never follow them through with action. And in life, you have got to be able to light your own fire.

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.

For me, my training is a key part of my work as so often my life has depended on being able to move fast and haul myself up and out of something fast!

My faith is an important part of my life and over the years I've learnt that it takes a proud man to say he doesn't need anything. It has been a quiet strength and a backbone through a lot of difficult times.

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

When I'm in 'Man vs. Wild' mode, it's not pleasure. Every sensor is firing and I'm on reserve power all the time and I'm digging deep - and that's the magic of it as well, and that's raw and it's great.