I always refused to give in if there was some argument with my father. Whether it was true or not, I refused to admit it and so often I would - well, tell lies, perhaps. I would either do that or change the story. Particularly if I felt that my father was being unjust, then I was very strongly motivated to not accept his ruling.

Adventuring can be for the ordinary person with ordinary qualities, such as I regard myself.

It's all bullshit on Everest these days.

With practice and focus, you can extend yourself far more than you ever believed possible.

People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.

I would like to be remembered for the schools and hospitals and bridges and all the other activities that we did with the Sherpas. Unquestionably, they are the things I feel that were the most worthwhile of everything I was involved in.

No one remembers who climbed Mount Everest the second time.