I'm past carrying out some of the wishes that I would have wanted to do before, but I still dream about what I would like to do if I was able to do so.

It's all bullshit on Everest these days.

If the going is tough and the pressure is on, If the reserves of strength have been drained and the summit is still not in sight, then the quality to seek in the person is neither great strength nor quickness of hand, but rather a resolute mind firmly set on its purpose that refuses to let its body slack or rest.

I have discovered that even the mediocre can have adventures and even the fearful can achieve.

Nothing can replace courage, a resounding motivation and that little bit of luck.

I get older I get more cantankerous, but June [Hillary] gets a bit more cantankerous, too.

When you go to the mountains, you see them and you admire them. In a sense, they give you a challenge, and you try to express that challenge by climbing them.