It's kind of too movie-like to say, "When I started climbing, I knew I wanted to climb Everest some day." Instead, I just started rock climbing as a kid, when I was 16, and then I started teaching and a buddy of mine started taking me out.
Erik WeihenmayerPeople have the inner resources to become anything they want to be. Challenge just becomes the vehicle for tapping into those inner resources.
Erik Weihenmayer