I think every child in every country, not just South Africa, every year should go to a national park, and it should be part of their basic curriculum.

We have to appreciate that we are part of nature, we must work with nature; the environment is our lifeline.

I've seen some glaciers in the world which have been, which are just turquoise blue blue glaciers up in the Arctic. It's tragic to think that because of climate change, because of man's actions, they're melting away.

I was very, very lucky because I started swimming when most of the landmarks in the world had not been swum.

Ordinary won't change the world.

If you've got a problem and you multiply it by 50-million people, it becomes unsolvable, but if you've got a problem and you divide it by 50-million people, it becomes solvable.

I had a dream , okay, go do a swim off Antarctica, and I'd train in Gauteng and just dive into the sea off Antarctica... You've really got to do a simulated test as best you can in South Africa before you go off.