A lot of people who work with wildlife work with wildlife to satisfy their own egos. And I don't really agree with that. What I do is get in nice and close to the animal to make the animal look good. My aim in this world is to make that brown snake, that crocodile, that koala, that red-backed spider, that black widow, look good. That's my job. I have absolutely no problem with my ego or my staff's ego.

You know, you can touch a stick of dynamite, but if you touch a venomous snake it'll turn around and bite you and kill you so fast it's not even funny.

My belief is that what comes across on the television is a capture of my enthusiasm and my passion for wildlife.

Born a wildlife warrior, die a wildlife warrior.

Australia has one of the worst mammalian extinction rates in the world.

I have no fear of losing my life - if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, mate, I will save it.

I get called an adrenaline junkie every other minute, and I'm just fine with that.