I just used to have a really normal life, working in an office.

Be mindful of the link between present action and desired future outcome. Ask yourself: if I repeat today’s actions 365 times, will I be where I want to be in a year?

Compared with the awesome might and eternal power of the ocean, no human being can fail to be reminded of their own insignificance.

The bigger the challenge, the bigger the sense of accomplishment when you get to the end of it.

I don't own designer clothes, or a sports car, or a huge house, but I am seeing the world, experiencing amazing things, and I have become an environmental campaigner.

My advice is don't keep asking yourself if you can do something. Just get out there and do it. You can really surprise yourself.

I have learned to acknowledge and appreciate the 98% that I have achieved instead of the 2% that I didn't.

Ocean rowing is very much what you make it. Rowing technique is pretty irrelevant on the ocean. It's the psychology that's important.

It's amazing how resourceful you can become when you're in the middle of the ocean and there's only one way to get to the other side.

I'm not claiming to be anything out of the ordinary. I am not especially big or strong or brave or intrepid.

I am a rolling stone, never in one place for very long.

But you were concerned about making sure things, you know, didn't get serious.""Yeah, because I'm an idiot.

Easter is God throwing everything at death so that I can give everything to life.

I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.

Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time to fasting and prayer.

Let's leave one alive so that it can be lonely.

It is not necessary to smile and make a wonderful impression on the judges.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

One of my mottos for living is: never eat on a boat, unless you own the boat.

The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.

Ya gotta do what ya gotta do.