I love Ray Mears. He's brilliant. He's so rude about me in the press, it's outrageous!

I never wanted to do TV. I just did what I was trained to do through the Special Forces, and I've been doing that from a very young age.

The rules of survival never change, whether you're in a desert or in an arena.

If you risk nothing you gain nothing

Is your ego small enough, and your backbone strong enough, to raise others up high on your shoulders?

Sometimes an ember is all we need.

I've seen extreme bravery from the least likely of people. Life is about the moments when it's all gone wrong. That's when we define ourselves.

You don't need to go to the ends of the earth, you don't need to climb Everest to have a great adventure, it's invariably on our doorstep.

A wise man knows; learn from others, never get complacent and know where the classic old dangers come from.

Live a wild, generous full, exciting life – blessing those around you and seeing the good in all.

There is no feeling like coming home after danger.

I've learned my lesson. I know nothing.

The world turns gray, the air grows cool, the fog blows in. Only at evening can you really value home.

We strive for beauty and balance, the sensual over the sentimental.

Feeding a baby is like filling a hole with putty - you get it in and then you sort of shave off all the excess around the hole and get it back in, like you're spackling.

A lord may love the men that he commands, but he cannot be a friend to them. One day he may need to sit in judgement on them, or send them forth to die.

My mother says I'm like a disease that can walk into a room and get it infected. I can destroy things in seconds.

The compelled mother loves her child as the caged bird sings. The song does not justify the cage nor the love the enforcement.

I don't wanta hear all your word descriptions of words words words you made up all winter, man I wanta be enlightened by actions.

Life itself, however, flows and is sequential and punishes those who try to compartmentalize it.

The most innocent heart is generally the most credulous.