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

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.

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

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.

Anti-intellectualism remains strongly entrenched in many parts of the church, but it is grounded in fear, not in faith. (p. 19)

Money cannot buy friendship.

What's the point of being an Australian guy traveling through India if you are going to go to India to meet other Australians?

Who said I can't wear my Converse With my dress, well baby That's just me!

The reason why lovers are never bored together is that they are always talking of themselves.

Hell is a place where you have nothing to do but amuse yourself.

That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings.

Mitt Romney has made it clear that he believes that President Obama was born in the U.S.

At the end of the day, the only thing I can do is keep working on it, keep giving myself chances, and it's going to happen.

I heard that in relativity theory, space and time are the same thing. Einstein discovered this when he kept showing up three miles late for his meetings.