People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.

It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.

I will come again & conquer you because as a mountain you can't grow, but as a human, I can

With practice and focus, you can extend yourself far more than you ever believed possible.

Mount Everest, you beat me the first time, but I'll beat you the next time because you've grown all you are going to grow... but I'm still growing!

You don't have to be a hero to accomplish great things---to compete. You can just be an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals.

Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain.

Life's a bit like mountaineering - never look down.

I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.

Motivation is the single most important factor in any sort of success.

I have discovered that even the mediocre can have adventures and even the fearful can achieve.

Change occurs slowly. Very often a legal change might take place but the cultural shift required to really accept its spirit lingers in the wings for decades.

If evil had a laugh, she thought it would sound like his.

If I'm on location on some island, we usually get up at four in the morning to set up. By seven thirty, we're on the beach working until noon, then we rest. It's not exactly a vacation.

I only met Joan Rivers once. But when she passed away, it felt like a part of me went away, too.

Once you begin to acknowledge random acts of kindness-both the ones you have received and the ones you have given - you can no longer believe that what you do does not matter.

It is astonishing what a lot of odd minutes one can catch during the day, if one really sets about it.

My dream writing room would be the Imperial Library in Vienna.

I'm a believer that satellite radio, whether I'm on it or not, will take off.

I've been trolled lots. But I understand trolls for what they are and I don't let them get to me. They take my bait, so I'm in charge of the discourse.

Optimism is an essential ingredient of innovation. How else can the individual welcome change over security, adventure over staying in safe places?