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.

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.

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.

You can't become a decent horseman until you fall off and get up again, a good number of times. There's life in a nutshell.

I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves.

As he stood in the darkness, his eyes glistened and that’s when I knew my light found its traction.

I don't have a command for 'stop wagging your tail'.

Shabelsky: O mind of genius, you think up things for everyone and teach everyone, but why not for once teach me... Teach me, great brain, show me the way out...

My fans are pretty normal, they are always really nice and polite, and they don't interrupt my meals.

This truth must be recognized as a dogma and assume the validity of an axiom in the general understanding of painting

Fashion is about fun, you know, and I think a lot of people forget that sometimes.

What worries me is the professionalism of everything.

We can't tell an electorate...when you have something like in excess of 300 million people without any access to electricity at all that you have to put a cap on this.

Beyond doubt, there was a certain splendor in pain, which bore a deep affinity to the splendor that lies hidden within strength.