I Am A Lucky Man. I Have

People Do Not Decide To Become Extraordinary. They Decide To Accomplish Extraordinary Things.

I Have Discovered That Even The Mediocre Can Have Adventures And Even The Fearful Can Achieve.

If I'm Selecting A Group, The First Thing I Look For Is A Record Of Achievement . . . If (candidates Achieve) In Small Things, There's A Very Good Chance They'll Perform Well In Big Things.

No One Remembers Who Climbed Mount Everest The Second Time.

June [hillary] Had Been Doing All These Things - The Himalayas And All The Rest Of It - So We Had Done Things Together For A Long Time, And, Particularly As Far As Our Sherpas Were Concerned, We Had A Very Sound, I Think, Philosophy. So That Made It Very Easy For Us To Agree On What Should Be Done.