If You Risk Nothing You Gain Nothing

Why Is It That The Finish Line Always Tends To Appear Just After The Point At Which We Most Want To Give Up? Is It The Universe's Way Of Reserving The Best For Those Who Can Give The Most? What I Do Know, From Nature, Is That The Dawn Only Appears After The Darkest Hour.

People Ask Me, "how Do I Succeed?" Whatever It Is They Do, I Say, "go And Find 20 Ways Of Messing It Up. By 21, You'll Be Getting There." Life Is An Adventure, Go Back With Cuts, Scars And Bruises.

Our Dreams Are Just Wishes, If We Never Follow Them Through With Action. And In Life, You Have Got To Be Able To Light Your Own Fire.

The Hardest Thing About My Job Isn't The Snake Bites Or The Crocodiles, It's Being Away From My Children. I Have A Really Religious Satellite Phone Call Every Day Back To The Boys, Wherever We Are, Whatever Time Zone, To Say Goodnight.

A Friend Once Asked Me What Qualities Were Needed For Sas. I Would Say To Be Self-motivated And Resilient; To Be Calm, Yet Have The Ability To Smile When It Is Grim; To Be Unflappable, Be Able To React Fast And To Have An ‘improvise, Adapt And Overcome’ Mentality.