You Can't Live Someone Else's Expectations In

Above All, I Feel A Quiet Pride That For The Rest Of My Days I Can Look At Myself In The Mirror And Know That Once Upon A Time I Was Good Enough. Good Enough To Call Myself A Member Of The Sas. Some Things Don’t Have A Price Tag.

The Lesson Is, The Rewards In Life Don't Always Go To The Biggest, Or The Bravest, Or The Smartest. The Rewards Go To The Dogged; And When Your Going Though Hell, To The Person Who Just Keeps Going.

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.

I Think Fire Is So Critical In The Wild. You Can Cook With It, You Can Make Tools, You Can Deter A Predator, You Can Dry Your Clothes And You Get That Element Of Morale That Matters So Much When You're Stuck In The Middle Of Nowhere.

I Come From A Line Of Self-motivated, Determined Folk - Not Grand, Not High Society, But No-nonsense, Family-minded Go-getters.