Quotes from Terri Irwin

I found that Steve's passion for wildlife and willingness to lay his life on the line so exciting.

Living with Steve was like standing in a cyclone. Then we lost him. It was like the wind stopped.

We've got that family opportunity of always filming together, so we can look back on good times anytime we want.

I don't know a single surfer who would say, 'Gee, I wish there were no sharks in the ocean.'

I discovered on my own that I could cope better with the crippling effects of grief by taking care of myself, eating right, and working out.

To me, Steve was my Prince Charming. He was my happily ever after, and we got that. We got 14 years of marriage; we had the best, most fantastic, adventurous, wonderful life that you could imagine. And I was very happy with that.

Bindi's been filming with us since she first hatched.

You can't focus on yourself. You need to focus on what you're doing for others, and then you can start to heal.

Good nutrition and regular exercise definitely help you cope with life's dramas.

I think, for other people who have lost someone and have loved again, it's a beautiful thing. But it's just not really on my horizon.

It pays to be in the best shape possible when you're wrangling the largest reptiles on Earth!

I have friends who have lost husbands and have gone off and tried different things. Nothing wrong with that.

You might not think of 'conservation' immediately when you think of Russell Crowe, but he is a great conservationist in his own right.

Your grief path is yours alone, and no one else can walk it, and no one else can understand it.

Australia and New Zealand have traditionally shared very close links, yet there are things that set us apart and make us unique - Australia's wildlife experience being one of them.

When Bindi and Robert have grown, there will probably be another life for me, and I can't anticipate exactly what that will be, but it will involve continuing Steve's work, conservation, being there for my kids, Australia Zoo.

I live in Australia Zoo. I have a very private home. We've got three bedrooms, one bathroom... The carpets are rose-coloured, which grossed Steve out, but I love it. He let me do everything the way I wanted. The house is just warm and cozy and small.

I've always told Bindi, 'If anything ever happened to me, I will always watch over you from Heaven.' But she always understood because, living at a zoo, animals die; she's seen death. She knows what death is.

She's born and raised with wildlife, living with a zoo. What would be strange for Bindi is if she were in an apartment in suburbia with a goldfish.

It does seem like, in the world today, we've moved further and further away from wildlife. There's that sense of whatever you're scared of, you just want it to go away. Here in Australia Zoo, part of our ongoing plan is that re-connection.

When I first met Steve, as an American tourist coming into the zoo, I fell desperately in love with him and married him immediately.

I am someone who tunes into more ethical journalism, and I'm not someone who dwells a lot on the negative, so I think I'd rather focus on the positive and forge ahead.

Bindi went in with the crocodiles when she was one month old and grew up with the crocodiles.

When we lost Steve, the grief was understandable, but I wasn't prepared for how scary everything became - that fear factor of 'Now I'm doing this on my own.'