Quotes from Ann Bancroft

I give a tremendous amount of weight to the mental aspect of physical activity and what it does for me.

Skydiving is something I've never done! And I am very excited to take the leap with a community of like-minded courageous women.

This journey is not over. Our education initiatives have so much momentum, and we're committed to sharing even more stories from the Arctic when we return.

I have an opportunity now with some of the projects I've done, i.e. the North Pole and the South Pole, to speak to a larger audience and talk about things that have nothing to do with physical education or special ed.

I think we all strive to push ourselves, to overcome our struggles. And when we do, we get to know ourselves better.

For me, the greatest obstacles are never on the ice itself. That's the area I excel in. That's where my passion is. I think we all strive to push ourselves, to overcome our struggles. And when we do, we get to know ourselves better.

Film critics said I gave a voice to the fear we all have: that we'll reach a certain point in our lives, look around and realize that all the things we said we'd do and become will never come to be - and that we're ordinary.

Growing up in a rural setting in Minnesota, I was raised with the outdoors and a sense of adventure.

I get stubborn and dig in when people tell me I can't do something and I think I can. It goes back to my childhood when I had problems in school because I have a learning disability.