Quotes from Steve Irwin

That might have a lot to do with it, but you know, I probably don't show fear, but I suffer from fear like everyone else.

So now what happens is the cameras follow me around and capture exactly what I've been doing since I was a boy. Only now we have a team of, you know, like 73 of us, and it's gone beyond that.

Yeah, I think it's an absolute disaster that Australia, the government, allowed kangaroo culling.

You know, I'm Australian, and we have got the worst sense of humor. We are cruel to each other.

I am optimistic globally. So many scientists are working frantically on the reparation of our planet.

So, my tactic with conservation of apex predators is to get people excited and take them to where they live.

I have a deep-seated respect for parrots. As gifted as I am with all other wildlife, parrots have this uncanny desire to kill me. I'm not sure why, but they're like my kryptonite!

We humans still have a long way to go with learning to live harmoniously with our environment and its wildlife.

All you have to do in life is be passionate and enthusiastic and you will have a wonderful life.

But I put my life on the line to save animals.

Because when they strike it can be that quick that if they're within range, you're dead, you're dead in your tracks. And his head weighs more than my body so it's WHACK!

When I talk to the camera, mate, it's not like I'm talking to the camera, I'm talking to you because I want to whip you around and plunk you right there with me.

My belief is that what comes across on the television is a capture of my enthusiasm and my passion for wildlife.

The only animals I'm not comfortable with are parrots, but I'm learning as I go. I'm getting better and better at 'em. I really am.

Where I live if someone gives you a hug it's from the heart.

The message is simple: love and conserve our wildlife.

Crikey means gee whiz, wow!

I sincerely believe that there's room for cutting down trees for forestry and grazing, so as we all get to eat. Everyone has to compromise.

If you can't excite people about wildlife, how can you convince them to love, cherish, and protect our wildlife and the environment they live in?

There's a lot of research behind the scenes that you don't get to see, but I have an instinct that my dad nurtured from when I was born. I was very lucky then.

Yeah, I'm a thrill seeker, but crikey, education's the most important thing.

Yeah, for some reason parrots have to bite me. That's their job. I don't know why that is. They've nearly torn my nose off. I've had some really bad parrot bites.

The truth is that we will never save wildlife by killing it.

If we can teach people about wildlife, they will be touched. Share my wildlife with me. Because humans want to save things that they love.