Quotes from Steve Irwin

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

Since I was a boy, from this house, I was out rescuing crocodiles and snakes. My mum and dad were very passionate about that and, I was lucky enough to go along.

So fear helps me from making mistakes, but I make lot of mistakes.

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.

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

The first crocodile I ever caught was at nine years of age, and it was a rescue.

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.

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.

My dad taught me from my youngest childhood memories through these connections with Aboriginal and tribal people that you must always protect people's sacred status, regardless of the pest.

Crocodiles are easy. They try to kill and eat you. People are harder. Sometimes they pretend to be your friend first.

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.

I have no fear of losing my life - if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, mate, I will save it.

My job, my mission, the reason I've been put onto this planet, is to save wildlife. And I thank you for comin' with me. Yeah, let's get 'em!

I have a message for my fans. Whatever you want to do in this world, it is achievable. The most important thing that I've found, that perhaps you could use, is be passionate and enthusiastic in the direction that you choose in life, and you'll be a winner.

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

If we save our wild places, we will ultimately save ourselves.

We don't own the planet Earth, we belong to it. And we must share it with our wildlife.

You know, you can touch a stick of dynamite, but if you touch a venomous snake it'll turn around and bite you and kill you so fast it's not even funny.

It never ceases to amaze me how cruel some people are. Do you think people would be so merciless and torturous if fish and sharks cried like babies when they felt pain?

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?

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

The message is simple: love and conserve our wildlife.

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

Now more than ever we are all becoming more aware about the need to conserve our precious living heritage.