Quotes About Adventure

Most of all I don't want to be bored. That's why I'd rather do something that has some sort of ambition, that risks failing, rather than make safer, more comfortable choices.

Life is nothing but a bunch of experiences. There's no such thing as success or failure.

I think Himalayan climbers tend to mature fairly late. I think most of the successful Himalayan climbers have ranged from 28 to just over 40, really.

Well, I think I've had a fairly meandering career.

The general direction seems to be becoming fairly clear to me, but every new piece is a small adventure.

Many people don't even want to start something until they feel fairly confident that they will be a success at it. But me? I love to throw myself into things headfirst and fail all over the place.

There was a show I loved as a kid: 'The Blue Falcon & Dynomutt.'

I have basically fallen into everything I've ever done.

I've fallen in love with Los Angeles, and I love to explore it myself.

I have a very childish attitude to books - a very non-analytic enthusiasm... like Alice falling down the chute.

I'm rediscovering Scotland; I'm falling in love with it again.

I've done all this stuff because it's fun. It's never been about fame.

I've never played Dungeons & Dragons, but I'm actually pretty familiar with it.

In writing, I've found, playing it safe and familiar is no way to energize anybody.

Running through things because you are familiar with them, breeds routine and this is the seed of boredom.

I think if you just travel in general, it allows you to step outside of yourself and whatever you're familiar with.

I've been familiar with western fantasy novels since I was a boy.

I told them, you can succeed - it's not likely the first time, maybe 25 per cent, but you CAN succeed. You can also die. By April 16 they had already been to camp III, well ahead of most teams.

I have had the privilege to be a member of many high-performance teams at NASA, both on and off the planet.

Eight-man teams drilling expansion bolts in rocks? Sorry, that's not climbing - that's engineering.

We play Amazing Race on New Year's Eve. My mom or aunt makes a whole list of things that we have to find, and we split up into teams. Sometimes it's like a Chinese takeout menu or take a picture with a cop, so on New Year's Eve we're running around all over the place going into restaurants and different things.

I played in Premier League with Chelsea and in Italy with lot of teams.

On my teams, as a guy who grew up hunting and fishing, I was in the minority in terms of music and lifestyle. I became good friends with people who listened to R&B and rap. But it wasn't just an issue of being around it - I was naturally drawn to it right off the bat.

My work is all about adventure and teamwork in some of the most inhospitable jungles, mountains and deserts on the planet. If you aren't able to look after yourself and each other, then people die.