I said to Scott that the ascent seemed to be going slowly and that I was concerned descending climbers could possibly run out of oxygen before their return to camp IV.

I offer my expertise and experience for hire in order to help a group of people reach the summit.

I respect Everest very much.

I said to Scott that the ascent seemed to be going slowly and that I was concerned descending climbers could possibly run out of oxygen before their return to camp IV.

A review of summit day photographs will show that I was clothed in the latest, highest quality, high altitude gear, comparable, if not better, than that worn by the other members of our expedition.

I am not sure the others are as committed as Rob Hall and Scott Fischer. I think there is more business now, and I know it will be impossible to stop this Everest business.

Climbing is what I do.

I don't know what being an Everest guide means. I am a coach, not a guide.

I want this book to be facts, to be important, to be history.

What we can do now is contribute to a clearer understanding of what happened that day on Everest in the hope that the lessons to be learned will reduce the risk for others who, like us, take on the challenge of the mountains.

People respected my experience, they hire me, they pay me what I am worth to coach their team.

This year my role is clear: I am a coach, a coach to sportsmen.

I travel to Jakarta, I see what an important country it is. I've been working with them for a year.

I explained I wanted to descend as quickly as possible to camp IV in order to warm myself and gather a supply of hot drink and oxygen in the event I might need to go back up the mountain to assist descending climbers.

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 think that people ran out of oxygen and don't really know what happened up there, maybe some of them just made things up because they weren't sure what had happened.

Concerned that others were not coming onto the summit and because I had no radio link to those below me, I began to wonder if there were difficulties down the mountain. I made the decision to descend.

There are many questions, but I cannot answer because I'm not a businessman, I am a climber.

Mountains are the cathedrals where I practice my religion.

Mountains are not stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve they are the cathedrals where I practice my religion.

Mountains are not stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, they are the cathedrals where I practice my religion.

Novels are my favorite to write and read. I do like writing personal essays, too. I'm not really a short story writer, nor do I tend to gravitate to them as a reader.

I still hold on to the idea that a record can really change the way I feel.

I didn't realize that, in doing a documentary, there is this process of discovery. It's not like a film or a play with a set script. It sort of reveals itself.

America's state religion, is patriotism, a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that 'treason' is morally worse than murder or rape.

Sticking wires into the brain is obviously rather crude. It's hard to do in animals that run around, and there is a physical limit to the number of wires that can be inserted simultaneously.

I don't believe in blanket statements on race.

If we have the opportunity to be generous with our hearts we have no idea of the depth and breadth of loves reach.

Beauty is not who you are on the outside, it is the wisdom and time you gave away to save another struggling soul, like you.

I was determined that if I failed it wouldn't be due to lack of effort.

I always like to watch comics and it's interesting that you can tell if someone's funny in 10 seconds.

I'm a vegan, but you can be really unhealthy as a vegan, too.

There is no problem so big it cannot be run away from.

I'm used to working alone. Frankly with some of the actors I've worked with, I've felt like I was working alone.

People are always ready to admit a man's ability after he gets there.

I didn't pick wrestling over football. My coaches picked that for me. I never wanted to wrestle in college. I always wanted to play football. They thought I was too small, but I had a lot of heart.

Pretty much every plant and animal alive today is the result of eons of natural cross-breeding.

The soul mate is what we aspire to and like to understand about us, is what we deem to be perfection, purity and endless regarding our own being.

I love acting, and I really am a group singer, and I'm not really a soloist.

The keyboard is my whole life. My life is centered around either sitting at my keyboard or driving my car. Those are the two most important things, more than anything else. Being at my keyboard, it's the happiest time for me.

I only have an awareness of what I'm trying to achieve as an actor and what my job as the character is to service.

Britain produces great actors because they learn on stage so know their stuff when they get on a movie set.

In hospital people should be able to have time to themselves.

Hindi films are so deceptive. I thought Mumbai was this big, grand, beautiful city with sea-facing flats.

Corrupted freemen are the worst of slaves.