Coaches Hot Seat NFL Quotes of the Day – Thursday, May 30, 2013 – Edmund Hillary
Coaches Hot Seat NFL Quotes of the Day – Thursday, May 30, 2013 – Edmund Hillary
“It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.”
And
“You don’t have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things – to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated.”
And
“People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.”
And
“Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it.”
And
“I’ve always hated the danger part of climbing, and it’s great to come down again because it’s safe … But there is something about building up a comradeship — that I still believe is the greatest of all feats — and sharing in the dangers with your company of peers. It’s the intense effort, the giving of everything you’ve got. It’s really a very pleasant sensation.”
And
“While standing on top of Everest, I looked across the valley, towards the other great peak, Makalu, and mentally worked out a route about how it could be climbed… it showed me that, even though I was standing on top of the world, it wasn’t the end of everything for me, by any means. I was still looking beyond to other interesting challenges.”
And
“I am a lucky man. I have had a dream and it has come true, and that is not a thing that happens often to men.”
Wikipedia: Edmund Hillary
