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> [A lot of people think it's insane to swim out in blue water with a great white shark, but my experience tells me I can do it safely. Other people might consider it mad, granted, but then I might think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-backshall/a-lot-of-people-think-it-s-insane-to-swim-out-in-blue-water-with-a/)

[Steve Backshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-backshall/)

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## More by Steve Backshall

> [I surround myself with books, kind of hoping the vast knowledge will just seep into my mind through osmosis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-backshall/i-surround-myself-with-books-kind-of-hoping-the-vast-knowledge-will/)

[Steve Backshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-backshall/)

> [Hedgehogs need somewhere to hibernate through the winter, but also a place that they can lie out at during the day. So have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-backshall/hedgehogs-need-somewhere-to-hibernate-through-the-winter-but-also-a/)

[Steve Backshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-backshall/)

> [I come from an area of southern England that is utterly homogenous. All the history near me is about royalty and fealty, things which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-backshall/i-come-from-an-area-of-southern-england-that-is-utterly-homogenous/)

[Steve Backshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-backshall/)

> [I started climbing in my late teens, but I wasn't passionate about it back then. My first experience was being dragged up peaks by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-backshall/i-started-climbing-in-my-late-teens-but-i-wasn-t-passionate-about-it/)

[Steve Backshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-backshall/)

> [I'm not a great technical climber, but over the years it has given me the opportunity to see wonderful corners of Britain that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-backshall/i-m-not-a-great-technical-climber-but-over-the-years-it-has-given-me/)

[Steve Backshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-backshall/)

> [Even my fiction novels are all about outdoor adventure, and have plenty of information to encourage the reader to get interested in adventure and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-backshall/even-my-fiction-novels-are-all-about-outdoor-adventure-and-have/)

[Steve Backshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-backshall/)

> [In the Himalayas, I spent some of the most exhilarating moments of my life, shooting white water rapids in a kayak.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-backshall/in-the-himalayas-i-spent-some-of-the-most-exhilarating-moments-of-my/)

[Steve Backshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-backshall/)

> [I had a good deal of power work - lots of plyometrics, callisthenics, tossing big tyres. It's all geared towards having that explosiveness available…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-backshall/i-had-a-good-deal-of-power-work-lots-of-plyometrics-callisthenics/)

[Steve Backshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-backshall/)

> [Certainly jellyfish are seasonal, and owing to a complex range of environmental features there are years when they will appear in far greater numbers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-backshall/certainly-jellyfish-are-seasonal-and-owing-to-a-complex-range-of/)

[Steve Backshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-backshall/)

> [Baffin Island was extraordinary; one of the most terrifying things I've done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-backshall/baffin-island-was-extraordinary-one-of-the-most-terrifying-things-i/)

[Steve Backshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-backshall/)

> [It's going to sound terribly glib and cliched but the more I learn about animals, the more convinced I am that almost all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-backshall/it-s-going-to-sound-terribly-glib-and-cliched-but-the-more-i-learn/)

[Steve Backshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-backshall/)

> [There's nothing more paralysing or more likely to make people fall into a malaise of believing they are powerless than just hearing that everything's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-backshall/there-s-nothing-more-paralysing-or-more-likely-to-make-people-fall/)

[Steve Backshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-backshall/)

> [Lose the sharks, the mighty, mysterious lords of the deep, and our planet's oceans would be infinitely poorer places.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-backshall/lose-the-sharks-the-mighty-mysterious-lords-of-the-deep-and-our/)

[Steve Backshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-backshall/)

> [I read most often when I am on the road, travelling on my journeys. In cars, on planes, trains... I'm very lucky that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-backshall/i-read-most-often-when-i-am-on-the-road-travelling-on-my-journeys-in/)

[Steve Backshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-backshall/)

> [I know plenty of people who live in the country who have never seen a badger. They are definitely there, but these nocturnal delights…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-backshall/i-know-plenty-of-people-who-live-in-the-country-who-have-never-seen-a/)

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