Breath Quote by Ann Bancroft

For me, the greatest obstacles are never on the ice itself. That's the area I excel in. That's where my passion is. I think…

— Ann Bancroft

Growing up in a rural setting in Minnesota, I was raised with the outdoors and a sense of adventure.

— Ann Bancroft

I give a tremendous amount of weight to the mental aspect of physical activity and what it does for me.

— Ann Bancroft

Everyone in my family is a risk taker in his or her own way.

— Ann Bancroft

I wanted to be a teacher, but I was a lousy student, one of the slowest readers. It was a tremendous struggle. But I'm…

— Ann Bancroft

I love weights, but it's too far to get to the gym. So I make the farm my gym: I split wood and haul…

— Ann Bancroft

I have an opportunity now with some of the projects I've done, i.e. the North Pole and the South Pole, to speak to a…

— Ann Bancroft

Film critics said I gave a voice to the fear we all have: that we'll reach a certain point in our lives, look around…

— Ann Bancroft

I have a whole, you know, pocket full of dreams I want to achieve. I don't know in which order they're going to fall.

— Ann Bancroft

My brother Bill, who is a year older, is a climber, and when I was in the seventh grade, he taught me how to…

— Ann Bancroft

Water links us all as human beings. Everyone needs water, and we all have challenges about it, no matter where we live. Yet even…

— Ann Bancroft

My first expedition was at about the age of eight.

— Ann Bancroft