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.…

— 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.…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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,…

— 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…

— Ann Bancroft

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

— Ann Bancroft

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

— Ann Bancroft

My first expedition was at about the age of eight.

— Ann Bancroft

The voices of women need to be heard. The volume needs to be turned up.

— Ann Bancroft

Running is my bedrock activity.

— Ann Bancroft

This journey is not over. Our education initiatives have so much momentum, and we're committed to sharing even more stories from the…

— Ann Bancroft

I love that place where you get in running where you're just never out of breath and you just feel like you…

— Ann Bancroft

I think that women on expeditions often get sucked into giving 150 percent of themselves because they feel they have to prove…

— Ann Bancroft

I get stubborn and dig in when people tell me I can't do something and I think I can. It goes back…

— Ann Bancroft

I'm sort of a strange bird.

— Ann Bancroft