Lewis Pugh

Ordinary won't change the world.

— Lewis Pugh

We have to appreciate that we are part of nature, we must work with nature; the environment is our lifeline.

— Lewis Pugh

Mount Everest is a very spiritual place, it's a beautiful mountain.

— Lewis Pugh

I was very, very lucky because I started swimming when most of the landmarks in the world had not been swum.

— Lewis Pugh

I love swimming, swimming's my passion and I hope I swim until the last day of my life, so I really, really…

— Lewis Pugh

Very few things which are really worth achieving come easily. Sometimes they do, but most of the time you really have to…

— Lewis Pugh

I do have spare time and I love to read, and I love just to go to a national park and just…

— Lewis Pugh

I think every child in every country, not just South Africa, every year should go to a national park, and it should…

— Lewis Pugh

I've seen some glaciers in the world which have been, which are just turquoise blue blue glaciers up in the Arctic. It's…

— Lewis Pugh

I had a dream , okay, go do a swim off Antarctica, and I'd train in Gauteng and just dive into the…

— Lewis Pugh

I got bored and then joined the British SAS. It was five very exciting years of my life, and then I'd always…

— Lewis Pugh

Sometimes we set boundaries for ourselves in life, or even worse, we allow others to do so. In many cases, these boundaries…

— Lewis Pugh

I've got two dogs - one's a Jack Russell and she's one year old now, and I've got another dog called Kanga,…

— Lewis Pugh

What I'm asking people to do is to look at their lives, wherever they may be. I mean, you may be a…

— Lewis Pugh

If you've got a problem and you multiply it by 50-million people, it becomes unsolvable, but if you've got a problem and…

— Lewis Pugh

You shouldn't be able to do a swim at the North Pole, it should be frozen over.

— Lewis Pugh

I was asked to give a speech on the Everest swim, and during the Everest swim, I changed. I changed as a…

— Lewis Pugh

I'm one of the lucky people that, my job is my passion, is my hobby. I hope this doesn't sound arrogant: I…

— Lewis Pugh

The businessmen of the world who are not taking environmental matters seriously are just wasting money, aside from damaging the environment it's…

— Lewis Pugh