Steve Irwin Quotes

Crocodiles are easy. They try to kill and eat you. People are harder. Sometimes they pretend to be your friend first.

We don’t own the planet Earth, we belong to it. And we must share it with our wildlife.

All you have to do in life is be passionate and enthusiastic and you will have a wonderful life.

I have a message for my fans. Whatever you want to do in this world, it is achievable. The most important thing that I've found, that perhaps you could use, is be passionate and enthusiastic in the direction that you choose in life, and you'll be a winner.

If we save our wild places, we will ultimately save ourselves.

If we can teach people about wildlife, they will be touched. Share my wildlife with me. Because humans want to save things that they love.

I have no fear of losing my life - if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, mate, I will save it.

I believe our biggest issue is the same biggest issue that the whole world is facing, and that's habitat destruction.

Born a wildlife warrior, die a wildlife warrior.

I want the cleanest water, the freshest air and wildlife in abundance... but most of all I want a future for our children.

The message is simple: love and conserve our wildlife.

If you can't excite people about wildlife, how can you convince them to love, cherish, and protect our wildlife and the environment they live in?

Yeah, I'm a thrill seeker, but crikey, education's the most important thing.

The truth is that we will never save wildlife by killing it.

Crocodiles. I’ve been catching them since I was nine. No problem.

Yeah, for some reason parrots have to bite me. That's their job. I don't know why that is. They've nearly torn my nose off. I've had some really bad parrot bites.

I was born and raised with crocodiles; they are a piece of cake. But kids are so ... unpredictable.

My job, my mission, the reason I’ve been put onto this planet, is to save wildlife. And I thank you for comin’ with me. Yeah, let’s get 'em!

And that unusual squawking sound is actually the mating call of the the rare...oh, it's just an oboe player.

A lot of people who work with wildlife work with wildlife to satisfy their own egos. And I don't really agree with that. What I do is get in nice and close to the animal to make the animal look good. My aim in this world is to make that brown snake, that crocodile, that koala, that red-backed spider, that black widow, look good. That's my job. I have absolutely no problem with my ego or my staff's ego.

Crikey means gee whiz, wow! Crikey, mate. You're far safer dealing with crocodiles and western diamondback rattlesnakes than the executives and the producers and all those sharks in the big MGM building.

I probably don`t show fear, but I suffer from fear like everyone else.

Crikey means gee whiz, wow!

My number one rule is to keep that camera rolling. Even if it's shaky or slightly out of focus, I don't give a rip. Even if a big old alligator is chewing me up I want to go down and go, 'Crikey!' just before I die. That would be the ultimate for me.

I am optimistic globally. So many scientists are working frantically on the reparation of our planet.