Lewis Pugh Quotes
born 1969 England
Lewis William Gordon Pugh OIG (born 5 December 1969) is an ocean advocate, maritime lawyer and a pioneer swimmer.
- England
- Environmentalists
- Lawyers
Also known as: Lewis Gordon Pugh
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When you have hope in the future, you have power in the present. And when you lose that hope, your dream goes with it.
Thoughts alone won’t make extraordinary things happen. But nothing ever happens if you don’t visualise it first.
Don’t look for other people to validate your dreams. If it feels right, just go for it.
The most powerful form of self-belief comes from believing in something greater than you. Because when you’ve got purpose, everything becomes possible.
Wherever we damage the environment, conflict ensues. We have had enough conflict; now is the time for peace.
When people say to me, you must have a very strong mind to swim across the North Pole, or off Antarctica or on Mount Everest, I tell them that endurance swimming builds good mental strength.
I always feel nostalgic when I disembark (off a ship). It's not that I don't like land. I just love being at sea.
There’s a fine line between bravery and stupidity, which should never be crossed.
To do anything worthwhile, you will face periods of grinding doubt and fear.
I think it foolhardy to predict the absolute limits of human endurance.
To succeed as a pioneer you need two things: ignorance and purpose. Ignorance of just how tough the path ahead will be. And a driving purpose, which keeps you going nonetheless.
Too little confidence, and you're unable to act; too much confidence, and you're unable to hear.
I tolerate cold water. Anyone who says they love swimming in freezing water is either lying or has never done it.
Nothing excited me more than opening up the atlas and seeing places and seas, imagining what they looked like and what kind of life the people had.
Achieving The Impossible (2010)
This wasn’t some kind of stunt. This was a symbolic swim, and I needed to be courageous. [...] Swimming in a wetsuit or drysuit just wouldn’t send the right signal.
When you are walking up a mountain to attempt something that nobody’s ever tried before, and you pass people bringing corpses down, it becomes very clear that if you get it wrong, the consequences could be fatal.
Everywhere water is under threat. It is our most precious resource. And there is no alternative to it.
No matter how tough my day has been, when I dive into the sea, the world seems perfect.
Ultimately I wanted to be a pioneer swimmer, a distant descendant of Scott, Amundsen and Hillary, except that I would be an explorer of the water.
Achieving The Impossible (2010)
A thought came across my mind: if things go pear-shaped on this swim, how long will it take for my frozen body to sink the four and a half kilometers to the bottom of the ocean?