Ann Bancroft Quotes

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Ann Bancroft

Profession : Explorer

Birth : September 29, 1955

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

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

And then there's also this element of - some people would describe it as spirits or a presence that appears when things are very difficult, physically and emotionally. You know, when you're really putting out. So the third man aura is sort of an appearance. It's the yeti.

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 and realize that all the things we said we'd do and become will never come to be - and that we're ordinary.

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 larger audience and talk about things that have nothing to do with physical education or special ed.

Ann Bancroft

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

Ann Bancroft

Running is my bedrock activity.

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 could go forever. I love that. I love feeling strong.

Ann Bancroft