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" Bindi went in with the crocodiles when she was one month old and grew up with the crocodiles. "

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" Steve had a broad, easy smile and the biggest hands I had ever seen. I could tell by his stature and stride that he was accustomed to hard work. "

" There never has been before and never will be again another Steve Irwin. "

" Steve hadn't been to acting school. He had no preconceived notions. His background was exactly what you see on television; he's done that all his life. We thought we'd do one show. What happened was, it did really well, so we did a part two. And from then on, we found that Steve's natural behavior in the wild happens to be fascinating! "

" Just like Steve did, Bindi's got that strange communication with wildlife. It's beautiful to watch, and it instills an empathy with all of us about just how important the animal kingdom is. "

" I have tremendous faith in God that all things happen for a reason, even if we don't understand. "

" Steve was so wonderful to bring wildlife into our living rooms and let us see that animals we used to be afraid of are so important. "

" I've always told Bindi, 'If anything ever happened to me, I will always watch over you from Heaven.' But she always understood because, living at a zoo, animals die; she's seen death. She knows what death is. "

" I have friends who have lost husbands and have gone off and tried different things. Nothing wrong with that. "

" Your grief path is yours alone, and no one else can walk it, and no one else can understand it. "

" I'm real adamant that, when we have family time scheduled, that we stick to it. "

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" Crocs are apex predators, and as with all apex predators, they are critical to the environment: if you lose the crocs, you'll lose the barramundi, you'll lose the crabs - a catfish can eat 30,000 barramundi fingerlings, and who do you think eats the catfish? Crocs. "

" Never walk past a problem with an animal - fix it. "

" I have two beautiful children. And they really are my strength. "

" When you take those vows and say, 'We'll be together as long as we both shall live,' I really don't think I would've married if I hadn't met Steve. And he's very special to me and continues to be. "

" It does seem like, in the world today, we've moved further and further away from wildlife. There's that sense of whatever you're scared of, you just want it to go away. Here in Australia Zoo, part of our ongoing plan is that re-connection. "

" No matter how many shows or how much work we do, we are not going to make a difference. It's only the masses that will make a difference. "

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" Steve was every woman's fantasy: macho but not a jerk, sensitive but not a wuss. "

" I've grown up with an active outdoor lifestyle. Before I lived in Australia, I ran a construction company in Oregon, U.S.A. I also owned horses and would spend several weeks a year exploring Oregon's beautiful wilderness areas on horseback. "

" Crocodiles are an apex predator and crucial to the ecosystem, keeping waterways and wetlands healthy. Crocodiles eradicate the weak, sick, and injured wildlife, leaving only the healthy to prosper. "

" Australia and New Zealand have traditionally shared very close links, yet there are things that set us apart and make us unique - Australia's wildlife experience being one of them. "

" Living with Steve was like standing in a cyclone. Then we lost him. It was like the wind stopped. "

" I still feel immense love and loyalty to Steve. And I've got great kids, I've got a very full life, and while I'm lonely for Steve, I'm not a lonely person. "

" Good nutrition and regular exercise definitely help you cope with life's dramas. "

" You can't focus on yourself. You need to focus on what you're doing for others, and then you can start to heal. "

" I couldn't hold a candle to how adventurous Steve was. He found life intoxicating, and he was just in awe of every living creature. "

" Bindi's been filming with us since she first hatched. "