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" For us, conservation work isn't just what we do. It's who we are. It's really defined us that this is what we've dedicated our lives to. "

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" Our message, without preaching, is how to treat wildlife and to have empathy for all animals. "

" I live in Australia Zoo. I have a very private home. We've got three bedrooms, one bathroom... The carpets are rose-coloured, which grossed Steve out, but I love it. He let me do everything the way I wanted. The house is just warm and cozy and small. "

" You can't just go and collect animals from the wild. It's totally illegal. "

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

" 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! "

" You might not think of 'conservation' immediately when you think of Russell Crowe, but he is a great conservationist in his own right. "

" I don't know a single surfer who would say, 'Gee, I wish there were no sharks in the ocean.' "

" I think, for other people who have lost someone and have loved again, it's a beautiful thing. But it's just not really on my horizon. "

" I think being in a car is far more dangerous. I feel much more in control with a 16 foot croc, 3,000 pounds jaw pressure trying to have a go at me. "

" I haven't dated anyone in the ten years since we lost Steve just because I feel a connection still with Steve. "

" 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'm Mrs. Steve Irwin. I've got a lot to live up to. "

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

" 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. "

" For me, it was two years before I fed a big croc when I came to Australia. "

" Grief is never something you get over. You don't wake up one morning and say, 'I've conquered that; now I'm moving on.' It's something that walks beside you every day. And if you can learn how to manage it and honour the person that you miss, you can take something that is incredibly sad and have some form of positivity. "

" 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. "

" When it comes to managing crocodiles, we are learning that it is actually more important to manage people. Learning how to keep people safe from crocodiles will ultimately protect visitors to croc territory as well as the crocodilians themselves. "

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

" 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. "

" The only way to honor Steve and his legacy and everything he lived for was to try to continue his work and expand on it. "

" When we lost Steve, the grief was understandable, but I wasn't prepared for how scary everything became - that fear factor of 'Now I'm doing this on my own.' "

" 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 think, some days, you wonder how you're going to get through, and other days, you find reason to be inspired again. "

" I went into this little reptile park, and Steve was doing the crocodile show, coincidentally... I was absolutely floored. That was it. This man was a real-life hero. I fell then and there, love at first sight. "

" The determination I have to try to continue Steve's work and make the world a better place is so important. "

" I find it wonderful when people live, love, and laugh again. "

" I discovered on my own that I could cope better with the crippling effects of grief by taking care of myself, eating right, and working out. "

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

" Steve was such an example as one man doing what he could to change the world. "

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