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

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

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

" To me, Steve was my Prince Charming. He was my happily ever after, and we got that. We got 14 years of marriage; we had the best, most fantastic, adventurous, wonderful life that you could imagine. And I was very happy with that. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" After losing Steve, it does kind of feel like I'm free-falling. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" My future is about the joy of loving those around me, of being with the people who are still here and not just mourning my loss. "

" If you can reach out and touch and love and be with wildlife, you will forever be changed, and you will want to make the world a better place. "

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

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

" 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 always am astounded at how willing Steve was to share all about himself. And sometimes he got criticized for it. But he was so open and yet so private about some things. "

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

" 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've already had my happily ever after. "

" 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! "

" 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. "

" We need to stand as a nation, a state, a community to protect wildlife and wild places for our children. "

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

" 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. "

" Steve was such an immense person in so many ways. I never realized how much I depended on him until he was gone. "

" It's a dynamic of grief within any family, and I found, after we lost Steve, his dad just began distancing himself. And I think it's a coping mechanism. I found it very confusing. "

" 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. "