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" When I first met Steve, as an American tourist coming into the zoo, I fell desperately in love with him and married him immediately. "

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" I'll never leave. I love Australia, and I'm doing my best to be a fair dinkum Aussie sheila and honour all of Steve's work, and yeah, I'll be here the rest of my life. "

" 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. "

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

" Steve took my counsel on everything. He appreciated that I loved business and let me do that end of it. We complemented each other and had a natural, fun competitiveness. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Steve worked tirelessly to promote conservation, wildlife, and the environment, and his work enabled the plight of endangered species to reach a whole new audience. "

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

" 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. "

" None of us are immune to grief, and everyone who has suffered loss understands that grief changes, but you never wake up one morning and you've moved on. It stays with you, and, you know, you ebb and flow. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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.' "

" We've got that family opportunity of always filming together, so we can look back on good times anytime we want. "

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

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

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

Change The World

" 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. "

Make A Difference

" Parenthood is a great equalizer. It doesn't matter how famous you are - once you become a parent, you are just like everyone else. "

" 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. "

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

" When Bindi and Robert have grown, there will probably be another life for me, and I can't anticipate exactly what that will be, but it will involve continuing Steve's work, conservation, being there for my kids, Australia Zoo. "

" 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! "