Top 25 Steve Irwin Quotes

Yeah, I think it’s an absolute disaster that Australia, the government, allowed kangaroo culling.

I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message.

Crikey means gee whiz, wow!

Take the crocodile, for example, my favorite animal. There are 23 species. Seventeen of those species are rare or endangered. They’re on the way out, no matter what anyone does or says, you know.

I’ve probably saved thousands of peoples’ lives with my educational message on snake bites, how to get in around venomous anything.

I have no fear of losing my life – if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, mate, I will save it.

I believe our biggest issue is the same biggest issue that the whole world is facing, and that’s habitat destruction.

The first crocodile I ever caught was at nine years of age, and it was a rescue.

That might have a lot to do with it, but you know, I probably don’t show fear, but I suffer from fear like everyone else.

I’m a proud Australian, a very, very proud Australian.

I bled a lot. I got hit across the face. We couldn’t film for seven days. I got hit, whacked, underwater, across the face. I finished the shot, got into the boat and blood started coming out.

So now what happens is the cameras follow me around and capture exactly what I’ve been doing since I was a boy. Only now we have a team of, you know, like 73 of us, and it’s gone beyond that.

No matter where you go and what you do in America, you turn the tele on and you’re confronted with violence.

My dad taught me from my youngest childhood memories through these connections with Aboriginal and tribal people that you must always protect people’s sacred status, regardless of the past.

Yeah, I’m a thrill seeker, but crikey, education’s the most important thing.

No, snakes are no problem. I’d go to any country, anywhere, any snakes, not a problem.

There’s a lot of research behind the scenes that you don’t get to see, but I have an instinct that my dad nurtured from when I was born. I was very lucky then.

You know, I’m Australian, and we have got the worst sense of humor. We are cruel to each other.

I sincerely believe that there’s room for cutting down trees for forestry and grazing, so as we all get to eat. Everyone has to compromise.

We’ve evolved from sitting back on our tripods and shooting wildlife films like they have been shot historically, which doesn’t work for us.

My belief is that what comes across on the television is a capture of my enthusiasm and my passion for wildlife.

The only animals I’m not comfortable with are parrots, but I’m learning as I go. I’m getting better and better at ’em. I really am.

Snakes are just very instinctive to me. I’ve been playing with snakes since before I could walk. It doesn’t matter where or what it is, from the biggest to the most venomous.

I am optimistic globally. So many scientists are working frantically on the reparation of our planet.

Because when they strike it can be that quick that if they’re within range, you’re dead, you’re dead in your tracks. And his head weighs more than my body so it’s WHACK!