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If I know I make this much trouble, I never climb Everest.

If it is a shame to be the second man on Mount Everest, then I will have to live with this shame.

I climbed Mount Everest. I don't quit.

On the summit of Everest, I had a feeling of great satisfaction to be first there.

The first ascent of Everest came at a time when humanity needed relief from two world wars. It was a unifying and inspiring event, signifying the drive to reach our greatest potential.

It's amazing that more people have climbed Mount Everest than have broken the 4-minute mile.

I loved climbing because of the freedom, and having time and space. I remember coming off Everest for the last time, thinking of Dad and wishing that he could have seen what I saw. He would have loved it.

Climbing Mount Everest was the biggest mistake I've ever made in my life. I wish I'd never gone. I suffered for years of PTSD and still suffer from what happened. I'm glad I wrote a book about it. But, you know, if I could go back and relive my life, I would never have climbed Everest.

Ever since the morning of May 29, 1953, when Tenzing Norgay and I became the first climbers to step onto the summit of Mount Everest, I've been called a great adventurer.

Every time I've been on Everest, people have died, though not in any expedition I was part of.