Ueli Steck famous quotes

You just see your hands, your ice axe, and your crampons...and they have to just move.
-- Ueli Steck

#Moving #Ice #Hands

When you get to the summit and you push the watch, first you try to breath a little bit and get some oxygen in your lungs. When I saw this time I was like, 'Ah, that's not possible.' Yeah...that was a good moment.
-- Ueli Steck

#Oxygen #Trying #Littles

You're progressing on something and that's what it's all about. You wanna keep moving, having a progress in your life.
-- Ueli Steck

#Moving #Progress #Keep Moving

It’s the feeling of total control. When you are properly trained, your body works hard — but when you move, you do not suffer. That’s the feeling I am looking for.
-- Ueli Steck

#Moving #Hard Work #Feelings

I like to be alone. I am focused on what I am doing. I feel the nature and I feel my body. It's so simple.
-- Ueli Steck

#Simple #Focused

It’s the feeling of total control. When you are properly trained, your body works hard — but when you move, you do not suffer. That’s the feeling I am looking for.
-- Ueli Steck

#Moving #Hard Work #Feelings

My most-used word was no! I said no to pockets, no to zippers, no to extra loops. In the end, all the products were so slim and light.
-- Ueli Steck

#Extras

Prayer is the mighty engine that is to move the missionary work.

Its all gone pretty fast. I dont want to move on, but I know I have to.

I was very good at sitting. But I just read so much research about how horrible sitting is for you. It's like, it's really bad. It's like Paula-Deen-glazed-bacon-doughnut bad. So I now move around as much as possible.

It was always part of the plan to move into acting.

Most private traders on a losing streak keep trying to trade their way out of a hole. A loser thinks a successful trade is just around the corner, and that his luck is about to turn. He keeps putting on more trades and increases his size, all the while digging himself a deeper hole in the ice. The sensible thing to do would be to reduce your trading size and then stop and review your system.

Meanwhile, the Ice Storm was still in development, And that was something I really wanted to do, and frankly I don't think I was ready to do a big production like this

The mighty edifice of Government science dominated the scene in the middle of the 20th century as a Gothic cathedral dominated a 13th century landscape. The work of many hands over many years, it universally inspired admiration, wonder and fear.

Behave in life as at a dinner party. Is anything brought around to you? Put out your hand and take your share with moderation. Does it pass by you? Do not stop it. Is it not yet come? Do not stretch your desire towards it, but wait till it reaches you. Do this with regard to children, to a spouse, to public post, to riches, and you will eventually be a worthy guest at the feast of life.

I've had my run in with trouble. Fortunately, you know, one slap on the hand is usually the last time for me... I learned my lesson.

As a kid, I was always into art at the same time as computers, and eventually I realised I was making more interesting stuff with my keyboard than with my hands. I really enjoyed modifying computer games more than playing them, so that got me into programming.