32 Quotes by Helen Skelton

I've done things that should be talked about, and covered serious issues that face our kids, but people aren't interested in that.

I am not an adventurer or a writer, I am a person who thinks life is too short and if there is something you fancy doing you should have a go and see how far you get.

Living on the farm taught me that life is unpredictable and you need to put money away for a rainy day.

British swimming have created that environment where it is very friendly. And I think it is part of our sporting culture. Rainy Sunday, you go to the local swimming pool.

After you have kids, you feel differently about your body. Aesthetically, am I happy with my body? No. I definitely think you come to view it as more functional. But you just get past it.

The scariest thing I ever did was give birth in the kitchen by myself, with my three-year-old bashing me on the head with a sword, but it's not like you have a choice is it.

My kids are my priority, then my husband, then my life, then work.

I was lucky enough to go to South America and kayak on the Amazon and camp in the jungle in 2011.

I walked on a high wire at Battersea power station for Comic Relief in 2011. It was the scariest but the most exciting moment. I hated being on it but as soon as I stepped off I was desperate to get back on and do it again!