If there's one thing that I, Steve Irwin, would wanna be remembered for, it's be remembered for passion and enthusiasm. Conservation is my job, my life, my whole persona.

When I saw Terri in the crowd, I looked up and our eyes met, and my heart just went, "Bang, bang, bang, bang!" - just started thumpin'. It was love at first sight! I know this sounds like it's coming out of some Mills & Boon love novel, but it's true! Love at first sight!

Where I live, if someone gives you a hug, it's from the heart.

When I talk to the camera, mate, it's not like I'm talking to the camera, I'm talking to you because I want to whip you around and plunk you right there with me.

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

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.

This isn’t rocket science, mate. We’ve got to stop being so bloody selfish. We’re not the only ones on this planet.

Every cent we earn from Crocodile Hunter goes straight back into conservation. Every single cent.

I can't stop, mate. I'm on fire. I wake up in the morning and I'm on fire. I just can't do enough. It drives me crazy that I've got to go to sleep; you know, can't I film something at night?

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

Crikey means gee whiz, wow!

Now, marriage is gonna be a tough one with Bindi, but, you know, I’ll let her start dating as soon as she turns 31. (laughs)

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.

My field is with apex predators, hence your crocodiles, your snakes, your spiders.

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

You know, the basic problem is greed and poverty. The poor chop down trees because they need wood for fire, and big companies chop them down for profit, with corrupt officials getting their take while looking the other way, before the wood is exported or sold to local factories. No one thinks about the wildlife that is being left homeless or destroyed due to this desperation and this greed.

To say that I’ve got millions in the bank, mate, would be a load of crap. Of course I’ve made money, but it’s all gone back into wildlife welfare. I don’t keep it.

I've been put on this planet to protect wildlife and wildnerness areas, which in essence is gonna help humanity. I want to have the purest oceans, I want to be able to drink water straight outta that creek, I want to stop the ozone layer [from depleting], I want to save the world.

I would never blame an animal if it bit me, that is for sure, because I’m at fault, not them ... I heal so quickly, I tell you what, if you cut my arm off I would grow a new one.

You know, you can touch a stick of dynamite, but if you touch a venomous snake, it'll turn around and bite you and kill you so fast it's not even funny.

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.

So, my tactic with conservation of apex predators is to get people excited and take them to where they live.

So fear helps me from making mistakes, but I make lot of mistakes.

Sharks, I've been self-trained as well, and crocodiles, naturally. I've been catching them since I was nine. No problem.

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