Jimmy Chin Quotes

- Why do you want to climb Mt. Everest, Sir? - Because it is there.

It's like a living process. You start out, and you see the Eiger north face, and you think, 'That's impossible.' Then you start to dream. Then you climb the Eiger north face. Then maybe you go to the Himalaya.

When I took on Everest, I'm not there for the views.

All I know is this: The reason that I've gotten attention from this industry is that I just kept making films until they paid attention.

In the West, the art of rock climbing is growing because it has to do with less risk, good muscles. But the people seeking high goals in high places are in Eastern Europe, and they reach their goals because they are willing to suffer more.

If you want something you can have it, but only if you want everything that goes with it, including all the hard work and the despair, and only if you're willing to risk failure.

You want to climb the mountain because it’s there and you know you can do it.

Because it is there [famous explanation for wanting to climb Mount Everest].

All worthwhile endeavors are 90% work and 10% love, and only the love should show.

Because it's there. (when asked why he wanted to climb Everest)

I guess you go for nothing, if you really want to go that far.

If you get an idea, you might as well stick with it until somebody calls you on it.

I wanted something different; I wanted something that challenged me and that pushed me further. Then this idea of climbing Mount Everest came to my mind. It stuck in my head for days. Someone told me I couldn't do it, and that really annoyed me.

I told them, you can succeed - it's not likely the first time, maybe 25 per cent, but you CAN succeed. You can also die. By April 16 they had already been to camp III, well ahead of most teams.

One arrives at style only with atrocious effort, with fanatical and devoted stubbornness.

I was scared many times on Everest, but this is all part of the challenge. When I fell down a crevasse, it was pretty scary.

I believe that filmmaking - as, probably, is everything - is a game you should play with all your cards, and all your dice, and whatever else you've got. So, each time I make a movie, I give it everything I have. I think everyone should, and I think everyone should do everything they do that way.

You know, when you run you got to be all in and you take risks of winning and losing.

Struggling at anything that you want to be doing is hard.

Younger songwriters will ask me, 'What did you do?' And it's like, 'Well, I worked a day job, and I didn't stake anything. I didn't quit my day job. I didn't have any hopes at all. I just did the thing that I believed in, and I waited a long time.'

Meeting Australian mountaineer and author Tim Macartney-Snape when I was 16 in 1994 had a big impact on me. His ascent of Everest from sea to summit captured my imagination.

When you stick to what you're doing, sometimes that road ain't as easy as the rest of them.

Grit may carry risk because it's about putting all your eggs in one basket, to some extent.

You have to follow your gut and believe in your film. Nothing else matters.

I know what a long shot race is like, and I'm willing to put the work in.