Ben Saunders
Ben Saunders
Benjamin Saunders, is an American mixed martial artist who currently fights in the Welterweight division of the UFC. He was a featured fighter on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra, fighting on Team Serra. A professional competitor since 2004, Saunders has also formerly competed for Bellator...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMMA Fighter
Date of Birth13 April 1983
Ben Saunders quotes about
thankfully
What's the nastiest injury I've sustained? Just a frostbitten toe... but thankfully it's still intact.
I don't think of myself as an explorer but as an athlete.
expedition feasible knew
My Antarctic expedition is just about doable, just feasible and that's what is exciting to me. If I knew it was possible, if I knew I could do it without too much bother, I wouldn't be interested.
environmental scientists
Environmental scientists in Canada said it was impossible for me to get to the Pole in 2004... I said 'no,' it's still OK, and I can still get there, and I did.
absolutely
I'm not particularly gifted; I'm not genetically freakish in any sense; I'm absolutely average.
becomes certain concerned direction gas life matter none normally north staying stuff tax warm
Expeditions are escapism. The stuff that we're normally concerned about just doesn't matter out there. Tax returns, gas bill, none of it. Life becomes very simple, it's about moving in a certain direction - north if you're going north - staying warm and not getting eaten. That's it.
cycling dangerous death far polar
I've diced with death the most cycling around London. Black cabs are far more dangerous than polar bears.
crank electronic groove music repetitive
When I'm skiing, I listen to electronic music. It's repetitive and let's me get into a groove and crank out the miles.