Wim Hof

I feel like I can control my own body as if I have a thermostat that I can adjust when I need to.

I love working out to Michael Jackson.

I completed five half marathons in 2002.

As one can solve maths by concentrating do I focus on certain places in my body and generate heat because of it.

Every body has mind power, I have learned to direct it toward my body and thus influence the cold and heating-system of my metabolism.

Over time, we as humans have developed a different attitude towards nature and we've forgotten about our inner power.

When there is no oxygen the muscles become acidic and we can't perform any more.

Breathing and using cold, through cold showers and experiences, provides a boost of performance compared to anything that would be possible if the person had not done that.

For me, God is cold.

I think of the cold as a noble force.

I fear not living fully.

Love is my mission.

I want people to find their inner depth.

I don't bother with gyms, I just workout where I happen to be whether it's in the garden or at home.

It's a great honour to have the nickname of Iceman, it makes me feel very proud of my achievements.

In the cold I centre myself and my breathing to transfer all my heat into the centre of my body.

Arthritis, Crohn's disease, psoriasis, depression - all of those diseases are a result of our neglected biochemistry. We need to be stimulated to help fight disease. Cold is a great stimulator.

Sometimes you don't know why but you feel attracted to do something.

We are estranged from our own deeper physiology because we are no longer in contact with nature. Instead, we are controlling nature with air pollution, heating, technology. But you have to know you have a depth within yourself which needs to be stimulated. If it doesn't get stimulated it becomes weaker, like a muscle that's not being used any more.

Anybody is able to doubt me. I say, 'Come with your criticism to polish the diamond of the truth.' People need to wake up to their own power. Everybody has this nature.

I want to show everyone in this world that the soul is the source of our happiness, strength and health. Love actually comes from the soul, from the light.

I want to stop war, and I want to stop disease.

We are built to be happy, strong and healthy. I fear not to live. We have everything to live up to our dreams. You have everything to achieve that, and in a very short period of time you can get all the tools to manifest who you want to be.

I know my body. I know my mind. I know what I can do.

Deep breathing changes the chemistry of the body by bringing oxygen into the tissue.