Some of Raymond Greenlaw's Quotes

Raymond grabbing a snack in Antarctica.

I want to LIVE my life. For me that means taking chances. I will not let
fear stop me from doing things that I really want. (Raymond Greenlaw)

Everybody's an online critic, people who've never done anything and have no qualifications. (Raymond Greenlaw)
Yeah, I'm tired. (Raymond Greenlaw)
Gimme chemicals. Gimme chemicals. (Jan Blomqvist, Drift)
No, I didn't get a vaccine. The USA gave away 500,000,000 vaccines, but expats weren't allowed to get one. We put a man on the moon over 50 years ago, so yes, the government could have provided vaccines to all of its taxpayers. (Raymond Greenlaw)
I don't know; I don't know what's going on. (Raymond Greenlaw, during the COVID-19 pandemic.)

What country are you from!? (Raymond Greenlaw)
It's like cleaning a room. (Peter Solomon on describing the task of cleaning up our rented RV after RAAM.)
My tongue is sore as hell, and my ass is killing me. (Raymond Greenlaw) If I wake up feeling like that, there better be a couple of hundred bucks in my pocket. (Wilson, during RAAM.)
Well, it ain't gonna ride itself, Boy. (Raymond Greenlaw on TransAmerica Trail ride 2018.)
Lie der. (Raymond Greenlaw in Issarn.)
The schedule was too ambitious. (Raymond Greenlaw, after completing the fastest east-to-west hike across Thailand.)

I won't be doing that again. (Raymond Greenlaw, after completing the Swissman Extreme Ironman.)
I wish I knew. (Raymond Greenlaw)
The Via Dinarica, it's not for everybody. (Raymond "Wall" Greenlaw and Glenn "Fiddlehead" Fleagle)
Give me another Jelen Pivo. (Raymond Greenlaw)
Nema problema. (Raymond Greenlaw)
I just completed the Triple Crown. (Raymond Greenlaw)

If that Bull Moose comes any closer, I'll blast his nostrils with this bear spray. (Raymond Greenlaw)
This is probably my last Ironman. (Raymond Greenlaw, after completing Ironman Taiwan in extreme heat.)
There is no f*@#ing way I'm coming off the bike now. This is the first tailwind that I've had. (Raymond Greenlaw, in tornado-like conditions in Kansas at RAAM 2013.)
Are you f*@#ing kidding me? (Raymond Greenlaw)
If it's broken, fix it. (Raymond Greenlaw)
Mom, you're the greatest! (Raymond Greenlaw)

I love you and miss you so much, Mom! (Raymond Greenlaw)
Are you committed to this? Can you hike 55 miles with six socks on that foot? (Raymond Greenlaw to Paul Goransson after the sole of Paul's shoe fell off halfway into the 100-mile wilderness in northern Maine.)
I've had a lot of patience over the last few months. (Raymond Greenlaw)
It was at least three and a half meters long ... (Raymond Greenlaw)
Everything we do in life, well, we need to do it some way. And, the way we do it gives us a certain experience. Enjoy that experience, learn from it, and grow. (Raymond Greenlaw)
I miss you, Dad! (Raymond Greenlaw)

I like running in the rain. (Raymond Greenlaw during tropical storm.)
Give me another Hefeweizen. (Stefan Wirtz, John Allen, Raymond Greenlaw, and millions of others.)
Don't give me another Hefeweizen. (Raymond Greenlaw)
When I have a rock in my shoe, I stop and take it out. (Raymond Greenlaw)
I can't breathe. (Raymond Greenlaw)
The equipment failed again. (Raymond Greenlaw)

I did just get hit by lightning. (Raymond Greenlaw)
If I'm lying on the ground mumbling, I'm probably saying something like "Give me a Dels." (Raymond Greenlaw)
Sticks and stones, baby. Sticks and stones. (Raymond Greenlaw)
I guess I'll travel on. (Robert Greenlaw)
Umm, hello! (Raymond Greenlaw)
Yeah, I've been there before. (Raymond Greenlaw)