Top 40 Wim Hof Quotes

I found by deeper breathing, going into the cold, thinking about it, dealing with it; getting the conviction that my ability to breathe deeper is making connections with my body.

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 had to find the interconnection of my brain together with my physiology.

I completed five half marathons in 2002.

With work and life, your true depth can become an alien thing to you. Your gut feelings, your instincts become buried.

Breathing exercises produce brain waves.

Men need to laugh more.

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.

I’m able to control the body through just the power of the mind.

When I am performing ice immersion, actually I do not think very much. It is all before.

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.

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

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

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.

I think of the cold as a noble force.

I want people to find their inner depth.

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

Your brain has the power to modify your pain perception.

We as a species have unlimited power of our mind. We can make anything happen.

The cortex is the enemy.

Yes, my teacher is the cold.

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

I love working out to Michael Jackson.

I fear not living fully.

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

I never had a teacher, and I never had lessons, other than hard Nature itself.

Love is my mission.

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

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

I’m not afraid to die. But I’m afraid to not live.

The whole medical industry wants us sick.

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

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

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.

Fear is a great signal. It’s like a pain signal. Hey, look at me, look at me. Get your focus right over here, at the pain.

That’s what nature meant us to do, breathe deep when we are stressed.

I had a stroll like this in the park with somebody, and I saw the ice and I thought, ‘what would happen if I go in there?’ I was really attracted to it. I went in, got rid of my clothes. Thirty seconds I was in. Tremendous good feeling when I came out, and since then, I repeated it every day.

Nature is so merciless – but so righteous.

For me, God is cold.

I’ve done about anything I can fantasize about in the cold.