Happy Birthday Tenzing Norgay: Top 10 quotes from the Everest pioneer

"It has been a long road... from a mountain coolie to a world figure."

"We climb because it is there."

"You cannot climb a mountain with a broken arm and a broken leg."

"To me, the mountains are something to be conquered, not feared."

"The stronger they are, the stronger I am."

"It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves."

"If it is a shame to be the second man on Everest, then I will have to live with this shame."

"I have climbed my mountain, but I must still live my life."

"Mountains are a means to climb oneself."

"The Sherpas are a quiet people; they do not like to draw attention to themselves."