Phil Keoghan
Phil Keoghan
Philip John "Phil" Keoghan MNZMis a New Zealander television personality, best known for hosting the U.S. version of The Amazing Race on CBS, since its 2001 debut. He is also the creator and host of No Opportunity Wasted, which has been produced in the United States, New Zealand, and Canada. He has won ten Emmy Awards for his work...
NationalityNew Zealander
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth31 May 1967
CityLincoln, New Zealand
cities bolivia extraordinary
La Paz, Bolivia, is the most extraordinary city.
notebook book humour
Inevitably you're going to be delayed somewhere. Always have a book. Always have a movie. Always have a notebook. And then always have a sense of humour.
hero needs stories
With any good story, you need the adversary, the heroes and villains. You need a good mixture to make it work.
ideas people imagination
Instead of focusing on the amount of money lacking in your budget, focus on what you DO have: a willing spirit, an imagination filled with bright ideas, people who care about you and can perhaps help you in some way. These are the things that will enable you to do almost anything.
humor race people
People ask me what the most important thing to take on the race is, and I always say it's a sense of humor. If you've got nothing but a sense of humor, you will survive.
driven
I'm driven by telling stories, I love telling stories.
special storyteller
A good storyteller can hold everybody captive without the special effects of Hollywood.
drinking sometimes finding-myself
I love finding myself in the most bizarre situations, drinking cobra's blood - really diverse stories. And yet, I will still turn up on location sometimes and be surprised by what I'm encountering or by how to do something.
goal people film
When I hear people watched my film and then got on their own bikes and rode, whether a few miles or across America, to achieve their own goals - that excites me. It's the power of a story.
reading people inspire
Stories have inspired me all my life. I like reading about what other people have done and it inspires me to share my own stories, and encourage people to make their own life stories.
people underdog extraordinary
I love underdogs, people who have achieved extraordinary things against the odds.
people design trying
I try to encourage people to identify the things in life that they really want to do, so that over a period of time they can design or steer their life towards those things.
college people vision
I'm not saying that you shouldn't go to college or you shouldn't finish your degree, but sometimes people have a very clear vision about what they want to do, and they just want to get on with it.
wall inspired
If you look around my room, you see lots of lists. I'm inspired by what's up on the wall.