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
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.
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.
goal important achieve
I've always been about setting goals. Then when I had a near death experience at nineteen, it made it even more important to strive to achieve certain things.
philosophy live-life opportunity
There was some expiration point to my life, and it became very important to maximize the time that I did have on Earth. That's what led me to my personal philosophy: "No Opportunity Wasted" - NOW for short, which is about living life to the fullest.
judged
At the end of the day, we're all judged by those we leave behind.
kids listening passionate
Where we really effect change, in terms of creating a passionate work force, is by listening to kids early.
kids school youth
Schools often box kids into predefined categories. But we don't know what amazing ideas, inventions, cures, and contributions all these youths really have.
diversity
We need diversity in our population to make it work.
different
Anything new and different is most susceptible to market research.
interesting people dynamics
I'm a big fan of human dynamics. Nothing fascinates me more than really interesting people and human dynamics.
change criticized denying less might people places proud pull race racing successful teams tried
We tried something. I'm really proud that we tried something, because I think if we hadn't tried to change the race, people might have criticized us for not being adventurous and doing something different. I'm proud of what we managed to pull together, but there is no denying that the race is most successful when it has less faces, more places and teams of two racing around the world.