‘You change or you drown’: Lewis Pugh on surviving the world’s most brutal swims

Lewis Pugh has built a career by going where very few people would dare.

A record-holding endurance swimmer, UN Patron of the Oceans and founder of the Lewis Pugh Foundation, he is known for pushing the limits of human endurance in some of the world’s harshest waters.

In this exclusive interview with the High Performance Speakers Agency, Lewis Pugh reflects on where his passion for swimming began, the toughest journeys of his career, and the mindset that has helped him keep going through fear, fatigue and uncertainty.