As for my diet, I try to eat lean, clean and healthy – nothing too surprising. And I avoid too much meat or dairy because they slow you down.
BEAR GRYLLSOur fate is determined by how far we are prepared to push ourselves to stay alive – the decisions we make to survive. We must do whatever it takes to endure and make it through alive.
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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Our dreams are just wishes, if we never follow them through with action. And in life, you have got to be able to light your own fire.
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Survival requires us to leave our prejudices at home. It’s about doing whatever it takes – and ultimately those with the biggest heart will win.
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It breaks my heart that my father never knew my children. He should have been around for another 25 years.
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Life has taught me to be very cautious of a man with a dream, especially a man who has teetered on the edge of life. It gives a fire and recklessness inside that is hard to quantify.
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Unless you have shelter, fire is going to be very hard and if you have fire, but no water, you’re going to die. They’re all super important.
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Eating any of these things, goat testicles or what have you, isn’t going to be nice, but you get into that zone, you become focussed and you do what you need to do. It’s all about one thing: coming home in one piece.
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I look back and understand the world a bit better and know how competitive it is .
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I’ve fallen down crevasses, been bitten by snakes, been knocked unconscious, had various limbs broken and once, a heavy camera came plunging down which very nearly decapitated me.
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Exercise helps my back. If I don’t exercise, that’s when it starts to hurt. The pain is a good motivator to run and exercise.
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Life doesn’t reward the naturally clever or strong but those who can learn to fight and work hard and never quit.
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I think it’s fun running with dogs. They’re always so fit and fast.
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Faith is personal if it’s to be real.
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Above all, I feel a quiet pride that for the rest of my days I can look at myself in the mirror and know that once upon a time I was good enough. Good enough to call myself a member of the SAS. Some things don’t have a price tag.
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One thing I know for sure: it is only by doing what we fear that we can ever truly learn to be brave.
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To me, adventure has always been to me the connections and bounds you create with people when you’re there. And you can have that anywhere.
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