Bear Grylls on winning
Bear Grylls151 quotes“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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My favorite moments? Where it’s all going swimmingly, the sun’s out and I’ve got a fire going and a nice snake on the barbecue.
Bear GryllsBear Grylls I miss him still today: his long, whiskery eyebrows, his huge hands and hugs, his warmth, his prayers, his stories, but above all his shining example of how to live and how to die.
Bear GryllsBear Grylls What I’ve learned over the years is that the path less traveled always makes for a more interesting journey. If you simply do what everyone else is doing, how can you ever expect to excel and create something wonderful and unique in your life?
Bear GryllsBear Grylls The only difference between ‘try’ and ‘triumph’ is varying degrees of ‘umph’
Bear GryllsBear Grylls Scouts should be progressive and should be adapting. If you’re gay or not it’s irrelevant, Scouting values respect.
Bear GryllsBear Grylls 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.
Bear GryllsBear Grylls “But, we’re also going to learn to look after each other, who to work together and who to understand and manage that risk.” That’s what it’s about, you don’t empower kids if you don’t expose them to risk.
Bear GryllsBear Grylls My faith isn’t very churchy, it’s a pretty personal, intimate thing and has been a huge source of strength in moments of life and death.
Bear GryllsBear Grylls I learnt another valuable lesson that night: listen to the quiet voice inside. Intuition is the noise of the mind.
Bear GryllsBear Grylls That feeling when you’re so cold you’d give anything to be warm – I’ve had it before, literally huddled around a candle flame on an ice sheet.
Bear GryllsBear Grylls I do see a lot of the hard end of ecology, and my feeling is that we live on a super-exciting planet but a super-fragile one.
Bear GryllsBear Grylls Textbook survival says stay still, don’t take any chances, wait for rescue. That’s a boring TV show. My thing was always, “Listen, shoelace, dead squirrel and no other way down this rock face. You can do this!”
Bear GryllsBear Grylls I grew up on survival shows and they were always just so…anoraky.
Bear GryllsBear Grylls The truth is, I need 10 lifetimes to scratch the surface of the things I’d love to do.
Bear GryllsBear Grylls Sometimes an ember is all we need.
Bear GryllsBear Grylls Nothing inspires people more than reckless acts of courage.
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Aaron StatonAaron Staton The guy who wins the Oscar for Best Actor has a much higher bar to clear than the woman who wins best actress.
Aaron SorkinAaron Sorkin Getting adjusted regularly is part of my goal to win in life and on the field.
Aaron RodgersAaron Rodgers If we can string together some wins this year, maybe I’ll be a close second-or third behind Bart Starr-on their favorite quarterback list.
Aaron RodgersAaron Rodgers You can’t turn the ball over and expect to win.
Aaron RodgersAaron Rodgers As a kid, I always wanted to obviously win a Super Bowl. Now that I’ve got one, it’s like, ‘Now what?’ Let’s go get another one!
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