I think viewers quite like it when I’m suffering or eating or drinking something horrible or really up against it in some quicksand or whatever.
BEAR GRYLLSI think viewers quite like it when I’m suffering or eating or drinking something horrible or really up against it in some quicksand or whatever.
BEAR GRYLLSI don’t like expeditions where it is a total lottery whether you live or die. You have to keep those sort of good luck cards for rare occasions!
BEAR GRYLLSAll my life the only thing I’ve been good at has been climbing and throwing myself off big things.
BEAR GRYLLSYou can’t live someone else’s expectations in life. It’s a recipe for disaster.
BEAR GRYLLSMy faith is an important part of my life and over the years I’ve learnt that it takes a proud man to say he doesn’t need anything. It has been a quiet strength and a backbone through a lot of difficult times.
BEAR GRYLLSThe difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word – extra. And for me, I had always grown up with the belief that if someone succeeds it is because they are brilliant or talented or just better than me…
BEAR GRYLLSI was super skeptical about doing TV. I said no three times, part of which was confidence because I didn’t really understand that world. I know how to climb mountains and do all that, but I wasn’t a TV person.
BEAR GRYLLSI was always brought up to have a cup of tea at halfway up a rock face.
BEAR GRYLLSWeather can kill you so fast. The first priority of survival is getting protection from the extreme weather.
BEAR GRYLLSAre you the sort of person who can turn around when you have nothing left, and find that little bit extra inside you to keep going, or do you sag and wilt with exhaustion? It is a mental game, and it is hard to tell how people will react until they are squeezed.
BEAR GRYLLSI think fire is so critical in the wild. You can cook with it, you can make tools, you can deter a predator, you can dry your clothes and you get that element of morale that matters so much when you’re stuck in the middle of nowhere.
BEAR GRYLLSAs a society, we’ve become terrified of failure, but you can’t grow without risking it.
BEAR GRYLLSFaith is personal if it’s to be real.
BEAR GRYLLSI’ve never really had a TV career. I’ve been a soldier and a climber.
BEAR GRYLLSAlpha was the best thing I ever did. It helped answer some huge questions and to find a simple empowering faith in my life.
BEAR GRYLLSThe extremes of jungles, mountains, and deserts are inherently dangerous places.
BEAR GRYLLS