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I said no to the Born Survivor producer three times because I’ve never aspired to be a TV man.

Bear Grylls

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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Fire Important Water
I’m terrified of walking into a room full of people. Sitting down at a dinner table with 15 strangers brings me out in a sweat.
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Down People Sitting Sweat
A friend once asked me what qualities were needed for SAS. I would say to be self-motivated and resilient; to be calm, yet have the ability to smile when it is grim; to be unflappable, be able to react fast and to have an ‘improvise, adapt and overcome’ mentality.
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Overcoming Quality Self
And if you give your heart to a goal, it will repay you. It’s the law of the universe.
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Giving Heart Law
Change the way you use your time, and you change your life.
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Changing Life Use Way Your
The SAS Reserve tends to be made up of former paratroopers and commandos who still want a challenge, but it is open to civilians.
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Challenges Made Want
Are 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.
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Games Little People
I am not fearless. I get scared plenty. But I have also learned how to channel that emotion to sharpen me.
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Emotion Fearless Stay Strong
I was christened Edward. My sister gave me the name Bear when I was a week old and it has stuck.
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Bears Names Week
Dreams, though, are cheap, and the real task comes when you start putting in place the steps needed to make those dreams a reality.
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Dream Real Tasks
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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Home Needs Nice
I train five days a week hard – but it is short and sharp – 30 to 40 minutes of functional and pretty dynamic body-strength circuits, then I do a good yoga session on the sixth day, then I rest.
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Body Week Yoga
I grew up on survival shows and they were always just so…anoraky.
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Grow Survival
There is no feeling like coming home after danger.
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Coming Danger Feelings Home
Nobody else is stupid enough to get themselves into the straits that I get into.
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Enough Nobody Straight Stupid
In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.
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Air Running Special

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