I was christened Edward. My sister gave me the name Bear when I was a week old and it has stuck.
BEAR GRYLLSLook, sometimes, no matter how hard you try, sometimes you need a bit of luck.
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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I love Ray Mears. He’s brilliant. He’s so rude about me in the press, it’s outrageous!
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Alpha was the best thing I ever did. It helped answer some huge questions and to find a simple empowering faith in my life.
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Why is it that the finish line always tends to appear just after the point at which we most want to give up? is it the universe’s way of reserving the best for those who can give the most? What I do know, from nature, is that the dawn only appears after the darkest hour.
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Being brave isn’t the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.
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I 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.
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I grew up on survival shows and they were always just so…anoraky.
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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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Both faith and fear may sail into your harbor, but only allow faith to drop anchor.
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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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Our 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.
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Accidents on big mountains happen when people’s ambitions cloud their good judgment. Good climbing is about climbing with heart and with instinct, not ambition and pride.
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I 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!
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I’m probably going to be the scruffiest Chief Scout you’ve ever had and my health and safety policy is non-existent.
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I love making healthy lean foods delicious – that’s an art!
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The truth is, I need 10 lifetimes to scratch the surface of the things I’d love to do.
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