I love Ray Mears. He’s brilliant. He’s so rude about me in the press, it’s outrageous!
BEAR GRYLLSThe rules of survival never change, whether you’re in a desert or in an arena.
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Weather can kill you so fast. The first priority of survival is getting protection from the extreme weather.
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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.
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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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My work is all about adventure and teamwork in some of the most inhospitable jungles, mountains and deserts on the planet. If you aren’t able to look after yourself and each other, then people die.
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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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A man’s pride can be his downfall, and he needs to learn when to turn to others for support and guidance.
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The only difference between ‘try’ and ‘triumph’ is varying degrees of ‘umph’
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Never depend on those luck moments – they are gifts – but instead always build your own back-up plan.
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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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The greatest journeys all start with a single step.
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I didn’t want to do eight seasons of How To Build A Fire. The intention was to make something fun and dynamic and about self rescue, not about whittling.
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The rules of survival never change, whether you’re in a desert or in an arena.
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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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Both faith and fear may sail into your harbor, but only allow faith to drop anchor.
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I was always brought up to have a cup of tea at halfway up a rock face.
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