I 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 GRYLLSIt can be hard to explain. But I also relate to the quote that says, Iif you have to ask, you will never understand.
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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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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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I always wanted to be Robin Hood or John the Baptist when I was growing up.
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Americans are cool, if you show just a chink of vulnerability, they respond so much. They’ll pat you on the arm and say, ‘Hey kid, you’re all right’. Brits will respond but they are much more cynical.
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Make a little time to be quiet by yourself every day and just be.
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But the wild is unpredictable, stuff does happen, and it’s always when you’re least expecting it.
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It breaks my heart that my father never knew my children. He should have been around for another 25 years.
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When I’m in ‘Man vs. Wild’ mode, it’s not pleasure. Every sensor is firing and I’m on reserve power all the time and I’m digging deep – and that’s the magic of it as well, and that’s raw and it’s great.
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I try and eat really healthy when I’m home, but I certainly don’t eat worms and snakes.
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That for me was a great liberator to realize that the show isn’t about me running around, jumping off stuff and flexing muscles, it’s about inspiring people. That makes me really happy.
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Both faith and fear may sail into your harbor, but only allow faith to drop anchor.
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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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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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The hardest thing about my job isn’t the snake bites or the crocodiles, it’s being away from my children. I have a really religious satellite phone call every day back to the boys, wherever we are, whatever time zone, to say goodnight.
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Life doesn’t reward the naturally clever or strong but those who can learn to fight and work hard and never quit.
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