Never depend on those luck moments – they are gifts – but instead always build your own back-up plan.
BEAR GRYLLSEating 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.
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.
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Once a job it has begun, do not stop until it’s done. Whether it is big or small, do it well or not all.
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Make a little time to be quiet by yourself every day and just be.
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The greatest journeys all start with a single step.
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I’ve never really had a TV career. I’ve been a soldier and a climber.
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As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.
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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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That feeling when you’re so cold you’d give anything to be warm – I’ve had it before, literally huddled around a candle flame on an ice sheet.
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Yes, the Boy Scouts of America should definitely allow gay adult leaders and I think it’s really going to hold them back if they don’t.
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To get ready to climb Everest, I did a lot of hill running with a daypack on and a lot of underwater swimming. I would swim a couple of lengths underwater and then a couple above. It gets your body going with limited oxygen.
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All my life the only thing I’ve been good at has been climbing and throwing myself off big things.
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I love making healthy lean foods delicious – that’s an art!
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The special forces gave me the self-confidence to do some extraordinary things in my life. Climbing Everest then cemented my belief in myself.
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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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The rewards of the wild and the rewards of the survivor go to those who can dig deep, and, ultimately, to the guy who can stay alive.
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