There’s no magic to running far or climbing Everest. Endurance is mental strength. It’s all about heart.
BEAR GRYLLSMy Christian faith is my backbone
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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Don’t be scared to dream big, and don’t be afraid to be close to people. And never give up! It’s the tenacious not the talented that win.
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I look back and understand the world a bit better and know how competitive it is .
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I always wanted to be Robin Hood or John the Baptist when I was growing up.
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Well, wolves will pretty rarely hunt. You’re vulnerable if you’re on your own or injured. But for lone wolves, get up high, show them that you’re not injured, face ’em off, be authoritarian with it, and look ’em in the eye.
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The difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word – extra.
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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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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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But the wild is unpredictable, stuff does happen, and it’s always when you’re least expecting it.
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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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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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If you risk nothing you gain nothing
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Nobody else is stupid enough to get themselves into the straits that I get into.
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I said no to the Born Survivor producer three times because I’ve never aspired to be a TV man.
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