For me, my training is a key part of my work as so often my life has depended on being able to move fast and haul myself up and out of something fast!
BEAR GRYLLSAbove 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.
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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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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The difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word – extra.
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If you risk nothing you gain nothing
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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 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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Look, sometimes, no matter how hard you try, sometimes you need a bit of luck.
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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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Faith is personal if it’s to be real.
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You can’t live someone else’s expectations in life. It’s a recipe for disaster.
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I’ve eaten sheep’s eyes, the still hot meat from a zebra killed by a lion, and maggots which give you 70 calories to the ounce.
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As a society, we’ve become terrified of failure, but you can’t grow without risking it.
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I always wanted to be Robin Hood or John the Baptist when I was growing up.
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It is only when You really STEP OUT of Your comfort zone that You GROW.
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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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Is your ego small enough, and your backbone strong enough, to raise others up high on your shoulders?
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