I am not fearless. I get scared plenty. But I have also learned how to channel that emotion to sharpen me.
BEAR GRYLLSI never wanted to do TV. I just did what I was trained to do through the Special Forces, and I’ve been doing that from a very young age.
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My faith is an important part of my life and over the years I’ve learnt that it takes a proud man to say he doesn’t need anything. It has been a quiet strength and a backbone through a lot of difficult times.
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Christianity is not about religion. It’s about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. It’s about finding joy and finding home.
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Life has taught me to be very cautious of a man with a dream, especially a man who has teetered on the edge of life. It gives a fire and recklessness inside that is hard to quantify.
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And if you give your heart to a goal, it will repay you. It’s the law of the universe.
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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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I was always brought up to have a cup of tea at halfway up a rock face.
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The appeal of the wild for me is its unpredictability. You have to develop an awareness, react fast, be resourceful and come up with a plan and act on it.
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I had many opportunities to get behind products in the past, and I was always careful to evaluate all of them. I will not put my name to shoddy items.
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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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Sometimes an ember is all we need.
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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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Nobody wants to end up super rich and famous – but divorced. I’m always clear on that and try to stay on the right side of the line.
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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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I never wanted to do TV. I just did what I was trained to do through the Special Forces, and I’ve been doing that from a very young age.
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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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