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.
BEAR GRYLLSWithout risk, there can be no growth.
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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It is only when You really STEP OUT of Your comfort zone that You GROW.
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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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I was always brought up to have a cup of tea at halfway up a rock face.
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Textbook survival says stay still, don’t take any chances, wait for rescue. That’s a boring TV show. My thing was always, “Listen, shoelace, dead squirrel and no other way down this rock face. You can do this!”
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There’s no magic to running far or climbing Everest. Endurance is mental strength. It’s all about heart.
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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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I find skydiving really hard. I broke my back while skydiving when I was in the military, and for 18 months all my nightmares were about falling.
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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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Change the way you use your time, and you change your life.
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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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A man’s pride can be his downfall, and he needs to learn when to turn to others for support and guidance.
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And Jesus, the heart of the Christian faith is the wildest, most radical guy you’d ever come across.
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My favorite moments? Where it’s all going swimmingly, the sun’s out and I’ve got a fire going and a nice snake on the barbecue.
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One killer exercise that’s really great is pull-ups with your legs out level. That’s my favourite. It’s such functional core strength, and that’s why I can climb up trees and down vines.
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