I was super skeptical about doing TV. I said no three times, part of which was confidence because I didn’t really understand that world. I know how to climb mountains and do all that, but I wasn’t a TV person.
BEAR GRYLLSMake a little time to be quiet by yourself every day and just be.
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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A friend once asked me what qualities were needed for SAS. I would say to be self-motivated and resilient; to be calm, yet have the ability to smile when it is grim; to be unflappable, be able to react fast and to have an ‘improvise, adapt and overcome’ mentality.
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Our dreams are just wishes, if we never follow them through with action. And in life, you have got to be able to light your own fire.
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Time and experience have taught me that fame and money very rarely go to the worthy, by the way – hence we shouldn’t ever be too impressed by either of those impostors. Value folk for who they are, how they live and what they give – that’s a much better benchmark.
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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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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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I’ve fallen down crevasses, been bitten by snakes, been knocked unconscious, had various limbs broken and once, a heavy camera came plunging down which very nearly decapitated me.
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Eating 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.
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Juice Plus+ is great stuff that I have used through all of my expeditions. What I like about it is that the research behind it is so strong.
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Nothing inspires people more than reckless acts of courage.
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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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The truth is, I need 10 lifetimes to scratch the surface of the things I’d love to do.
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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’ve never really had a TV career. I’ve been a soldier and a climber.
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Exercise helps my back. If I don’t exercise, that’s when it starts to hurt. The pain is a good motivator to run and exercise.
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I love Ray Mears. He’s brilliant. He’s so rude about me in the press, it’s outrageous!
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I come from a line of self-motivated, determined folk – not grand, not high society, but no-nonsense, family-minded go-getters.
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The only difference between ‘try’ and ‘triumph’ is varying degrees of ‘umph’
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Life’s full of lots of dream-stealers always telling you you need to do something more sensible. I think it doesn’t matter what your dream is, just fight the dream-stealers and hold onto it.
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What Scouting says to people is: Every child has a right to have an adventure. Life is about grabbing opportunities
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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 SAS Reserve tends to be made up of former paratroopers and commandos who still want a challenge, but it is open to civilians.
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Nobody else is stupid enough to get themselves into the straits that I get into.
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I try and eat really healthy when I’m home, but I certainly don’t eat worms and snakes.
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Change the way you use your time, and you change your life.
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I was christened Edward. My sister gave me the name Bear when I was a week old and it has stuck.
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Without risk, there can be no growth.
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