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.
BEAR GRYLLSDreams, though, are cheap, and the real task comes when you start putting in place the steps needed to make those dreams a reality.
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I’m terrified of walking into a room full of people. Sitting down at a dinner table with 15 strangers brings me out in a sweat.
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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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In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.
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Without risk, there can be no growth.
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I’m probably going to be the scruffiest Chief Scout you’ve ever had and my health and safety policy is non-existent.
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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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Dreams, though, are cheap, and the real task comes when you start putting in place the steps needed to make those dreams a reality.
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It can be hard to explain. But I also relate to the quote that says, Iif you have to ask, you will never understand.
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There is little faith involved in setting out on a journey where the destination is certain and every step in between has been mapped in detail. Bravery, trust, is about leaving camp in the dark, when we do not know the route ahead and cannot be certain we will ever return.
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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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A wise man knows; learn from others, never get complacent and know where the classic old dangers come from.
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Sometimes an ember is all we need.
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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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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 do see a lot of the hard end of ecology, and my feeling is that we live on a super-exciting planet but a super-fragile one.
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