It’s unresolved conflict in my life that I have a lovely family and a risky job.
BEAR GRYLLSOne thing I know for sure: it is only by doing what we fear that we can ever truly learn to be brave.
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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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When I take kids into the woods, I tell them, “What we’re going to do today is going to be incredibly dangerous.” And you just see 20 smiles go up.
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In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.
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It is only when You really STEP OUT of Your comfort zone that You GROW.
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It breaks my heart that my father never knew my children. He should have been around for another 25 years.
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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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Always keep the big picture in mind- you are greatly loved by Jesus and your job is to love Him and others in return. The rest is detail.
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When you find yourself thinking about someone or something in the same old negative way, just stop yourself. Think. Check. Change. Refresh. Job done. Smile. Move on. Do this enough times and you will change. For the better; for the stronger.
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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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Nobody else is stupid enough to get themselves into the straits that I get into.
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Without risk, there can be no growth.
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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 started to get so many letters from unlikely people; a single mum going, “I watch your show, I’m not into survival, but I hold down four jobs and I get it when you say it’s about persistence and putting a positive attitude into things during difficult times.”
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My Christian faith is my backbone
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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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