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 GRYLLSI miss him still today: his long, whiskery eyebrows, his huge hands and hugs, his warmth, his prayers, his stories, but above all his shining example of how to live and how to die.
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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Nobody else is stupid enough to get themselves into the straits that I get into.
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There is no feeling like coming home after danger.
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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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How you speak about others speaks loudest about yourself.
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I loved climbing because of the freedom, and having time and space. I remember coming off Everest for the last time, thinking of Dad and wishing that he could have seen what I saw. He would have loved it.
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I have held healthy respects of bears along with assorted crocodiles, snakes and lots of other animals. You know, bears are dangerous, you have to be super careful.
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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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Both faith and fear may sail into your harbor, but only allow faith to drop anchor.
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Alpha was the best thing I ever did. It helped answer some huge questions and to find a simple empowering faith in my life.
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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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I always wanted to be Robin Hood or John the Baptist when I was growing up.
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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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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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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 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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