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.
BEAR GRYLLSNobody 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.
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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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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It’s unresolved conflict in my life that I have a lovely family and a risky job.
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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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“But, we’re also going to learn to look after each other, who to work together and who to understand and manage that risk.” That’s what it’s about, you don’t empower kids if you don’t expose them to risk.
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My faith is an important part of my life and over the years I’ve learnt that it takes a proud man to say he doesn’t need anything. It has been a quiet strength and a backbone through a lot of difficult times.
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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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I think fire is so critical in the wild. You can cook with it, you can make tools, you can deter a predator, you can dry your clothes and you get that element of morale that matters so much when you’re stuck in the middle of nowhere.
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It is 100% natural, is whole food based, and I love the fact that it provides raw, anti-oxidant fruit and veg in a capsule form. For me it fulfills a key part of my nutrition, training and recovery needs.
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Never depend on those luck moments – they are gifts – but instead always build your own back-up plan.
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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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It is only when You really STEP OUT of Your comfort zone that You GROW.
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Is your ego small enough, and your backbone strong enough, to raise others up high on your shoulders?
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As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.
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Life doesn’t reward the naturally clever or strong but those who can learn to fight and work hard and never quit.
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To me, adventure has always been to me the connections and bounds you create with people when you’re there. And you can have that anywhere.
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