Many people find it hard to understand what it is about a mountain that draws men and women to risk their lives on her freezing, icy faces – all for a chance at that single, solitary moment on the top.
BEAR GRYLLSYou only get one chance at life and you have to grab it boldly.
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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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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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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I always had a really natural faith as a kid. Where I knew God existed and it felt very free and pretty wild and natural, and it wasn’t religious.
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One 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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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 hang out all the time with kids and young scouts and I never meet kids who don’t want adventure.
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To get ready to climb Everest, I did a lot of hill running with a daypack on and a lot of underwater swimming. I would swim a couple of lengths underwater and then a couple above. It gets your body going with limited oxygen.
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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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Above all, I feel a quiet pride that for the rest of my days I can look at myself in the mirror and know that once upon a time I was good enough. Good enough to call myself a member of the SAS. Some things don’t have a price tag.
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Look, sometimes, no matter how hard you try, sometimes you need a bit of luck.
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I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.
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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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Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end.
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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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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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I’ve seen extreme bravery from the least likely of people. Life is about the moments when it’s all gone wrong. That’s when we define ourselves.
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You can’t live someone else’s expectations in life. It’s a recipe for disaster.
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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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I am not fearless. I get scared plenty. But I have also learned how to channel that emotion to sharpen me.
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All worthwhile journeys have big obstacles. It’s the way of the world. The rewards go to those who can push through those trying moments and still manage to keep a smile on their face.
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But the wild is unpredictable, stuff does happen, and it’s always when you’re least expecting it.
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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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The only difference between ‘try’ and ‘triumph’ is varying degrees of ‘umph’
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The lesson is, the rewards in life don’t always go to the biggest, or the bravest, or the smartest. The rewards go to the dogged; and when your going though hell, to the person who just keeps going.
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Life has taught me to be very cautious of a man with a dream, especially a man who has teetered on the edge of life. It gives a fire and recklessness inside that is hard to quantify.
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I think it’s fun running with dogs. They’re always so fit and fast.
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