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.
BEAR GRYLLSI think viewers quite like it when I’m suffering or eating or drinking something horrible or really up against it in some quicksand or whatever.
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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I train five days a week hard – but it is short and sharp – 30 to 40 minutes of functional and pretty dynamic body-strength circuits, then I do a good yoga session on the sixth day, then I rest.
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I look back and understand the world a bit better and know how competitive it is .
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For me, my training is a key part of my work as so often my life has depended on being able to move fast and haul myself up and out of something fast!
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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.
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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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How you speak about others speaks loudest about yourself.
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My Christian faith is my backbone
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The rewards of the wild and the rewards of the survivor go to those who can dig deep, and, ultimately, to the guy who can stay alive.
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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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My best life lessons and education didn’t come from a classroom – they’ve come from the wild. How you act in the big moments, the ones that challenge you, scare you, tempt you, and force you to make the right decisions, is what defines you.
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I grew up on survival shows and they were always just so…anoraky.
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The difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word – extra.
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As for my diet, I try to eat lean, clean and healthy – nothing too surprising. And I avoid too much meat or dairy because they slow you down.
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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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Unless you have shelter, fire is going to be very hard and if you have fire, but no water, you’re going to die. They’re all super important.
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