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If you risk nothing you gain nothing

Bear Grylls

One killer exercise that’s really great is pull-ups with your legs out level. That’s my favourite. It’s such functional core strength, and that’s why I can climb up trees and down vines.
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Exercise Tree Vines
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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Clever Hard Strong Work
Nothing inspires people more than reckless acts of courage.
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Inspire People Reckless
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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Bears Names Week
The truth is, I need 10 lifetimes to scratch the surface of the things I’d love to do.
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Love Needs Scratches Truth
I’m probably going to be the scruffiest Chief Scout you’ve ever had and my health and safety policy is non-existent.
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Chiefs Policy Safety
People ask me, “How do I succeed?” Whatever it is they do, I say, “Go and find 20 ways of messing it up. By 21, you’ll be getting there.” Life is an adventure, go back with cuts, scars and bruises.
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Adventure Cutting People
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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Men Pride Support
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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Appeals Awareness Come Up
Textbook survival tells you to stay put. Stop. Wait for rescue. Don’t take any risks. But there’d been a whole host of survival shows like that and I didn’t really want to do that.
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Risk Survival Waiting
I think it’s fun running with dogs. They’re always so fit and fast.
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Dog Fun Running
It is only when You really STEP OUT of Your comfort zone that You GROW.
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Comfort Grows Steps
Survival can be summed up in three words – never give up. That’s the heart of it really. Just keep trying.
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Give Up Heart Survival
Don’t be scared to dream big, and don’t be afraid to be close to people. And never give up! It’s the tenacious not the talented that win.
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Dream Give Up Winning
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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Attitude Job Running
I’ve never really had a TV career. I’ve been a soldier and a climber.
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Careers Climber Soldier

If you risk nothing you gain nothing

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