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 else is stupid enough to get themselves into the straits that I get into.
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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Why is it that the finish line always tends to appear just after the point at which we most want to give up? is it the universe’s way of reserving the best for those who can give the most? What I do know, from nature, is that the dawn only appears after the darkest hour.
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The truth is, I need 10 lifetimes to scratch the surface of the things I’d love to do.
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It can be hard to explain. But I also relate to the quote that says, Iif you have to ask, you will never understand.
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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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I’ve never really had a TV career. I’ve been a soldier and a climber.
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Our achievements are generally limited only by the beliefs we impose on ourselves.
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In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.
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Being brave isn’t the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.
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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.
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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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The difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word – extra.
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My favorite moments? Where it’s all going swimmingly, the sun’s out and I’ve got a fire going and a nice snake on the barbecue.
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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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When I’m filming, survival requires movement. You need your energy, and you’ve got to eat the bad stuff, and survival food is rarely pretty, but you kind of do it. I get in that zone, and I eat the nasty stuff, but I’m not like that when I’m back home.
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