And Jesus, the heart of the Christian faith is the wildest, most radical guy you’d ever come across.
BEAR GRYLLSNobody else is stupid enough to get themselves into the straits that I get into.
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Nobody else is stupid enough to get themselves into the straits that I get into.
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The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.
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I 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.
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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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You only get one chance at life and you have to grab it boldly.
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My faith isn’t very churchy, it’s a pretty personal, intimate thing and has been a huge source of strength in moments of life and death.
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Eating any of these things, goat testicles or what have you, isn’t going to be nice, but you get into that zone, you become focussed and you do what you need to do. It’s all about one thing: coming home in one piece.
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Our dreams are just wishes, if we never follow them through with action. And in life, you have got to be able to light your own fire.
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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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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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The extremes of jungles, mountains, and deserts are inherently dangerous places.
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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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Both faith and fear may sail into your harbor, but only allow faith to drop anchor.
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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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And if you give your heart to a goal, it will repay you. It’s the law of the universe.
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That feeling when you’re so cold you’d give anything to be warm – I’ve had it before, literally huddled around a candle flame on an ice sheet.
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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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The rules of survival never change, whether you’re in a desert or in an arena.
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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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Live a wild, generous full, exciting life – blessing those around you and seeing the good in all.
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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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Being brave isn’t the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.
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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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The difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word – extra.
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I didn’t want to do eight seasons of How To Build A Fire. The intention was to make something fun and dynamic and about self rescue, not about whittling.
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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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