I think fire is so critical in the wild. You can cook with it, you can make tools, you can deter a predator, you can dry your clothes and you get that element of morale that matters so much when you’re stuck in the middle of nowhere.
BEAR GRYLLSOur achievements are generally limited only by the beliefs we impose on ourselves.
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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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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Look, sometimes, no matter how hard you try, sometimes you need a bit of luck.
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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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I try and eat really healthy when I’m home, but I certainly don’t eat worms and snakes.
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I have held healthy respects of bears along with assorted crocodiles, snakes and lots of other animals. You know, bears are dangerous, you have to be super careful.
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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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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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“But, we’re also going to learn to look after each other, who to work together and who to understand and manage that risk.” That’s what it’s about, you don’t empower kids if you don’t expose them to risk.
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To me, adventure has always been to me the connections and bounds you create with people when you’re there. And you can have that anywhere.
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I’ve eaten sheep’s eyes, the still hot meat from a zebra killed by a lion, and maggots which give you 70 calories to the ounce.
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And Jesus, the heart of the Christian faith is the wildest, most radical guy you’d ever come across.
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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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It is 100% natural, is whole food based, and I love the fact that it provides raw, anti-oxidant fruit and veg in a capsule form. For me it fulfills a key part of my nutrition, training and recovery needs.
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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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Never depend on those luck moments – they are gifts – but instead always build your own back-up plan.
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