The SAS Reserve tends to be made up of former paratroopers and commandos who still want a challenge, but it is open to civilians.
BEAR GRYLLSTime and experience have taught me that fame and money very rarely go to the worthy, by the way – hence we shouldn’t ever be too impressed by either of those impostors. Value folk for who they are, how they live and what they give – that’s a much better benchmark.
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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The greatest journeys all start with a single step.
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I am not fearless. I get scared plenty. But I have also learned how to channel that emotion to sharpen me.
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The difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word – extra.
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One thing I know for sure: it is only by doing what we fear that we can ever truly learn to be brave.
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I’ve fallen down crevasses, been bitten by snakes, been knocked unconscious, had various limbs broken and once, a heavy camera came plunging down which very nearly decapitated me.
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I don’t like expeditions where it is a total lottery whether you live or die. You have to keep those sort of good luck cards for rare occasions!
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I was always brought up to have a cup of tea at halfway up a rock face.
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There’s no magic to running far or climbing Everest. Endurance is mental strength. It’s all about heart.
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You can’t live someone else’s expectations in life. It’s a recipe for disaster.
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My work is all about adventure and teamwork in some of the most inhospitable jungles, mountains and deserts on the planet. If you aren’t able to look after yourself and each other, then people die.
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Scouts should be progressive and should be adapting. If you’re gay or not it’s irrelevant, Scouting values respect.
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Nobody else is stupid enough to get themselves into the straits that I get into.
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I come from a line of self-motivated, determined folk – not grand, not high society, but no-nonsense, family-minded go-getters.
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I miss him still today: his long, whiskery eyebrows, his huge hands and hugs, his warmth, his prayers, his stories, but above all his shining example of how to live and how to die.
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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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