Textbook survival says stay still, don’t take any chances, wait for rescue. That’s a boring TV show. My thing was always, “Listen, shoelace, dead squirrel and no other way down this rock face. You can do this!”
BEAR GRYLLSAs a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.
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I said no to the Born Survivor producer three times because I’ve never aspired to be a TV man.
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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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You can’t become a decent horseman until you fall off and get up again, a good number of times. There’s life in a nutshell.
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In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.
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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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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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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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There is no feeling like coming home after danger.
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Weather can kill you so fast. The first priority of survival is getting protection from the extreme weather.
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The extremes of jungles, mountains, and deserts are inherently dangerous places.
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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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I think it’s fun running with dogs. They’re always so fit and fast.
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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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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 difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word – extra. And for me, I had always grown up with the belief that if someone succeeds it is because they are brilliant or talented or just better than me…
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