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.
BEAR GRYLLSThe special forces gave me the self-confidence to do some extraordinary things in my life. Climbing Everest then cemented my belief in myself.
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.
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I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.
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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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I’ve never really had a TV career. I’ve been a soldier and a climber.
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The rewards of the wild and the rewards of the survivor go to those who can dig deep, and, ultimately, to the guy who can stay alive.
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I loved climbing because of the freedom, and having time and space. I remember coming off Everest for the last time, thinking of Dad and wishing that he could have seen what I saw. He would have loved it.
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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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I love Ray Mears. He’s brilliant. He’s so rude about me in the press, it’s outrageous!
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I hang out all the time with kids and young scouts and I never meet kids who don’t want adventure.
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Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end.
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Accidents on big mountains happen when people’s ambitions cloud their good judgment. Good climbing is about climbing with heart and with instinct, not ambition and pride.
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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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Survival requires us to leave our prejudices at home. It’s about doing whatever it takes – and ultimately those with the biggest heart will win.
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Life’s full of lots of dream-stealers always telling you you need to do something more sensible. I think it doesn’t matter what your dream is, just fight the dream-stealers and hold onto it.
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The hardest thing about my job isn’t the snake bites or the crocodiles, it’s being away from my children. I have a really religious satellite phone call every day back to the boys, wherever we are, whatever time zone, to say goodnight.
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