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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The extremes of jungles, mountains, and deserts are inherently dangerous places.
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You only get one chance at life and you have to grab it boldly.
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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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That for me was a great liberator to realize that the show isn’t about me running around, jumping off stuff and flexing muscles, it’s about inspiring people. That makes me really happy.
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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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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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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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Without risk, there can be no growth.
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How you speak about others speaks loudest about yourself.
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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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Well, wolves will pretty rarely hunt. You’re vulnerable if you’re on your own or injured. But for lone wolves, get up high, show them that you’re not injured, face ’em off, be authoritarian with it, and look ’em in the eye.
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The lesson is, the rewards in life don’t always go to the biggest, or the bravest, or the smartest. The rewards go to the dogged; and when your going though hell, to the person who just keeps going.
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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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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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