Dreams, though, are cheap, and the real task comes when you start putting in place the steps needed to make those dreams a reality.
BEAR GRYLLSTo get ready to climb Everest, I did a lot of hill running with a daypack on and a lot of underwater swimming. I would swim a couple of lengths underwater and then a couple above. It gets your body going with limited oxygen.
More Bear Grylls Quotes
-
-
I was always brought up to have a cup of tea at halfway up a rock face.
BEAR GRYLLS -
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.
BEAR GRYLLS -
As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.
BEAR GRYLLS -
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.
BEAR GRYLLS -
When I’m in ‘Man vs. Wild’ mode, it’s not pleasure. Every sensor is firing and I’m on reserve power all the time and I’m digging deep – and that’s the magic of it as well, and that’s raw and it’s great.
BEAR GRYLLS -
Weather can kill you so fast. The first priority of survival is getting protection from the extreme weather.
BEAR GRYLLS -
You can’t live someone else’s expectations in life. It’s a recipe for disaster.
BEAR GRYLLS -
I was super skeptical about doing TV. I said no three times, part of which was confidence because I didn’t really understand that world. I know how to climb mountains and do all that, but I wasn’t a TV person.
BEAR GRYLLS -
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.
BEAR GRYLLS -
I started to get so many letters from unlikely people; a single mum going, “I watch your show, I’m not into survival, but I hold down four jobs and I get it when you say it’s about persistence and putting a positive attitude into things during difficult times.”
BEAR GRYLLS -
Life is an adventure that is best lived boldly
BEAR GRYLLS -
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 GRYLLS -
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.
BEAR GRYLLS -
Christianity is not about religion. It’s about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. It’s about finding joy and finding home.
BEAR GRYLLS -
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.
BEAR GRYLLS