Bear Grylls quotes - page 2

I'm terrified of walking into a room full of people. Sitting down at a dinner table with 15 strangers brings me out in a sweat. (Bear Grylls)

Life has taught me to be very cautious of a man with a dream, especially a man who has teetered on the edge of life. It gives a fire and recklessness inside that is hard to quantify.

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As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.

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I exercise about 40 minutes a day, and I'll run one day and do circuit training the next day. I live in an area where there are brilliant hills and mountains, so I get a good hill run with my dog. At home, I'll do the circuit training with old weights, along with pull-ups in the trees and that sort of stuff.

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I always wanted to be Robin Hood or John the Baptist when I was growing up.

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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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A man's pride can be his downfall, and he needs to learn when to turn to others for support and guidance.

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In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.

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You can't live someone else's expectations in life. It's a recipe for disaster.

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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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To 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. (Bear Grylls)

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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I said no to the Born Survivor producer three times because I've never aspired to be a TV man.

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I had many opportunities to get behind products in the past, and I was always careful to evaluate all of them. I will not put my name to shoddy items.

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Exercise helps my back. If I don't exercise, that's when it starts to hurt. The pain is a good motivator to run and exercise.

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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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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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I do see a lot of the hard end of ecology, and my feeling is that we live on a super-exciting planet but a super-fragile one.

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Americans are cool, if you show just a chink of vulnerability, they respond so much. They'll pat you on the arm and say, 'Hey kid, you're all right'. Brits will respond but they are much more cynical.

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As for my diet, I try to eat lean, clean and healthy - nothing too surprising. And I avoid too much meat or dairy because they slow you down.

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I train five days a week hard - but it is short and sharp - 30 to 40 minutes of functional and pretty dynamic body-strength circuits, then I do a good yoga session on the sixth day, then I rest. (Bear Grylls)

Look, sometimes, no matter how hard you try, sometimes you need a bit of luck.

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The extremes of jungles, mountains, and deserts are inherently dangerous places.

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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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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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