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I grew up on survival shows and they were always just so...anoraky.

Bear Grylls

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Bear Grylls
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: June 7
Adventurer
Explorer
Motivational Speaker
Mountaineer
Television Presenter
Writer
London
England
Edward Michael Grylls
Survival
Grew
Shows
Always

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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.
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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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Success almost always follows great attitude. The two attract each other!
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I always wanted to be Robin Hood or John the Baptist when I was growing up.
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One killer exercise that's really great is pull-ups with your legs out level. That's my favourite. It's such functional core strength, and that's why I can climb up trees and down vines.
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Always keep the big picture in mind- you are greatly loved by Jesus and your job is to love Him and others in return. The rest is detail.
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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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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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Sometimes it's hard for us to believe, really believe, that God cares and wants good things for us and doesn't just want us to go off and give everything up and become missionaries in Burundi.
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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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You only get one chance at life and you have to grab it boldly.
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I love home cooking, and I'm not a great one for fast food.
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Without risk, there can be no growth.
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Look, sometimes, no matter how hard you try, sometimes you need a bit of luck.
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Life is an adventure that is best lived boldly
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Adventure should be 80 percent 'I think this is manageable,' but it's good to have that last 20 percent where you're right outside your comfort zone. Still safe, but outside your comfort zone.
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Sometimes an ember is all we need.
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But the wild is unpredictable, stuff does happen, and it's always when you're least expecting it.
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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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The only difference between 'try' and 'triumph' is varying degrees of 'umph'
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