Zitat des Tages von Bear Grylls:
Weather can kill you so fast. The first priority of survival is getting protection from the extreme weather.
The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.
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.
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.
Textbook survival tells you to stay put. Stop. Wait for rescue. Don't take any risks. But there'd been a whole host of survival shows like that and I didn't really want to do that.
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.
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.
The special forces gave me the self-confidence to do some extraordinary things in my life. Climbing Everest then cemented my belief in myself.
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.
Nobody else is stupid enough to get themselves into the straits that I get into.
The rules of survival never change, whether you're in a desert or in an arena.
I love making healthy lean foods delicious - that's an art!
I don't thrive on stress. I love lying on the deck on our houseboat reading a book.
Survival is not about being fearless. It's about making a decision, getting on and doing it, because I want to see my kids again, or whatever the reason might be.
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.
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.
I have held healthy respects of bears along with assorted crocodiles, snakes and lots of other animals. You know, bears are dangerous, you have to be super careful.
I love Ray Mears. He's brilliant. He's so rude about me in the press, it's outrageous!
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.
All my life the only thing I've been good at has been climbing and throwing myself off big things.
The extremes of jungles, mountains, and deserts are inherently dangerous places.
Christianity is not about religion. It's about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. It's about finding joy and finding home.
A man's pride can be his downfall, and he needs to learn when to turn to others for support and guidance.
I was christened Edward. My sister gave me the name Bear when I was a week old and it has stuck.
Look, sometimes, no matter how hard you try, sometimes you need a bit of luck.
I've had so many injuries in my life that it's ridiculous.
And Jesus, the heart of the Christian faith is the wildest, most radical guy you'd ever come across.
The appeal of the wild for me is its unpredictability. You have to develop an awareness, react fast, be resourceful and come up with a plan and act on it.
It breaks my heart that my father never knew my children. He should have been around for another 25 years.
My faith is an important part of my life and over the years I've learnt that it takes a proud man to say he doesn't need anything. It has been a quiet strength and a backbone through a lot of difficult times.
To me, adventure has always been to me the connections and bounds you create with people when you're there. And you can have that anywhere.
As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.
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.
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.
I said 'no' to the 'Born Survivor' producer three times because I've never aspired to be a TV man.
For me, my training is a key part of my work as so often my life has depended on being able to move fast and haul myself up and out of something fast!
