One killer exercise thats really great is pull-ups with your legs out level. Thats my favourite. Its such functional core strength, and thats why I can climb up trees and down vines. – Bear Grylls
I try and eat really healthy when Im home, but I certainly dont eat worms and snakes. – Bear Grylls
Survival requires us to leave our prejudices at home. Its about doing whatever it takes – and ultimately those with the biggest heart will win. – Bear Grylls
I love home cooking, and Im not a great one for fast food. – Bear Grylls
When Im filming, survival requires movement. You need your energy, and youve got to eat the bad stuff, and survival food is rarely pretty, but you kind of do it. I get in that zone, and I eat the nasty stuff, but Im not like that when Im back home. – Bear Grylls
Being brave isnt the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it. – Bear Grylls
Youre not human if you dont feel fear. But Ive learnt to treat fear as an emotion that sharpens me. Its there to give me that edge for what I have to do. – Bear Grylls
Nobody wants to end up super rich and famous – but divorced. Im always clear on that and try to stay on the right side of the line. – Bear Grylls
I always had a really natural faith as a kid. Where I knew God existed and it felt very free and pretty wild and natural, and it wasnt religious. – Bear Grylls
Faith is personal if its to be real. – Bear Grylls
Christianity is not about religion. Its about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. Its about finding joy and finding home. – Bear Grylls
And Jesus, the heart of the Christian faith is the wildest, most radical guy youd ever come across. – Bear Grylls
My faith is an important part of my life and over the years Ive learnt that it takes a proud man to say he doesnt need anything. It has been a quiet strength and a backbone through a lot of difficult times. – Bear Grylls
My faith isnt very churchy, its a pretty personal, intimate thing and has been a huge source of strength in moments of life and death. – Bear Grylls
Americans are cool if you show just a chink of vulnerability, they respond so much. Theyll pat you on the arm and say, Hey kid, youre all right. Brits will respond but they are much more cynical. – Bear Grylls
I never wanted to do TV. I just did what I was trained to do through the Special Forces, and Ive been doing that from a very young age. – Bear Grylls
I come from a line of self-motivated, determined folk – not grand, not high society, but no-nonsense, family-minded go-getters. – Bear Grylls
In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running. – Bear Grylls
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. – Bear Grylls
The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do. – Bear Grylls
