Bear Grylls

“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.”

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

“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 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.”

“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.”

“Accidents on big mountains happen when people's ambitions cloud their good judgment. Good climbing is about climbing with heart and with instinct, not ambition and pride.”

“I love home cooking, and I'm not a great one for fast food.”

“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...”

“The truth is, I need 10 lifetimes to scratch the surface of the things I'd love to do.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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 o...”

“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.”

“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.”

“I don't like expeditions where it is a total lottery whether you live or die. You have to keep those sort of good luck cards for rare occasions!”

“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.”

“Nobody wants to end up super rich and famous - but divorced. I'm always clear on that and try to stay on the right side of the line.”

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

“I hang out all the time with kids and young scouts and I never meet kids who don't want adventure.”

“I am not fearless. I get scared plenty. But I have also learned how to channel that emotion to sharpen me.”