“I love Ray Mears. He's brilliant. He's so rude about me in the press, ...” — Bear Grylls Quote

“I love Ray Mears. He's brilliant. He's so rude about me in the press, it's outrageous!”

“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.”

“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!”

“Doing a TV show where it's a very relentless schedule, it does democratise you in a brilliant way. It does chip away at the old ego and you do realise that you're only really ever as good as the words that you're saying, the people you're talking to, or more importantly, listening to.”

“Chris Brown is brilliant. That cat is crazy brilliant, and I wish him the best.”

“We had a brilliant upbringing, and we never wanted for anything, even though we went through highs and lows of finances.”