Jon Krakauer Quotes

I won't allow myself to have tremendous fear.

I generally don't climb something if it makes me feel fear. The beauty of soloing is that there's no pressure - no one's telling me to do it. So if something seems scary, I don't have any obligation to do it. I can prepare further or just walk away entirely.

I have confidence in my ability, and I try to isolate myself from everything going on around me.

There were all kinds of things I was afraid of at first, ranging from grizzly bears to 'mean' horses and gun-fighters; but by acting as if I was not afraid I gradually ceased to be afraid.

Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person.

Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me.

Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear.

There's fear in everything, but we can't just succumb to that. We have to suppress it, so we get used to suppressing fear to make it through the our day. Otherwise, we'd become paralyzed by them.

I've trained all my life not to be distracted by distractions.

In taking stock of ourselves, we should not forget that fear plays a large part in the drama of failure. That is the first thing to be dropped. Fear is a mental deficiency susceptible of correction, if taken in hand before it gains an ascendency over us. Fear comes with the thought of failure.

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

It's about focusing on the fight and not the fright.

When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that there is no danger, but in strengthening ourselves to go on in spite of the danger.

I'm very focused on what I do professionally, and I'm very focused on my family, and I don't really get too stressed out about what people say or what other people think. In fact, it's not on my radar at all. If there's anything negative, I don't want to know about it. I just do my own thing and get on with my life.

Defeating fear is not a light switch. For most of us, it's daily work.

Keep a meter on your fear. Fear can cripple you.

Inner strength is very important.

If I do feel scared I deliberately challenge myself not to feel scared.

Come fight night, there will be nerves, but it's how you react to those nerves - doing what you need to regardless - that's how you win fights.

Ski jumping is just 10 per cent physical, 90 per cent mental. Some people can't do that. It's not just to do with the fear at the top. It takes a lot of guts to go off the top, but it takes 100 times more courage to jump off the end.

I fear everyone. But I play without fear.

Fear is a normal human emotion. It is not in itself a killer. We can learn to be aware when fear grips us, and can train to operate through and in spite of our fear. If, on the other hand, we don't understand that fear is normal and has to be controlled and overcome, it will paralyze us and stop us in our tracks. We will no longer think clearly or analyze rationally. We prepare for it and control it; we never let it control us. It if does, we cannot lead.

Fearlessness is not the absence of fear. It's the mastery of fear. It's about getting up one more time than we fall down.

There's a very fine line between anxiety and excitement. If you don't let anxiety stop you, you can nudge it over the line.

Roam in the world as a lion of self-control; see that the frogs of weakness don’t kick you around.