Joe Teti quotes:

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  • Surviving a tough situation means staying in the fight and maintaining a warrior's mindset.

  • The decided to go exploring, be Indiana Jones they don't have a light they don't have a map you're a screwed with a capital S.

  • After 20 years in special operations trust me, I know my body.

  • Apparently Matts been busier than a centipede at a toe counting contest.

  • Getting lost in a place like this you can almost guarantee that you aren't going to make it out here.

  • Dude, that was a knuckle buster brother.

  • You've got to think outside the box. If you can't, that's going to put you behind the power curve in a big way.

  • This is like being in the super bowl. It's first down, you're on the one yard line, You either make a touchdown or you're hosed.

  • I'm not much of a beer drinker, you know what I drink? Peach wine coolers.

  • Clear water is always suspect.

  • Survival protocol says follow water out, and that's exactly what we're going to do.

  • My motto is to keep it simple stupid, work smart not hard.

  • I ran across a rattlesnake once in New Mexico, you know what I did with it, chopped its head off and we ate it.

  • Hiking up a hill is an ass kicker, going downhill is a little easier.

  • If you choose to get off the beaten path here, you'll find yourself in a situation where everything looks the same.

  • It's a game changer, not a game ender.

  • I'm normally not at a loss of words but I am a little taken aback by what you're wearing; it's a little different.

  • If you don't have your game-face on, you're going to go home either to a hospital or to a casket.

  • Sandals are made out of rubber, and when lit on fire burn black.

  • My whole philosophy in survival is to take down brush as soon as you get in a situation.

  • What I envisioned to see was a group of guys drinking beer...

  • What you don't want to do is dig around here like a groundhog on crack.

  • The same water that will kill you, drown you, give you hypothermia is the same water that will help you survive.

  • This place has a one, two knockout punch.

  • It's darker than a well diggers ass.

  • You've always got to have a plan B. You've got to be able to shift gears and find a new course of action.

  • It kind of sounds like the noise a goat would make if you punched it in the face.

  • This is teamwork; this is what it's all about.

  • What do you say to a guy that says a tree's sexy.

  • It's alright if you lose a few battles, but as long as you win the war, that's all that matters.

  • Now that this torch is lit, we do not have time to dilly dally around...

  • Sometimes you have to take the harder course of action.

  • You know what, I'll suffer in silence.

  • Usually guys with your skill set like to eat bugs; I don't get that dude.

  • Move with a purpose dude.

  • Shirts don't grow on trees.

  • Stay in the game and stay alive.

  • Where I come from, the attitude to have is to not quit.

  • If you're rushing around like a chicken with its head cut off you're probably going to get hurt.

  • You know this is a dicey situation anyway you look at it.

  • If I gave this guy more time, there would be a swimming pool and rattan furniture.

  • You have got to control your fear, get in control of your emotions.

  • Here's the bottom line, we're either going or not.

  • Looking good Matt, you look like a money.

  • So far he's bringing his A-game.

  • I'm gonna see how this works out, but I think it's a bad idea.

  • You don't have to be a rocket science to know that if Joe Teti has a rifle, and a round to go with it. I'm going hunting.

  • We'll stay warm tonight even if we have to sit by each other and snuggle.

  • For us to get to those huts and no one's home, it's going to be a kick to the nuts.

  • One long step there and you're gonna die.

  • One thing you can never underestimate is the power of water.

  • I know this guy is a musician so I hope he can play us a tune that could get us the hell out of here.

  • If you ever heard that old saying, where there's smoke there's fire; well that's a load of bull.

  • I'm in the woods with Dr. Doolittle.

  • Dude that was bad ass.

  • It's probably one of the worst places I've been...

  • I'm a combat diver, I've never done something like this.

  • The terrain is thinner, the vegetation is greener, that's a good sign we're getting close to the coast.

  • That's a great golden nugget that's going in my tactical toolbox

  • Right now, in my mind, this is nothing but grip strength and focus.

  • In any high stress situation you are going to default to your level of training...period.

  • Everyone knows the rules of three's, you can survive three weeks without food, but not in this environment.

  • This is looking tasty.

  • This is the first time I've done something like this and I'm really hoping this will work.

  • It's always good to give yourself the advantage.

  • I don't know about you, but rattlesnake sounds pretty damn good right now.

  • I'm very confident that if I get close to one of these pigs, i could put the smack down on it.

  • I club the thing over the head and that's the end of it.

  • In any survival situation, you need to weigh the risk and the reward.

  • This suntan lotion acts as an accelerator and an extender, meaning that this fire will burn brighter and longer.

  • I like the way you hustle man.

  • The faster you can signal for rescue, the faster you get out of that situation.

  • It's beautiful, it's poetry in motion.

  • That's a bust your ass shot through and through.

  • This is a way you can learn about someone through very stressful situations. That is when a person is either gonna shine or falter.

  • The fools that came in here brought their beach gear to a cave...go figure.

  • All this is, is a nine hundred dollar hammer.

  • Dude, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

  • We can navigate by looking at ant mounds.

  • I see smoke, smoke means fire, fire means people, people means we get the hell out of here.

  • That's a huge part foul man; that's just not cool.

  • Altitude sickness is gonna put the screws on you.

  • Mother Nature is a relentless ruthless killer. She don't give a damn if you get home to your family.

  • Three fires is the international distress signal.

  • #1 priority is water, water and more water.

  • The moon just crapped the bed.

  • It's mistakes that get you killed

  • If you fall from here, if you're not dead you're gonna wish you were.

  • Most of my hunting experiences has been in tree stands. I've never called deer.

  • I think every minute you're in a situation like this, your clock is ticking.

  • Everywhere you go, mother nature's throwing some curve-ball at you.

  • Let's go Matt; we aren't strolling through Central Park here.

  • I have to take off my hat to Matt, he's trying crazy hard to get this fire started.

  • We cannibalized this bike as much as we could've.

  • It drops down to a place I ain't going.

  • You may only get one chance at something...and that requires confidence in your ability.

  • Yet again, Matt pulled another rabbit out of his hat and got a fire for us.

  • His first instinct was to help me, not sit like a deer in headlights, I now know that Matt isn't one to panic

  • At the top of my list for terrain that I hate navigating through, it is definitely the mangrove.

  • Putting us in risk is just plain stupid.

  • We've got a lot to gain and nothing to lose.

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