Joe Teti Quotes

#1. It's a game changer, not a game ender.

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

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#3. I like the way you hustle man.

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

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

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

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

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#8. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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#15. 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.

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#16. You know what, I'll suffer in silence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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#23. Sometimes you have to take the harder course of action.

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

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#25. Move with a purpose dude.

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#26. Dude that was bad ass.

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

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

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

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#30. It's darker than a well diggers ass.

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#31. All this is, is a nine hundred dollar hammer.

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

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

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

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

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#36. Three fires is the international distress signal.

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#37. I'm in the woods with Dr. Doolittle.

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

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

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#40. Dude, that was a knuckle buster brother.

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#41. Looking good Matt, you look like a money.

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#42. Shirts don't grow on trees.

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#43. That's a bust your ass shot through and through.

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#44. 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.

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

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#46. #1 priority is water, water and more water.

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#47. Stay in the game and stay alive.

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

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

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

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

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#52. 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.

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

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

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#55. 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.

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#56. We cannibalized this bike as much as we could've.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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#64. It's mistakes that get you killed

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#65. The moon just crapped the bed.

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

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

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#68. One long step there and you're gonna die.

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

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#70. So far he's bringing his A-game.

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#71. 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.

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

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

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#74. It's always good to give yourself the advantage.

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

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

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#77. Putting us in risk is just plain stupid.

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

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

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

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#81. This place has a one, two knockout punch.

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

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

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

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

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

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#87. That's a great golden nugget that's going in my tactical toolbox

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