Teti Quotes

#1. 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.

Joe Teti

#2. Competition in rowing doesn't just come from other countries. It comes from Wall Street, med school, law school. You think Harvard and Princeton grads want to live in Chula Vista?

Mike Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

#5. The moon just crapped the bed.

Joe Teti

#6. It's mistakes that get you killed

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

#15. 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.

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

#18. 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.

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

#23. Stay in the game and stay alive.

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

#31. To hell with that. If a guy can pull a big erg, I can teach him how to row.

Mike Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

#42. 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.

Joe Teti

#43. Go as hard as you can on the first piece and then pray that you get switched. Repeat.

Mike Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

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#67. I like the way you hustle man.

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

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#73. Shirts don't grow on trees.

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

#79. Three fires is the international distress signal.

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

#81. #1 priority is water, water and more water.

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

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

Joe Teti

#89. Dude that was bad ass.

Joe Teti

#90. Just remember we're now in selection. Every piece, every erg, every seat race-they're all recorded, and I notice things

Mike Teti

#91. Move with a purpose dude.

Joe Teti