Joe Teti Quotes

“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

“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

“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.”

— Joe Teti

“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

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

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

It's always good to give yourself the advantage.

— Joe Teti

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.

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

“The moon just crapped the bed.”

— Joe Teti

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

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

— Joe Teti

“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

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

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

“Move with a purpose dude.”

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

“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

“Stay in the game and stay alive.”

— Joe Teti

Sometimes you have to take the harder course of action.

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

One long step there and you're gonna die.

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

“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

“It's a game changer, not a game ender.”

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

“Dude, that was a knuckle buster brother.”

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti