Survival Quotes

I wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of the African diaspora, people of this region, and throughout the south.

Different groups in different areas developed different traits to assure their survival.

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

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

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

It's always good to give yourself the advantage.

We can navigate by looking at ant mounds.

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

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

Looking good Matt, you look like a money.

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

Clear water is always suspect.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dude, that was a knuckle buster brother.

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

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

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

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

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

Sometimes you have to take the harder course of action.

Stay in the game and stay alive.

Move with a purpose dude.

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

You know what, I'll suffer in silence.

One long step there and you're gonna die.

So far he's bringing his A-game.

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

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.

Altitude sickness is gonna put the screws on you.

It's mistakes that get you killed

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.

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

Three fires is the international distress signal.

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

All this is, is a nine hundred dollar hammer.

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

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

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