Top 90 Joe Teti Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “My motto is: ‘Keep it simple, stupid. Work smart, not hard.’”

— Joe Teti

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2. “It’s alright if you lose a few battles, but as long as you win the war, that’s all that matters.”

— Joe Teti

3. “Dude, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.”

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

5. “It’s a game changer, not a game ender.”

— Joe Teti

6. “Surviving a tough situation means staying in the fight and maintaining a warrior’s mindset.”

— Joe Teti

7. “Hiking up a hill is an ass kicker, going downhill is a little easier.”

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

10. “I like the way you hustle man.”

— Joe Teti

11. “It’s darker than a well diggers ass.”

— Joe Teti

12. “You know what, I’ll suffer in silence.”

— Joe Teti

13. “It’s beautiful, it’s poetry in motion.”

— Joe Teti

14. “Move with a purpose dude.”

— Joe Teti

15. “We’ve got a lot to gain and nothing to lose.”

— Joe Teti

16. “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

17. “Stay in the game and stay alive.”

— Joe Teti

18. “Mother Nature is a relentless ruthless killer. She don’t give a damn if you get home to your family.”

— Joe Teti

19. “Clear water is always suspect.”

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

21. “Three fires is the international distress signal.”

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

23. “That’s a great golden nugget that’s going in my tactical toolbox.”

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

25. “Let’s go Matt; we aren’t strolling through Central Park here.”

— Joe Teti

26. “The faster you can signal for rescue, the faster you get out of that situation.”

— Joe Teti

27. “What do you say to a guy that says a tree’s sexy.”

— Joe Teti

28. “It’s mistakes that get you killed.”

— Joe Teti

29. “Sometimes you have to take the harder course of action.”

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

31. “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

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

— Joe Teti

33. “Altitude sickness is gonna put the screws on you.”

— Joe Teti

34. “I’m a combat diver, I’ve never done something like this.”

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

37. “I’m not much of a beer drinker, you know what I drink? Peach wine coolers.”

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

41. “In any survival situation, you need to weigh the risk and the reward.”

— Joe Teti

42. “It’s probably one of the worst places I’ve been...”

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

45. “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

46. “That’s a bust your ass shot through and through.”

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

48. “I see smoke, smoke means fire, fire means people, people means we get the hell out of here.”

— Joe Teti

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

— Joe Teti

50. “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