bang something hit me and i thought what
what's that and it was a burning
sensation it was like i've been scolded
by kettle it was just agony i've never
had pain like it
was like somebody who possessed me i
couldn't help it i was yelling
the guy who was saying what's wrong
what's wrong and i kind of just pulled
out and i pulled these tentacles
in my hand and i had one massive one 12
inches inside my leg pulled that off and
i said something that stung me and he
said it's either a box jellyfish or
portuguese man of war if you start to
hallucinate or labor breathe i've got to
get you out and my head instantly
said it's over forget it you're finished
seven in the morning the pilot rang me
and he said we're going tomorrow and i
said oh what do you mean we're going
tomorrow apparently it's over 20 knots
wind which is very high you wouldn't go
out an english channel over 12.
and he said oh yeah but it's getting
worse later on we met at three in the
morning this is 24 hours after i'd
landed 18 hour flight
time zone difference i was two hours on
the boat i remember getting changed
ready to jump in
and the pilot said what are you doing i
said well we're starting on we said no
no not until he gets light because of
the sharks i remember seeing nine hours
into the swim
i was three miles from finishing i heard
him say on the radio
he's gonna break the world record and
then i started to go as fast as i could
and after three hours i
looked i thought i'm further away than i
was you know after nine hours
so but i kept with it i thought don't
let any demons come in and i asked i
said
am i further away than i was before and
they shouted other tides
the tide's been against you for a while
but don't worry it's going to change
this is my
my training partner i thought i don't
know where i believe him or not but
i'll just kind of take my time for a bit
that's what he said just you know just
just kind of take off the gas i then
went sideways for another two hours i'd
done five hours and then it started to
get dark
and i remember what he said about at the
start don't go when it's dark because
the sharks
now normally only a few people in the
world have done this swim
and they get them out of the dark
because of the sharks but i was so close
he left me in
we brought a kayaker in with me to spot
for sharks
and to keep me safe and then within
about
five minutes that he was in i suddenly
banged something hit me and i thought
what what's that
and it was a burning sensation it was
like i've been scolded by kettle it was
just agony i'd never had pain like it
and i kind of just pulled out and i
pulled these tentacles um
in my hand and i had one massive one 12
inches inside my leg pulled that off
and i was just instantly burning and the
thing in this board is you don't want to
yell or show weakness
if you want to call it weakness or pain
because they'll get you out because of
safety
but it was like somebody who possessed
me i couldn't help it i was yelling i
was like ah
and i said oh man the kaikou was saying
what's wrong what's wrong
and i said something that stung me and
he said it's either a box jellyfish or
portuguese man of war if you start to
hallucinate or labor breathe i've got to
get you out he said and he was really
worried
and bearing in mind i was three miles
from finishing i was gonna break the
world record five hours ago and now i'm
going sideways now i've been stung by a
man
of war everything got thrown in my head
and my head instantly said
it's over forget it you're finished and
so what i did was i thought let's make a
deal with myself like i've done
all the other times in training let's
swim for one minute
everybody can do something for one
minute no matter how much pain you're in
that was my deal so i tried to swim for
a minute
i could barely be flat in the water i
was in so much pain my legs were going
down towards the seabed and every time i
swam i touched my stomach
from the pain of it i stopped after 30
seconds yelling again
and then i start to vomit for about
seven minutes i finished being sick
carry on and i try another minute my
last 30 seconds again
the boat is 30 meters ahead of you get
level with the bone when you're level
with the boat just go past it whatever
you do swim past it
it was the hardest 30 meters that i've
ever done i was 13 half hours into the
swim and i dragged my torso
basically like you know it wasn't even a
swimming stroke at this point and i swam
past them
i sort of smiled i sort of grimaced to
smile because i had this thing of
while you're smiling physically you feel
better so i try and smile through the
pain
i could hear them saying what's he doing
well i think he's going to continue
so i carried on and then my body went
into shock and my whole body started
shaking
and i started visualizing anything any
motivational cds i was very much into
motivational stuff
pain lasts for a minute success lasts
for a lifetime and all those things
going through my head and
i said to the kayaker how long to go and
and it was an hour
and i thought i can't do a minute how
can i swim an hour i can't even do a
minute
and i thought yes i can i'll count 60
strokes for an hour
and when i got to an hour i said how
long to go when he said 20 minutes
and i did another 20 minutes i said how
long to go another 20 minutes
and this went on for three and a half
hours until finally i was faced with
some rocks
and the kaikas said um adam follow me
i said you're there that the beaches
they said no it's too dangerous
following me
i ignored him and there was all these
rocks coming out the ground i scraped my
leg on a rock i had blood coming out my
leg
and i remember standing on this rock
where i thought
i've got 10 meters to go i've got all
these sharp rocks
you know maybe i can fly over there or
something how can i get there
i didn't care at this point and i just
scraped myself over all the rocks i got
out
and i had all these lacerations i had
blood coming out my leg and if you
believe you can do it you can do
it and i literally sat in the showers no
bath or anything in the hotel and i was
just
literally shy after shower all night
long i looked up i lay on my bed and my
body was shaking still with the pain
and i thought the pain will subside but
the achievement will be there forever
so just think adam when this pain goes
away what you've done
and what will ever stop you again and i
remember on that last part when i was
swimming in
and what kept me going part of what kept
me going was i thought what will ever
stop me again
in swimming then i thought what will
stop in my life because a traffic jam
and someone upsetting you is not going
to match up to a portuguese man of war
sting
losing feeling in your spine and nearly
going paralyzed
so that gave me complete perspective
i don't want to be remembered for well i
could have been this
professional athlete and it never
happened i think we all know
you can make all the excuses in the
world but in the heart for hearts
why not just just go through it step
over that line see how capable you are
forget excuses we have one life i'd
rather go for something and not achieve
it
and try really hard than just come up
with excuses
i always thought whatever happens am i
ever going to be too tired that i can't
move my arm
and i decided no i'm never going to be
that bad
that i can't physically move my arms so
all i have to do is just keep putting
one arm in front the other and i'll get
to my destination
life will throw you barriers but
let's think how we can get around those
barriers and you can every time
you just gotta believe you can in your
life in your daily life if there's
something you really want to do
but you're scared of it think okay
let's just go for it let's let's do the
opposite of what our brain thinks
yeah you know things aren't always going
to go right you'll take something on
you might feel embarrassed temporarily
if you don't think you're good enough
but you keep going
you know or uncomfortable whatever that
emotion is you're going to get some of
that it's never going to be perfect
straight away no one is
but i'm telling you you keep going with
it you'll get stronger and stronger and
stronger
the thing is when you are broken it
doesn't necessarily last forever does it
pain's got to go away at some point so
what it means to me is it's a process
you have to go through to make you
stronger everybody goes through it
it's going to come into your life you
know i'm ready for it at some point each
day there might be some little
thing that that shows you but you know
as long as you're ready for as long as
you're prepared to go through it then
it'll change and it'll
give you success and you can achieve
anything you want in your life if you
have that
the right mind and once you can face
failure
in the eye then then you're
indestructible
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even from things that go wrong as long
as you've got the belief and as long as
you are prepared to find a way
whatever is necessary and that might be
just thinking outside the box
and thinking a different way but um yeah
without belief
you know but it's just so powerful and
you can do anything you want if
listen if i can swim seven of toughest
ocean swims in the world
with three operations on my knee i was
carried off cricket with a bad back
had three shoulder operations
it was a moment that i watched the film
and i went
and i put my earpiece down to the person
next to me i said
i'm going to swim the english channel
and i said what you're talking about
when
i'm going to swim the english channel so
what's your movie or is it even a movie
or is it guy who says come and join that
club let's have a go together
whatever that is and you go home i'll be
embarrassed go for it
why is the worst thing that can happen
you know just keep at these things
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and it doesn't matter where you are it
doesn't matter whether you're rich or
poor or
you've got two arms two legs you've got
a brain you've got willpower
and you've got self-belief and as long
as you've got those things but watch out
for those emotional vampires watch out
for the people so you can't do it
they'll be everywhere
if i can write a book seventy-six
thousand words
not being a reader not being a writer
you can do whatever you want to in life
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