Insider odcinek 1
Clobbered By A Coconut
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrZ74qZfHjw
Clobbed By a Coconut
While tending the fire, Jim is attacked by a coconut.
(night 2)
(as most of the tribe is near the fire, Semhar asks if everyone is OK on water)
Jim: Ow!
Semhar: Are you OK?
Jim: I really felt like someone threw a ball at me. I was really made for a minute. I was like, who threw that at me?
Semhar: Oh my God, was that a coconut?
Jim: Yeah.
Jim (solo): I almost got eliminated from this game before we even had a challenge. (laughs) I'm sitting there, helping with the fire, and all of a sudden, a coconut falls and nails me in the back. It knocked the wind out of me. I was really worried for a minute that it would knock me out of the game, but I'm glad I wasn't a few inches to the left.
(they continue to ask how he is and say how lucky he was)
Keith (solo): It was pretty scary. It was a really, really loud thud. If that would have hit him in the head, he definitely could have died, guaranteed.
Jim: You know the instinct where you get angry in a second? That's what happened. I'm like, somebody threw something at me! I'm like, who, what?
Ozzy: God just threw something at you. (?)
Jim: That was weird. It hit me on my hip. It knocked the wind out of me.
Jim (solo) Death by coconut was almost a reality on Survivor. I don't think anybody's ever been taken out by a coconut before.
Semhar: What a game.
(Jim says something else I didn't hear)
Hard To Keep My Mouth Shut
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QBT6Feevb8
Jim likes to take charge, but hopes he can suppress this tendency in the game.
"My name is James Logan Rice, III. I'm from Denver, Colorado, and I'm 34 years old."
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"I've worked Motorola. I've earned my MBA. I did mergers and acquisitions for a number of years. I own my own wine store. I'm a world poker tour champion. I currently own medical marijuana dispensaries."
(cut)
"There's definitely a stigma that comes with selling marijuana and owning a marijuana dispensary. Both on a social level and on a professional level. It's something I fight all the time, even with my own parents. It wasn't the easiest thing to tell them, about what I do for a living."
(cut)
"I don't even smoke marijuana, but I see how much it helps people. I used to be one of those guys...I'm a product of DARE. Crack, cocaine, and marijuana are all the same thing. But now...I'm a conservative guy, but I'm a convert now. It's amazing to see how much it legitimately helps people."
(cut)
"The straight odds of winning this game on a level playing field are 18-1. Just like flipping a coin, the odds of it being tails are 50%. But I think when you handicap that with who is gonna be thrown off first, who has the right set of skills, I'd put me as the favorite about 801."
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"I'm gonna need a little bit of everything to win this game. I have the tools necessary in terms of my personality and my brain to win this game. And the athleticism. I have those pieces necessary to win this game. But I'm also gonna need a little bit of luck. It's gonna need to to fall in my favor on more than one occasion. There's been blindsides in the past where if those didn't occur, someone else would have won the million dollars. It's something I've always got to watch out for."
(cut)
"To sum up my strategy in one word, it would be adaptability. I definitely have preconceived notions in my mind about people and about what could happen and what I would do in those scenarios, but I know more than anything it's going to change as soon as I set foot on the island. I think that's the biggest overlying theme of my strategy, is be adaptable."
(cut)
"There are a couple reasons I might not win the game. I tend to be a natural leader, and that's something I'm gonna have to try to avoid, especially in the early rounds. It's very similar to a poker tournament - in the early rounds, you just want to survive. You want to get to know your opponents. As you go down the road a little bit more, the further you develop in the game, the more at stake, that's when you take the bigger risks. In the beginning, it's going to be hard for me to keep my mouth shut. I want to have things done my way - my way's the best way. (laughs) I am so hoping there's somebody else that opens their mouth and takes on the leadership role in the beginning. It will remind me to not be too vocal in the beginning."
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"Why am I doing this? Why not? My mom asked me the same question, and I'm like, 'Mom, I get to go to an island for 39 days. I wake up every morning, and someone's building a new game for me to play. I get to compete against a bunch of fun people, I get to hang out with great people on an island. And yeah, a million bucks would be pretty nice. I'm in this to win it. It's like a poker tournament. Money's always nice, but that sense of victory is what I'm - I'm here to win it. A million dollars, I'd probably retire my dad. I have my bills paid off, I'm not wealthy by any means, but I do OK. The best thing that ever happened to me in my life was being broke, because it showed me what I need versus what I want. Back when I was doing investment banking, I used to make a bunch of money. I was single. I was spending money on stupid crap. When I was doing the wine store, it was successful, but it wasn't like I was buying a new car or anything. Now I see what's important and what I enjoy in life. I call my monthly nut. To cover my monthly nut doesn't take that much. What would make me the happiest is my dad's on the verge of retiring. Make that retirement a year earlier."
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"My relationship status - single. 100% single. Usually there's a level of dating somebody in there. But yeah, 100% single. I fit that prototype of been there, done that. I would trade the million if I could find a life partner through this. Not on this show, necessarily, but maybe afterwards."
(cut)
"I'm feeling great. I don't think there's anybody playing this game that has a better knowledge of the game or a better skill set to win the game than me."