Name: 【TED】Diana Nyad: Never, ever give up (Never, ever give up | Diana Nyad)
Uploaded: 2014-06-30T09:31:31.000Z
Duration: 15 min 36 s
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It's the fifth time I stand on this shore,

Bonnie is my best friend and head handler,

that last drop of will within me, when I think it's gone,

after many, many hours and days out there.

The shark experts are the best in the world --

besides the sheer distance of over 100 miles

and the Gulf Stream itself, the most unpredictable

journalists and people before these attempts

"Well, are you going to go with any boats

And I'm thinking, what are they imagining?

That I'll just sort of do some celestial navigation,

and I'll hunt fish and skin them alive and eat them,

And the team is expert, and the team is courageous,

as is true with any major expedition on the planet.

and still our sense of pride and commitment,

When I turned 60, the dream was still alive

on the Earth today, I imagine, Cuba to Florida.

it wasn't so much about the athletic accomplishment,

it wasn't the ego of "I want to be the first."

But it was deeper. It was, how much life is there left?

Let's face it, we're all on a one-way street, aren't we,

to paraphrase it, floating around in my brain,

you go ahead and sit back in your comfortable chair

and you be the critic, you be the observer,

while the brave one gets in the ring and engages

And so of course I want to make it across.

It is the goal, and I should be so shallow to say

that this year, the destination was even sweeter

But the journey itself was worthwhile taking.

everybody -- scientists, sports scientists,

It just simply can't be done, and Bonnie said to me,

"But if you're going to take the journey,

I'm going to see you through to the end of it,

And as we're looking out, kind of a surreal moment

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【TED】Diana Nyad: Never, ever give up (Never, ever give up | Diana Nyad)

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