Something hit me and I thought, What what's that?

It was a burning sensation.

It was like I've been scolded by Kettle.

It was just agony.

Had never had pain like it was like somebody who possessed me.

I couldn't help it.

I was yelling Theme.

Kaiko was saying, What's wrong?

What's wrong?

I kind of just pulled out and I pulled these tentacles in my hand and I had one massive 1 12 inches inside.

My leg pulled up and I said something that stung me.

And he said, It's either a box jellyfish or Portuguese man of war.

If you start toe hallucinate or labor, breathe.

I've got to get you out of my head instantly said.

It's over together.

You finished seven and Mourning the pilot rang me and said, We're going tomorrow and I said, Well, what do you mean we're going tomorrow?

Apparently it's over 20 knots wind, which is very high.

You wouldn't go out in English channel over 12 on, he said.

Oh yeah, but it's getting worse later on.

We matter three in the morning.

This is 24 hours after landed 18 hour fly time zone difference.

I was two hours on the boat.

Remember getting changed, Ready to jump in on the pilots of what you're doing?

I said, Well, we're starting on.

We said, no, not until it gets light because of the sharks.

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 waas after nine hours, but I kept with it.

I thought, Don't let any demons come in and I asked.

I said, um, I further away than I was before and they shout over the tides.

The tides 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 just just kind of take off the gas and then went sideways for another two hours.

I've been five hours and then it starts to get dark on.

I remember what he said about at the start don't go when it's dark because of sharks now, normally, only a few people in the world have done this swim on.

They get them out of the dark because of the sharks.

But I was so close, he left me in.

We brought a clicker in with me to spot for sharks on to keep me safe on.

Then, within about five minutes that that he was in, I suddenly 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 never had pain like it.

I kind of just pulled out and I pulled these tentacles in my hand and I had one massive 1 12 inches inside my leg pulled that off, but I was just instantly burning on.

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 so safety.

But it was like somebody who possessed me.

I couldn't help it.

I was yelling.

I said, Man, the Kaiko was saying, What's wrong what's wrong?

And I said something that stung May, and he said It's either a box jellyfish or Portuguese man of war.

If you start toe hallucinate or labor, breathe, I've got to get you out, he said.

And he was really worried.

Andi, 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 a lot the other times in training.

Let's swim for one minute.

Everybody could 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 waters in so much pain.

My legs were going down towards the sea bed, and every time I swam, I touch 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 on.

I try another minute in the last 30 seconds again.

The boat is 30 m ahead of you get level with the bone.

When you level with the boat, just go past it.

Whatever you do from past it.

It was the hardest 30 m I've ever done.

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 thought of grimaced to smile because I had this thing of what?

You 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 on.

I started visualizing anything.

Any motivational CDs.

I was very much into motivational stuff.

Pain last for a minute.

Success last for a lifetime and all those things going through my head.

And I said to the coca how long to go and it was an hour and I thought, I can't do a minute.

How can I swim in our?

I can't even do a minute on I thought, Yes, I can.

I'll count 60 strokes for an hour.

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?

This went on for 3.5 hours until finally I was faced with some rocks on the Kika, Said Adam, Follow may.

I should be or they're the beaches.

They said No, it's too dangerous.

Follow May I ignored him and there was a lot these rocks coming out the ground.

I scraped my leg on a rock.

I had blood coming out my leg.

I remember standing on this rock where I thought, I've got 10 m to go.

I've got all these sharp rocks.

You know, maybe I could fly over there or something.

How can I get there?

I didn't care.

At this point.

I just scraped myself over all the rocks and I got out.

I had ALS, these lacerations.

I had blood coming out.

My leg.

If you believe you could do it.

You can do it.

And I literally sat in the showers No baths or anything in the hotel when I was just literally shafted 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 of them when this pain goes away.

What you've done, what will ever stop you again?

Remember on that last part when I was swimming in on 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 on someone upsetting you is not gonna match up to a Portuguese man of war Stings losing feeling in your spine on nearly going paralyzed.

So that gave me complete perspective I don't wanna be remembered for Well, I could have bean this professional athlete and it never happened.

I think we all know you could make Aled excuse in the world.

But in the heart of 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.

Try really hard thing.

Just come up with excuses.

I always thought whatever happens, um, I ever gonna be too tired that I can't move my arm.

And I decided, No, I'm never gonna 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.

You can't 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, things aren't always gonna go right.

You will take something on.

You might feel embarrassed temporarily if you don't think you're good enough.

But you keep going or uncomfortable.

Whatever that emotion is, you're gonna get some of that is never gonna 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?

Pains Gotta 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 is gonna come into your life.

You know, I'm ready for it.

At some point each day, there might be some little thing that shows you.

But you know long as you're ready for a long as you're prepared to go through it, then it'll change and it'll give your success.

You can achieve anything you want to in your life.

If you have that right, mind on, once you can face failure in the eye, then then you're indestructible, even from things that go wrong.

Azi 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 in it and think in a different way.

But yeah, without belief, you know.

But it's just so powerful.

And you could do anything you want if listen.

If I could swim seven and tougher social swims in the world with three operations on the knee, I was carried off cricket with a bad back about three shoulder operations.

It was a moment that I watched the film and I went and I put my ear piece down to the person next to me.

I said, I'm going to swim the English Channel And they said, What 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 that guy who says Come and join that club?

Let's have a go together Whatever that is and Ugo are now be embarrassed.

Go for it.

Why is the worst thing that could happen?

Just keep out these things 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 got willpower, and you've got self belief.

And as long you've got those things.

But watch out for those emotional vampires.

Watch out for the people so you can't do it will be everywhere if I can write a book 76,000 words.

Not being a reader not being a writer, You can do whatever you want to in life.

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