Paul Rosolie

The one time I stood on the forest floor in India with a wild tiger and nobody else was there.

The thing that the tiger did that was so unnerving, and again, a tiger's back is, you know,

They're so much bigger than you think.

It's like four Jaguar.

They're so big.

She wouldn't look at me.

And it was terrifying because now I'm going to do this to you.

She would look over there and she would look like this.

She'd look like that and never eye contact.

But it was like, you're as important to me as a stick.

And, you know, when you see two fighters square up and it's all about the eye contact and everything, trust me, you look through a person and

You pretend they're not even there.

That tiger insulted me on such a profound and disarming level that I never forgot it.

It was just like, you matter as much as a sparrow.

You're just not one of the things that I care about.

She just was looking around.

And carried on doing it.

And she was like, I'm going to walk this way.

And I was just like, holy shit, I'm going to run.

You know, it was just profound insignificance from this god of an animal with paws the size of dinner plates.