The greatest show on television. The greatest game on earth. Survivor, it was the honor of a lifetime. I could not be more proud of the game I played. I put my entire heart and soul into those 26 days in Fiji. Found an idol. Put together some epic blindsides. Played from the top and the bottom. Ate some fruit. Dodged a few bullets. Made some lifelong friends. Scrapped my way to Final Tribal Council. Found a way and FOUGHT until the very end. Coming up just short of the title of Sole Survivor is hard. But damn that was fun…and I look back with no regrets. To @jesse.tannenbaum, @pennilaneclifton, @mattvanwagenen, Hudson Smith, and the great @jeffprobst …thank you for finding me, for taking a chance on me, and making a little boy’s wildest dream come true. Thank you to the entire @survivorcbs production team for capturing all the magic and telling our story so beautifully. To my castmates… I can’t imagine a better group to have this adventure with. I admire you all. To my beautiful and supportive fiancée. Thank you for letting me be selfish and chase a crazy dream. I promised you before I left that I would make your sacrifice worth it. I hope you look back now and agree that it was. To the fans…you are what makes #Survivor different. There is no other community like this one and there never will be. Nobody cares as intensely as you. 47 seasons down and so many more to come. #Survivor47 All my love and gratitude. - Sam