Your Stories
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This is a collection of stories submitted by fans about how MacGyver, whether the original show or the reboot, has inspired them. Thanks to the #SaveMacGyver team for collecting them during our 2021 MacGyver Takeover event! We are still sifting through submissions and will be adding more of your stories throughout the year.
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“Seeing the MacGyver team overcome so much and still have hope that they can do more. Be more. I never saw their skin color. I saw people that gave me hope. MacGyver is more than a show. It has given me the strength to keep going when my bipolar or anxiety gets too bad. And it has been the push I needed to do better, lose more weight. I am down 30 kg. (about 68 lbs). From them I have learned it is okay to not be okay and ask for help.”
- Amanda
- baby_einstein
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- dudina.nela
“My Dad introduced me to the original MacGyver when I was young. And to me, my Dad is the MacGyver in my life — able to fix anything or make anything happen with what is around him. He even carries a Swiss Army Knife! (Now I do too!) I thought the new MacGyver couldn’t be as good as the original and I’m so happy I was wrong. I love both shows so much and they have inspired me endlessly to learn, discover and create.”
- Andrea
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- Linda
- MacRileyEdits
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“MacGyver made me want to try harder in school. COVID took my motivation to do work, I was failing most of my classes when I’m usually a straight-A student. I started watching only a month or two before the show ended but seeing how brave, honorable, and SMART everyone on the show was, really motivated me. It recharged me. And because of MacGyver I passed all my classes.”
- Abi.baudhuin
- Joseph
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- Steph
- Sam
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- MacGyverScenes
- Haley (from South Africa)
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“I am an Accountant by academic qualification, but I now fix trucks for a living…the original show taught me problem solving and thinking outside the box.”
- Tineyi
- Darena
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- RileyDavis_37
- Kaja
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- Jamie
- Gianna
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- Danae
- Chewy
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