People tell me I saved hundreds and hundreds of people. But I have to tell you: it’s not the people you saved that you remember. It’s the ones you couldn’t save. Those are the ones you talk about. Those are the faces and situations that stay with you forever.
CHRIS KYLEI’m just trying to be the me that I am and not all of this other crap. I just want to be the family man, and if somehow I can make the money to get my ranch and get the hell away from everybody else, that would be awesome.
More Chris Kyle Quotes
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I thought I should be stronger than was possible.
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Savage, despicable evil. That’s what we were fighting in Iraq. That’s why a lot of people, myself included, called the enemy ‘savages.’ There really was no other way to describe what we encountered there.
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I don’t know if I’m the best of the best. But I did know that if I quit, I wouldn’t be.
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I really don’t care what people think of me.
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In my experience, Marines are gung ho no matter what. They will all fight to the death. Everyone of them just wants to get out there and kill. They are bad-ass, hard-charging mothers.
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War is hell. Hollywood fantasizes about it and makes it look good; war sucks.
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But real life doesn’t travel in a perfect straight line; it doesn’t necessarily have that ‘all lived happily ever after’ bit. You have to work on where you’re going.
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I really don’t care what people think of me. I’ve got my family. I’ve got my friends. Yes, I have been trained to be a little more aggressive if I need to be, but I don’t go around thumping people.
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I did want to be the top sniper.
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I’m willing to meet my creator and answer every shot that I took.
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Maybe war isn’t really fun, but I certainly was enjoying it.
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You’re not just going out there, maybe sacrificing your own life. There’s also sacrifices still going on at home. You can serve in the military and have a good marriage, but you just need to be aware of it so you can take those steps to take care of it.
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You have to slow your heart rate, stay calm. You have to shoot in between your heartbeats.
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Great way to fight a war – be prepared to defend yourself for winning.
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I’m just trying to get back to normal life.
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