I did want to be the top sniper.
CHRIS KYLEWhat wounded veteran’s don’t need is sympathy. They need to be treated like the men they are: equals, heroes, and people who still have tremendous value for society.
More Chris Kyle Quotes
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I’m willing to meet my creator and answer every shot that I took.
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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.
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One was to be a cowboy and another was to be in the military. I grew up extremely patriotic and riding horses.
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The Navy credits me with more kills as a sniper than any other American service member, past or present.
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I’m trying to raise the awareness of the troops that, when they deploy and go to war, it’s not just them at war – it’s also their family. Their family is having to go through all the hardships and the stresses.
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I have a master chief that always said, punch and run.
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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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Decades of Saddam’s rule made what could have been a fairly rich country, due to its oil reserves, into a very poor one.
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Great way to fight a war – be prepared to defend yourself for winning.
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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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I am not a fan of politics.
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Savage, despicable evil. That’s what we were fighting in Iraq.
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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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I don’t have to psych myself up, or do something special mentally – I look through the scope, get my target in the cross hairs, and kill my enemy, before he kills one of my people.
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The joke was that President Bush only declared war when Starbucks was hit. You can mess with the U.N. all you want, but when you start interfering with the right to get caffeinated, someone has to pay.
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Despite what your momma told you, Violence does solve problems.
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I’m just trying to get back to normal life.
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I’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.
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War is hell. Hollywood fantasizes about it and makes it look good; war sucks.
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I thought I should be stronger than was possible.
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The media cause more problems than they do good.
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After I was discharged from the military, it was difficult trying to become a civilian.
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MY REGRETS ARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE I COULDN’T SAVE—Marines, soldiers, my buddies. I still feel their loss. I still ache for my failure to protect them.
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Maybe war isn’t really fun, but I certainly was enjoying it.
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It’s funny – sometimes the strongest individuals feel the worst when events are out of their control, and they can’t really be there for the people they love. I’ve felt it myself.
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No, the best way to stop a vehicle is to shoot the driver. And that you can do with a number of weapons.
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