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 really don’t care what people think of me.
More Chris Kyle Quotes
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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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What 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.
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It is our duty to serve those who serve us.
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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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I have a master chief that always said, punch and run.
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Every person I killed I strongly believe that they were bad. When I do go face God there is going to be lots of things I will have to account for but killing any of those people is not one of them.
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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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The rules are drawn up by lawyers who are trying to protect the admirals and generals from the politicians; they’re not written by people who are worried about the guys on the ground getting shot.
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The media cause more problems than they do good.
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Savage, despicable evil. That’s what we were fighting in Iraq.
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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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I thought I should be stronger than was possible.
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I did want to be the top sniper.
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I don’t shoot people with Korans. I’d like to, but I don’t.
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Despite what your momma told you, Violence does solve problems.
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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 would love for people to be able to think of me as a guy who stood up for what he believed in and helped make a difference for the vets.
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I’m just trying to get back to normal life.
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After I was discharged from the military, it was difficult trying to become a civilian.
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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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But I wondered, how would I feel about killing someone? Now I know. It’s no big deal.
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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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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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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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None of my problems come from the people I’ve killed.
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