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.
CHRIS KYLEYou’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.
More Chris Kyle Quotes
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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’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 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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Other people are talking about writing books about my life, or about some of the things I’ve done. I find it strange, but I also feel it’s my life and my story, and I guess I better be the one to get it on paper the way it actually happened.
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None of my problems come from the people I’ve killed.
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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 thought I should be stronger than was possible.
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I am a much better father and husband than I ever was a sniper.
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I did want to be the top sniper.
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Savage, despicable evil. That’s what we were fighting in Iraq.
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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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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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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 have a master chief that always said, punch and run.
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In the end, my story, in Iraq and afterward, is about more than just killing people or even fighting for my country. It’s about being a man. And it’s about love as well as hate.
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