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.
CHRIS KYLEAfter I was discharged from the military, it was difficult trying to become a civilian.
More Chris Kyle Quotes
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I am a much better father and husband than I ever was a sniper.
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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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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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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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War is hell. Hollywood fantasizes about it and makes it look good; war sucks.
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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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But in that backroom or whatever it is when God confronts me with my sins, I do not believe any of the kills I had during the war will be among them. Everyone I shot was evil. I had good cause on every shot. They all deserved to die.
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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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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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You have to slow your heart rate, stay calm. You have to shoot in between your heartbeats.
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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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I did want to be the top sniper.
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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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The Navy credits me with more kills as a sniper than any other American service member, past or present.
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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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