Quotes from Dakota Meyer

I did all right in school, especially in math.

I don't see that anyone owes me anything for my service. I don't feel any sense of entitlement.

The only business owners that fail are the ones who gave up.

I served as a Marine sniper for three years, and I believe the film 'American Sniper' depicted what we do perfectly.

It doesn't matter how big of a company you have: I always tell people that you are one job away from being broke. And if you don't live that way, you'll be broke.

My home life, growing up, was like tumbling inside a washing machine as I shuttled around the middle of Kentucky with my mother. She was never content to stay in one place, or with one man, for too long. She was as smart as she was independent, though, and always landed some job that brought in a little money.

My entire goal in life is to try and change the world.

Business is just like sports: if you're the best in the group that you run in, you're never going to get any better. It's the same thing in business. I surround myself with people who are smarter than me and have more experience than me, and I have gotten a lot of great advice.

If ISIS is using social media to track me, that's a dream come true in my book. These guys are a bunch of bullies that just prey on the weak.

I will tell you, I don't miss me and Bristol fighting, but coming home to an empty house every other week, you walk in there, and it's a reminder of the failure of the marriage.

I pour concrete. I'm a construction guy.

ISIS targeting the U.S. military is like a sheep targeting a lion.

I'm good at task management in a stressful environment.

If I come in, and you're an employer, and I say, 'Well, I was a sniper in the Marine Corps. Do you have any sniper positions open?' 'No.' But if I told you that I was good at communication, good at leadership under stressful environments, team management, personnel management, leadership, being prompt, are stuff that I can bring to the table.

I just try to go out and help others, to do whatever I can to make a difference.

For me, the dilemma is I love Bristol, but you can only do that for so long and not get it back. It's been something that's been hard for me to accept. It breaks my heart.

Honestly, I've never had anybody with 'Teen Mom' ever be anything but great to me. Except the editors - they suck. Everybody from the crew, I love them, they're like family to me... I've never had a problem with any of them. Except the editors.

Everything in our lives revolves around our jobs, as much as we hate to say it. Where we live at, where our kids go to school, what we eat, what lifestyle we live, depends on the income we bring in and being able to provide for your family, and that's your employment.

A sniper's primary goal is to eliminate ground threats for U.S. guys on the ground. Is that what a coward is? A person whose goal is to save the lives of his warrior brothers?

I failed the most important people in my life, you know, on September 8, 2009. People who were relying on me more than anything.

I live by honor. I live by integrity. I live by 'never quit.' It's not a cool T-shirt phrase for me.

I'm just gonna focus on raising my girls forever, and that's gonna be it.

I'll never get married again.

When I got out of the Marine Corps, I didn't have much guidance.