Quotes from Marcus Luttrell

I'd give Him some room. I'd be like, 'Thanks for keeping me around a little bit longer. I owe You a lot.'

If I died on the battlefield, then that was the way it was supposed to be.

When I came into the Perry family, it was just kind of one of those deals where they were the only family I had.

Rick Perry is my family. I love him.

When I came into the Perry family, it was one of those deals where it was the only family I had. I didn't have a father figure growing up like that, somebody who genuinely cared about me. Governor Perry taught me how to be a good man.

I got my service dog when I was medically retired out of the military, and it was the best thing that ever happened to me. I wish every medically retired serviceman could have a service dog. He's amazing. He's my best bud. I go everywhere and anywhere with him.

There's a storm inside of us, a burning river, a drive. You push yourself further than anyone could think possible. You are never out of the fight.

Don't waste one second on anything. Watch the sun come up, and watch it go down.

The last time I was in there to set up for a surgery, I was sitting in the waiting room ... watching television. And a special came on the news about a guy who got AIDS from re-used medical equipment in the VA. It was the same procedure I was fixing to get. I'm gone. Deuces. I walked out, man.

When they were working on the movie 'Lone Survivor,' all I cared about was that it was done right to honor all of the guys.

To have people with - with psychological problems have a background check before they can buy a weapon? I don't think the NRA would pull me off that one. If they do, then I need to be pulled off it because... you can't give a weapon to someone who has mental issues, right.

Revenge is a powerful motivator.

You play like you practice and practice how you play.

Bottom line is that there's bad people everywhere. And every now and again, we are going to have to step to them to make sure that we preserve our way of life.

There's nothing glorious about war. There's nothing glorious about holding your friends in your arms and watching them die. There's nothing glorious about having to leave your home for 6 to 8 months while your family's back here and you're away.

War's not black and white; it's gray. If you don't fight in the gray area, you're going to lose.

If you knew the real me, you'd want to keep your distance from me. Seriously.

It's not secret that usually I don't have a filter.

If you had to put people, senators - if they had to go for their V.A. to get care, it would probably get fixed.

Burn the flag; that's a freedom. Then I have the freedom to take it away from them and tell them how dumb they are.

This entire business of modern war crimes, as identified by the liberal wings of politics and the media, began in Iraq and has been running downhill ever since.

Governor Perry taught me how to be a good man and to be a good husband. Not only does he have to take care of his own family, but the state of Texas.

Texas is generally 82 degrees year round. I always tell people you don't know cold until you have been to Boston.

When I did get captured, the only thing I held onto was the fact that my teammates were going to come get me. Period.