Quotes About Combat

When people are wary about fighting on the ground, I have a more difficult time.

Never turn your back until you're sure your enemy is dead. Dimitri Belikov

An ungentlemanly war it will be,' he grumbled. 'Will I lead my men with a sword? Ah, but no! I will lead my men with a dirty revolver in my hand. Parbleu! Such is modern warfare! A machine could do the whole cursed thing better -- we shall all be nothing but machines in this war.

There's a great need. More than forty thousand soldiers have been injured overseas, with three-quarters of those having life-threatening or life-changing injuries. And here's something staggering. Nearly 20 percent of soldiers who've seen combat in the Middle East have sustained what could be classified a traumatic brain injury. An estimated 30 percent of returning soldiers have psychological or post-traumatic stress issues.

More than forty thousand soldiers have been injured overseas, with three-quarters of those having life-threatening or life-changing injuries. And here's something staggering. Nearly 20 percent of soldiers who've seen combat in the Middle East have sustained what could be classified a traumatic brain injury. An estimated 30 percent of returning soldiers have psychological or post-traumatic stress issues.

The natural world is a world of war; the natural man is a warrior; the natural law is tooth and claw. All else is error. A condition of combat everywhere exists. We are born into perpetual conflict. It is our inheritance, even as it was the heritage of previous generations.

If one regiment mutinies, the next regiment [should be] so alien that it would be ready to fire into it.

A clever general, therefore, avoids an army when its spirit is keen, but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to return. This is the art of studying moods.

Security against defeat implies defensive tactics; ability to defeat the enemy means taking the offensive.

Hence the saying: If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.

His body had thrown a bewildering array of kicks and strikes at the punching bag, most of which he was sure had hurt him more than they would have damaged any real-world assailant.

The techniques that were taught to the United States Marine Raiders, OSS Operatives, and British Commandos during the Second World War are some of the most highly effective unarmed killing techniques that are known.

You would do well to know, Marcus, that irritating a better swordsman than yourself is a good way to end up dead.

I have never been in a cage fighting UFC. It would be nice to try.

I train in the cage all the time. I have my own cage in my gym.

The cage is bigger than the ring, and it's a little bit different.

I like fighting, man. I didn't get into this sport not to fight. I enjoy fighting; I actually enjoy getting in the cage.

The day I step in the cage with Cyborg, I will be 100% prepared.

I have a cage at home, I have a cage at all the gyms I train.

When it is all said and done, everything is different once you get up into the cage.

I like to train and then step in the cage and do my job. This is the thing that I like to do.

When you get in the cage with me, you'd better be ready to go 35 minutes, not just 15.

It's life or death for me every single time I step in the cage.

Anywhere I go, anywhere I fight it doesn't matter who's watching or whatever, it's me fighting and there's one guy in the cage you know, that I have to worry about and that's it.