Quotes About Combat

I do not like getting hit. I can take a hit, but I don't want to damage my brain if I don't have to.

I'm not here to take damage. I don't want to not be able to talk. Every single time I fight, I know that... this could be the last time that you're able to do this, the last time you're able to talk.

I'd love to fight Dan Henderson.

We closely track the systems Boeing builds for us, and they're some very capable systems. So that's been my focus. It is something that I look at every month. I look at the metrics for all major combat systems and our platforms, which Boeing builds many, and they're successful platforms.

We got tables they're going through constantly, chair shots, all this, very dangerous maneuvers where you can possibly break your neck or something like that.

We must commit to a positive programme of ocean recovery to combat the effects of climate breakdown, and boost our oceans' capacity to tackle climate change.

When the ball is snapped I want to tackle the other guy, the other team is my enemy.

As a rugby player I got into the habit of tackling without thinking. But in MMA you've got to land the right way. You can't flop. You've got to bounce back to your feet. You've got to use your sprawl.

I'm tactical, and I have a lot of heart - something that you don't see when you watch a lot of fights.

I've fought tactical fights in a gym, but never in a fight before.

I hate when people use my tactics against me.

Anyone that goes to battle goes to battle knowing the mindset and tactics of their enemies.

Jacare' was really good. He had good tactics for me. I don't feel with this style I could punch him like I would like to do.

Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.

I think I'll take a bath in his blood.

Joachim Alcine does certain things in the ring that I've seen and taken note of. There are some things I believe I can take advantage of.

The science of booby-trapping has taken a good deal of the fun out of following hot on the enemy's heels.

As a combat medic, I heard a lot of last words; I saw a lot of last breaths taken.

Aldo needed to feel McGregor out. Coming right at him ran into McGregor's game. I thought he'd start by taking him down and confuse him a little. Maybe he had all that stuff planned, but one combo, and Aldo got caught. That happens, especially with a guy as talented and precise and full of power as Conor.

It's true that since 9/11, the application of conventional military rules of engagement has gotten a bit foggy. The Taliban were not an 'enemy state,' but the Canadian Forces conducted its operations in Afghanistan as though the rules of war applied anyway.

The Taliban is resilient.

Rockets fired by the Taliban generally aren't guided.

I was point man, which meant I was the first through the door, hunting down Taliban commanders, knocking down forts every night.

The Taliban are terrible shots. At the end of some long patrols, we'd be walking through the fields and get shot at - and we'd just keep walking.