Quotes About Veteran

In Vietnam he earned a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star. He was discharged with honors and settled in Florida.

There aren't a lot of guys like me left. But I'm a war horse. I've been through it all. And you know something about war horses? Through the sleet, through the snow, they just keep going.

You have to be a soldier and a veteran, or a soldier who sacrificed your life for your country.

You don't compare a guy with 30 or 40 fights with a guy who had 200 fights and fought over 25 years.

I've been around. I've fought in the big fights.

Mom's dad was in the army, stormed the beach at Normandy, fought through the French hedgerows, the Battle of the Ardennes, the Battle of the Bulge, and liberated concentration camps at the end of the war.

For every veteran who returns with a new sense of destiny ('I survived; that must be God's purpose') more come home with barely submerged bitterness, ready to take 'the easy way' because they saw so much of it in the stresses of war.

I have a band that I started with a buddy of mine, a Vietnam veteran pal named Kimo Williams from Chicago.

Some great players, like Ted Williams and Stan Musial, had one more great hitting season left around the age of 40.

I enjoy Otis Thorpe; he took me under his wing when I was a rookie. I'm also a fan of Ron Harper. He showed me the ropes and showed me what it was to play in the NBA.

Jacare is a gangster. He's been in the game for a long time.

I've done quite a few gigs for the military. Some of them had to be kept under the wire. I'm a three year Army veteran myself, and I'm always available to do stuff like that. I've even done some things for the British military, too.

Demian Maia, he's a legend. He's a veteran in the game. He knows how to fight. He's been through so many five-round fights. He's headlined a lot of cards, fought Anderson Silva for the title, fought Tyron Woodley for the title. He's a veteran, he knows how to fight, and he's always training. He's a jiu-jitsu wizard.

I'm no hero. Heroes don't come back. Survivors return home. Heroes never come home. If anyone thinks I'm a hero, I'm not.

I've often reflected upon such black veteran numbers men as West Indian Archie. If they had lived in another kind of society, their exceptional mathematical talents might have been better used. But they were black.

I am a veteran, I fought in a war. I've been a prosecutor. I've sent people to jail for the rest of their life.

The soldiers chuckled. One of them, a grizzled veteran, rose and walked over to where Duncan and his two senior officers were standing. He made a show of inspecting the ground, brushing aside a few twigs and rocks, then spread out a none-too-clean neckerchief and gestured for the King to sit. "There you go, my lord. Your royal bum should be comfortable there." The

He never let it be forgotten that he had served his time in battle, nor forgot himself that it was the army which had initially acclaimed him as emperor.

Percibí en su voz un tono que ya conocía bien: resignación y ausencia de ilusiones sobre el éxito o fracaso de la empresa; resolución fatigada, silenciosa, desprovista de interés salvo por los detalles técnicos, del soldado veterano dispuesto a afrontar con sencillez un mal rato que forma parte de su oficio.

Giorgio and Leonardo are two players who really help us out a lot. They have great experience, they get stronger with age and we are very lucky to have them on our side.

An old ham like me needs to be on stage.

People should realize that I shot a Coke commercial back in 1986. So, you know, I've been around a long time. I carry my Screen Actors Guild Card.

Playing 13 years is a long time, but I feel really good. It's not like I'm [old]. I'm just thankful.

Brett was the left defensemen and veteran all-star for the Chiefs. The same Brett Beckham that Riley had made look like a fool on an earlier breakaway.