Quotes About Battle

I think a lot of people, including me, clammed up when a civilian asked about battle, about war. It was fashionable. One of the most impressive ways to tell your war story is to refuse to tell it, you know. Civilians would then have to imagine all kinds of deeds of derring-do.

We cannot ignore the networks where there is an ideological battle going on.

That term, 'David and Goliath,' has entered our language as a metaphor for improbable victories by some weak party over someone far stronger.

A pitcher has to look at the hitter as his mortal enemy.

I loved baseball. I was a pitcher. I loved being on the mound because I also loved being at the center of the action, the cat and mouse battle with the batter on every pitch. You had to develop grit.

Our military sons and daughters that are placed in harm's way deserve the right equipment, the right training, and the right rules of engagement to win decisively on any field of battle.

There's no such thing as a crowded battlefield. Battlefields are lonely places.

'Battle For The Planet Of The Apes', was just a film for kids and didn't have any deep meaning.

I grew up playing in lots of physical battles against lots of players. It's something I enjoy. I'm a big lad myself, so I feel I can handle myself in a battle.

I got plenty of grief for 'Blackwater,' because in the books, there's this huge chain across the harbor that features prominently in the battle. And we simply weren't able to do it with our budget and do it any justice, so we had to lose it.

Obviously, that off-the-ice battle I went through, plus injuries I came back from, I always felt the fans are really knowledgeable there and respected and appreciated guys that gave whatever they had and guys that fought through things.

The battle of Varus is an enigma, not in a military but in a political point of view - not in its course, but in its consequences.

There's a battle rhythm, a body clock that tells you it's time for football. For me, it's always I know when I get my first football dream. That's my body clock telling me it's time to compete.

I have led men in combat.

I enjoy battling, and I enjoy competing.

Competition matters.

Like getting into a bleeding competition with a blood bank.

The competition is pretty rough these days.

Life is a competitive endeavor.

We are competitors.

The soreness you feel after a fight or after a good battle, it's the best feeling in the world. You might sit and complain about it, but you feel so accomplished.

At the heart of drama is conflict.

If you get conquered by ego, then you are losing the fight.

My view of civilization is that there have always been small pockets of good, decent, kind people surrounded by corrupt and evil power structures. It's always a battle to stay on the side of good.