Tim Kennedy Quotes

Boot Camp was great and very interesting. You got to use live rounds of ammunition and got to do a lot of crawling around with live rounds flying around you, so you really had to learn to keep your ass down - everything down for that matter.

When I went through Marine boot camp in Paris Island, South Carolina, we actually did have bayonets that we trained with.

Combat duty is strenuous and physically demanding, and I'm not the first person to notice that men and women are built differently. And while many will argue that women will only be allowed into combat arms units under the same requirements as their male counterparts, count me as skeptical.

We need to spend more money to insure that our troops are properly equipped.

I spent four years in the United States Army between 1985 and 1989, and I certainly learned how to survive out in the woods.

The People there are very Skilful in the use of Fire-Arms, being all their Lives accustom’d to shoot in the Woods. This, together with a little exercising would soon make the Militia little inferior to Regular Troops.

so many militia-men ... are not skilled in the use of the Rifle or Musket

Hard training - easy combat; easy training - hard combat.

As combat infantrymen and special operators, we received thousands of hours of firearms training.

Apart from the fact that any hardy exercise conduces much to the training and formation of a soldier, pig-sticking tends to give a man what is called a 'stalker's eye,' but which, par excellence, is the soldier's eye.

I joined the Marines, passed Special Forces selection, and became a young leader in the military.

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.

We have an obligation to ensure our service members are protected, our national defense is resilient, and our forces are well-equipped.

There was always talk of espirit de corps, of being gung ho, and that must have been a part of it. Better, tougher training, more marksmanship on the firing range, the instant obedience to orders seared into men in boot camp.

I can work hard and be disciplined like a soldier, but I could never reach their level of fitness. I have a whole new appreciation of soldiers. I saw myself on screen and thought, 'That body is so not hard enough to be a soldier.'

Most combat is not a hand-to-hand knife battle that the person who can do the most push-ups is going to end up winning.

I've run 1,000 miles in Baja, and that's pretty much nonstop.

I'm the guy that once graduated Ranger School - a place that starves you and denies you sleep for over two months - and took a fight six days later in the IFL and won.

Our servicemen and woman need to know that Congress has their back by making resources available to modernize, train, and equip them so they can continue to protect vital U.S. security interests.

It's MMA. I'm a complete MMA fighter. I expect everything. I'm ready for all of it.

When someone decides to come into the UFC, and they don't have a combat sports background, you're kind of thinking, 'Does he really understand what he's getting into?'

As soldiers in Israel's army, one of the most grueling training regimens we had to endure was a long march while carrying a comrade on a stretcher.

Weapons training, how to clear a room - all that stuff is imprinted into me.

Of course, we must properly equip our troops.

I am a very good sniper, and I can put five bullets into that red circle and I know how to throw hand grenades.