Michelle Rodriguez Quotes

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

I think ninjas are probably quieter than SEALs, but we are better swimmers, and also better with guns and blowing things up.

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

I'm an eight-year Green Beret, Ranger, sniper.

I never wanted to do TV. I just did what I was trained to do through the Special Forces, and I've been doing that from a very young age.

Before they deploy, they train for the specific operations, but there is a danger that the Army is not retaining the core of its full capabilities.

When I was doing 'Generation Kill' in Africa I worked with five really super-trained Navy SEALs who taught us all these moves like how to disarm people: if there's a bar fight and someone's got a chair or there's someone with a gun behind our head, how to disable them and take them down in a swift move.

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.

People want to hear what I do with Special Forces, as a ranger, as a sniper. And I'm like 'What does that have to do with fighting?' Let's talk about fighting. They couldn't be more different; there's nothing similar about them.

I love the crossbow. I mean it's just fun. Guns are fun, I can't deny that shooting guns in movies isn't fun. But a crossbow is pretty rad.

The other would be the real one, composed entirely of young enthusiasts in camouflage uniforms, who would not be put on display, but from whom impossible efforts would be demanded and to whom all sorts of tricks would be taught. That's the army in which I should like to fight.

I know: "Guns Don't Kill People." But I suspect that they have something to do with it. If you point your finger at someone and say, "Bang, bang, you're dead," not much actually happens.

Actual combat experience is the only teacher. You never come out of a skirmish without having picked up a couple of new tricks; without having learned more about your enemy...Total involvement with the war was the only thing that kept me alive and pushing.

I miss the good old days when Daimons were warriors and combat trained. The ones I found tonight knew nothing about fighting, and I’m sick of the whole ‘my gun will solve all’ mentality. (Wulf)

My belief is guns don't kill people, people kill people.

As a former Captain in the Army National Guard, I trained hundreds of soldiers to lead troops into combat.

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

I'm a shooter and shooters shoot.

I'm a combat soldier.

I did 510 days SEAL training.

As a Navy SEAL, and sniper, one of the things I learned was that excellence matters.

I myself am a former commando fighter.

I think the major event that shaped my life was being a Naval aviator. I got my commission and wings at 18 years old, and then I went into combat at 19. And I think, as I look back on it, that whole experience probably shaped my life more than any incident, or any event.

I like automatic weapons. I fought for my right to use them in Vietnam.

Guns know no policy except destruction.