Bob Feller Quotes

I am not a hero.

I don't feel like I'm a hero.

Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they do not believe in dying completely.

Better to have beasts that let themselves be killed than men who run away.

I like to say I'm not a hero.

We remember the heroes who ran into the burning buildings to rescue those trapped inside, and the dauntless passengers on Flight 93 who laid down their lives to save others, including almost certainly those of us in the U.S. Capitol.

If I were the blushing kind, I would blush to be called a hero.

It is impossible to strive for the heroic life. The title of hero is bestowed by the survivors upon the fallen, who themselves know nothing of heroism.

Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters.

I should be trading on the blood of my men.

For months people have been begging me to come here for this Kamikaze operation. We will die well. The fact that we are taking a role in a great moment is history is a great honor.

The youth movement here must aspire to a martyrdom death…. The young must be first at the front line - don’t hide at the back. You must be at the front, die as martyrs and all your sins will be forgiven. This is how to achieve forgiveness.

I'm not a hero. The military is.

I'm not a hero.

I am certainly not a martyr kind of a person. I love my life. But if one has to, then there is nothing more nobler a cause that I can think of.

I'm a pansy when compared to the men and women of the United States military.

You're never going to catch me calling myself a hero unless I'm joking.

The words used to describe the heroes of D-Day are not the current lexicon we tend to use for success. Humble, selfless, brave. Those are not words we attach in 2019 to superstars.

In the film world, we can all be heroes. In the real world, where heroism can cost you your life or the life of the ones you love, people aren't so willing to make those sacrifices. When they do, they are set apart from the rest of us.

A hero is someone we can admire without apology.

There's a scene I particularly like in 'Betrayed' where Shane has been shot in the side. Yet he drives to a small airport, checks out the Rockfort plane and flies himself and Elena to safety. Only when he knows they are out of danger does he allow himself to sit down on the couch and admit he's injured - to a horrified Elena.

Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.

This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.

When you've married someone who's been at war, there is nothing you can do that compares to that level of selflessness and bravery.

In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.