Dakota Meyer Quotes

Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death.

A part of being in the army is you never really leave a man behind.

I wasn't going to leave my men, and they were going to protect me.

Its the name on the front of the jersey that matters most, not the one on the back.

I like the ethos of the military and the idea of joining an institution in which, at the very least, everyone who signs up believes in something.

The heart and soul of a Navy SEAL is somebody who's committed to their country and committed to their teammates.

These guys are warriors, my teammates.

These guys that were standing up to fight, for the most part, had pride in their country, and they wanted to do the best, and they wanted to go out and fight, and I was as close to these Afghans as I was to the Marines.

I want my teammates to know I have their backs.

I'm to a point now where you want to play for your fans and all that, but I'm playing for the guys in that huddle. I'm playing for the guys in that locker room.

In the military, you learn the essence of people. You see so many examples of self-sacrifice and moral courage. In the rest of life, you don't get that many opportunities to be sure of your friends.

We're not leaving here without Buster, man. Leave no crash-test dummy behind!

As young West Point cadets, our motto was 'duty, honor, country.' But it was in the field, from the rice paddies of Southeast Asia to the sands of the Middle East, that I learned that motto's fullest meaning. There I saw gallant young Americans of every race, creed and background fight, and sometimes die, for 'duty, honor, and their country.'

There's a place in my heart for every team I played on.

I don't miss the bureaucracy of being in the Army. But I still love the relationships you can build. And it doesn't have to be in military service - it can be anything you're doing with someone that matters. You develop a bond.

In football, you're like brothers.

Men do not fight for flag or country, for the Marine Corps or glory or any other abstraction. They fight for one another. And if you came through this ordeal, you would age with dignity.

Look, many of us here are regular marines... I will die as a marine because that is my dream.

Here's a news flash: No soldier gives his life. That's not the way it works. Most soldiers who make a conscious decision to place themselves in harm's way do it to protect their buddies. They do it because of the bonds of friendship - and it goes so much deeper than friendship.

Most of the courage shown in the war came from men’s understanding of their interdependence on each other. We must have that unity.

I defend my players and coaches.

That's why you play the game. You play the game for your teammates, who really want to play with and for you.

There's great affection, tremendous loyalty, but anytime you open up the season, when you walk in the locker room, there is a circle, and my obligation to everyone in that locker room is the circle has to be as strong as possible to give us a chance to win.

My mission my whole career was just to be somebody that you can look at and say, 'That's the guy I want to go into battle with.'

When you are in a football club, you stick together. That's the key.