Joni Ernst Quotes

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.

These guys are warriors, my teammates.

I love my teammates and I'll go out there and play for them, and that's who I play for every night.

I'm always going to be passionate about the guys we have in the locker room because they've always been OK with me - they've always done right by me - so I have no problem playing with them, going out there and sweating, bleeding, and winning with them.

Come back and stand with us, lad. We will all go down together that's what makes us who we are.

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

The thing about the Air Force or any branch of the military is that all of us were plucked away from our homes and our comfort zones and our families. So there was a solidarity in the military, a brotherhood.

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.'

In football, you're like brothers.

What I've noticed is not only in the military, but in the first responders community, that when you reach out your hand to help one of them, they almost always grab your hand with only one of theirs, because they're using their other hand to reach behind them and pull up somebody else with them.

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

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 just love the Corps. I love the brotherhood, the camaraderie. I thank anyone in uniform who serves their fellow man. I love this country for so many reasons. We have such a great country here, and it's worth defending, and it's worth sacrificing for.

They give us this presentation every year about the NFL being a brotherhood. And if something is going on with one of your brothers, I feel like we should be there to have his back and speak up for him.

I always cheer for my MMA brothers and sisters.

It keeps you motivated to know that everyone has your back.

When you say 'never forget' to a veteran, you are implying that, as an American, you are in it with them.

My teammates have had my back with every mistake, with everything I have done well.

Any time I can spend time with my brothers and sisters who fight for this country and fight for freedom, it's a positive thing.

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.

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

It's easy to go out there and fight and scratch and play and sweat and bleed for guys that you consider your friends, your brothers.

The real 'Lord of the Flies' is a tale of friendship and loyalty; one that illustrates how much stronger we are if we can lean on each other.

On or off the team, I will still feel that I am with my teammates.

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