Ryan Zinke Quotes

To me, basic SEAL training was a lifetime of challenges crammed into six months.

The guys who don't make it through SEAL training are the Rambo wannabes. If you cannot work in a team format but also function autonomously, you won't last for very long.

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

Like it or not, Jesse Ventura is a Navy SEAL. He did the pushups and put up with the cold water, just like the rest of us.

I have spoken with many former athletes, and they tell me the best time they had was in sports. I listen to them and use their experience in my career.

There's nothing like being a soldier for confidence or learning your limits or enduring utter humiliation.

One of the great things about the SEAL teams in particular, and the American military in general, is the tremendous diversity of backgrounds and experience that people bring to their service.

There's a reason Montana produces more SEALs than any other state. As a collegiate athlete, I enjoyed the mental and physical challenges Division I football presented.

The whole AFL experience was important for me not only as an athlete but as a person.

Folks who blithely disregard the benefits of football likely haven't played or are being intellectually dishonest. The game, perhaps more than any other, requires absolute dedication and teamwork. Yes, I ultimately quit, and if I ever have a son, he won't play, but I'll always cherish the lessons I learned from football.

I absolutely loved working with the players at Navy. There are no better young men to coach than those you find at a service academy. I really enjoyed going to work every day because I loved being around those midshipmen.

I love my country, and the mental and physical demands of the Navy SEALs was what I had been training for my whole life growing up in Montana. There's a reason Montana produces more SEALs than any other state. As a collegiate athlete, I enjoyed the mental and physical challenges Division I football presented. When a recruiter first told me about the Navy SEALs, I knew it was the right fit.

The SAS Reserve tends to be made up of former paratroopers and commandos who still want a challenge, but it is open to civilians.

I went to a military school between the ages of six and 12 and later into the air force. You learn discipline and strength of character.

You have to really want to be a Navy SEAL. The passion you need to endure the rigors of training, to become the best of the best... It's admirable.

I wouldn't trade those 10 years for anything. The Navy taught me a lot of things. It molded me as a man, and I made a lot of wonderful friends.

In the Marine Corps, you meet this really broad segment of the country; you're working with people from all kinds of backgrounds. And it exposes you to the American military, particularly the American military at war.

In the Marines, I was stunned, absolutely stunned, at everything around me, at what the world looked like.

If you want something that's going to provide you with a lot of challenges and a variety of different things to do, then you really can't beat a place like the Air Force. I don't mean this to sound like a recruiting pitch. But it's been a lot of fun.

The army teaches boys to think like men.

My four years in the Marine Corps left me with an indelible understanding of the value of leadership skills.

Football is such a great game, but football players are so dull.

Get off your butt and join the Marines!

I probably got more out of sports in high school than I did out of classes.

I was going to be a Marine before I was going to be an actor. I was really serious about joining the Marine Corps.