Chris Kyle

“I really don't care what people think of me.”

“I am not a fan of politics.”

“The media cause more problems than they do good.”

“You have to slow your heart rate, stay calm. You have to shoot in between your heartbeats.”

“I don't worry about what other people think of me. It's one of the things I most admired about my dad growing up. He didn't give a hoot what others thought. He was who he was. It's one of the qualities that has kept me most sane.”

“I'm a better husband and father than I was a killer.”

“When I grew up, I only had two dreams. One was to be a cowboy and another was to be in the military. I grew up extremely patriotic and riding horses.”

“Savage, despicable evil. That's what we were fighting in Iraq. That's why a lot of people, myself included, called the enemy 'savages.' There really was no other way to describe what we encountered there.”

“You're not just going out there, maybe sacrificing your own life. There's also sacrifices still going on at home. You can serve in the military and have a good marriage, but you just need to be aware of it so you can take those steps to take care of it.”

“War is hell. Hollywood fantasizes about it and makes it look good... war sucks.”

“You're in a combat zone one day. You come home, and then you have to readjust, and it takes a few days. We just sit in the house, hang with the family and then things get better.”

“I like war.”

“It was a tragic end to a heroic life.”

“After I was discharged from the military, it was difficult trying to become a civilian.”

“It's not a problem taking out someone who wants your people dead. That's not a problem at all.”

“I don't have to psych myself up, or do something special mentally - I look through the scope, get my target in the cross hairs, and kill my enemy, before he kills one of my people.”

“Every time I kill someone, he can't plant an I.E.D. You don't think twice about it.”

“It was my duty to shoot the enemy, and I don't regret it. My regrets are for the people I couldn't save: Marines, soldiers, buddies. I'm not naive, and I don't romanticize war. The worst moments of my life have come as a SEAL. But I can stand before God with a clear conscience about doing my job.”

“I'm just trying to get back to normal life.”

“But even before I was in the military, I was extremely jumpy when asleep.”