A biography for Marcus Luttrellhasn’t been written yet.
“These 'lone wolves,' people like to call them, you've got to look at them not like a lone wolf but an individual operator who's been convinced in their head, brainwashed, whatever, that this is the way to go. And they will carry out their assaults systematically throughout.”
“I could see hunks of metal and rocks sticking out of my legs.”
“We have to make sure the Hell the veterans come home from is not the Hell they come back to.”
“I'm a big tradition guy. If you love this country and study history, then you will love Boston.”
“When I came into the Perry family, it was one of those deals where it was the only family I had. I didn't have a father figure growing up like that, somebody who genuinely cared about me. Governor Perry taught me how to be a good man.”
“You have to realize, in real life, the gun battle lasted for over three hours, and the movie's only two hours long. My hat's off to all those stuntmen who laid it on the line and hurt themselves doing what they had to do to get that done because in real life, we all died, and the only reason I'm sitting here is because of modern medicine.”
“It's got to be both houses and the people coming together in unanimous decision when you start messing with the Constitution.”
“Revenge is a powerful motivator.”
“I guess we'd better start getting used to the consequences and permit the American liberals to squeak and squeal us to ultimate defeat.”
“Every situation I have ever been in I have been trained for, and I dealt with it to the best of my abilities.”
“I got my service dog when I was medically retired out of the military, and it was the best thing that ever happened to me. I wish every medically retired serviceman could have a service dog. He's amazing. He's my best bud. I go everywhere and anywhere with him.”
“When I did get captured, the only thing I held onto was the fact that my teammates were going to come get me. Period.”
“This entire business of modern war crimes, as identified by the liberal wings of politics and the media, began in Iraq and has been running downhill ever since.”
“Rick Perry is my family. I love him.”
“Most of the time, I don't want to use anti-climatic, but sometimes you go out there thinking this is going to be the worst thing you've ever gotten yourself into, and then you get back to base and think, 'Wow, that wasn't anything like I expected.'”
“The last time I was in there to set up for a surgery, I was sitting in the waiting room ... watching television. And a special came on the news about a guy who got AIDS from re-used medical equipment in the VA. It was the same procedure I was fixing to get. I'm gone. Deuces. I walked out, man.”
“People always ask me, 'I don't know how you could watch that, how that affects you,' and I just tell them, 'I went through it in real life, so it's like pilots watching a 'Top Gun' movie or cyclists watching a bicycle movie,' something like that.”
“If I had to say something to Americans, being afraid and having fear, it's okay to be fearful because that will make you strong; being afraid will shut you down.”
“I'd give Him some room. I'd be like, 'Thanks for keeping me around a little bit longer. I owe You a lot.'”
“When you start messing with the Constitution and what this country was founded on - our baseline is what we call it - it just opens up too many doors.”