One was to be a cowboy and another was to be in the military. I grew up extremely patriotic and riding horses.

The Navy credits me with more kills as a sniper than any other American service member, past or present.

I don't know if I'm the best of the best. But I did know that if I quit, I wouldn't be.

I’m willing to meet my creator and answer every shot that I took.

Despite what your momma told you, Violence does solve problems.

It is our duty to serve those who serve us.

MY REGRETS ARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE I COULDN’T SAVE—Marines, soldiers, my buddies. I still feel their loss. I still ache for my failure to protect them.

There's no reason someone who has fought for their country should be homeless of jobless.

But real life doesn't travel in a perfect straight line; it doesn't necessarily have that 'all lived happily ever after' bit. You have to work on where you're going.

Every person I killed I strongly believe that they were bad. When I do go face God there is going to be lots of things I will have to account for but killing any of those people is not one of them.

What wounded veteran's don't need is sympathy. THey need to be treated like the men they are: equals, heroes, and people who still have tremendous value for society.

He turned the music up loud. So what if it would deafen him? It made him happy. Like it had so many times before.

Nothing matters as long as you are kind and authentic. If you are, then you did your best, and that is all you can do.

God will crush the pride out of us one way or another. He loves us, and His glory, too much not to do it.

As a man I am not a killer. I’m an artist and a modern person. I’ll choose sanity.

Thongs are the leading cause of pregnancy in the United States.

I have acquired a deep and abiding respect for all those engaged in the difficult business of commerce.

Fifteen dollar too beaucoup. Five dollars each... Five dollars is all my mom allows me to spend.

My bulimia was my addiction. Hurting myself was my addiction... The music is what saved me. That's the only thing I can trust.

A dolphin's smile is the greatest deception. It creates the illusion that they're always happy.

What's the safest thing to be when one is met by a gang of social outcasts in an alley? ...No, another social outcast!