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" I'm an eight-year Green Beret, Ranger, sniper. "
Tim Kennedy
Ranger
Green
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" I've been to Afghanistan and Iraq a few times, and then I've done deployments elsewhere - with Special Forces, we go all over the place. "
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" I am a nice guy. I love having a good time. I love cooking. I love hanging out with my friends. "
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" I make, like, three or four times more when I don't fight than when I do fight. And, I'm one of the higher-paid guys in the UFC, which is remarkably tragic and pathetic. "
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" Find something bigger than yourself and pour every ounce of who you are into it. If that's your family, be the best father on Earth. If you are a cop, firefighter, or a trash man, be the best. "
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" I've fought guys that I like. When you're fighting a guy that you don't like, you have to be able to separate certain aspects of it. "
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" Everyone knows who I am; everyone respects me as a shooter, as an operator, as a soldier... I'm always truthful, I'm always honest, and I'm always trying to do the right thing. "
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" If we are ever going to rescue our nation from selfish entitlement, political correctness, and collectivism, we must start sending citizen-statesman warriors to fight for us in Washington, and I believe Col. Maness will do just that. "
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" I'm a Christian, and I give the glory to God. "
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God
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" What's the definition of terrorism? It's to achieve an objective through the use of force and fear. These are just nasty, evil, disgusting human beings who disrespect human life. "
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Fear
Evil
Disrespect
" Leaving active duty was so I could become the best fighter in the world at my weight class. "
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Leaving
Fighter
" Carlos Condit does the best job of being the counterstriking guy that is very elusive. "
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" MMA has a referee, and you're wearing gloves. I'm in there with another volunteering participant that's out there to win some prize money. "
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You
Referee
Out
" I understand what justice is, and I understand what freedom is, and all of my friends do. It's always been that way. I love freedom of speech. I love freedom of religion. I want my neighbor to be totally fine, for him to be a completely flaming gay guy with his new husband. "
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Justice
" I don't need MMA, but I love fighting. Those are very different things. "
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Things
Different
" I'm the guy that is always in shape. "
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Shape
Guy
Always
" I want to thank all of my opponents. Iron sharpens iron, and every great victory or crushing defeat occurred because there was someone who trained hard and had the courage to meet me across the cage. "
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Great
Me
Victory
" I love the idea of what America is. America is a bunch of people that do these incredible, thankless, selfless jobs that nobody really knows about that makes that American dream possible. "
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Love
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" When 9/11 happened, I was like, 'I gotta do something.' I went and talked to the recruiters, and I found out about the Special Forces 18X program. They take qualified people off the street, and they give them a shot at Special Forces. I was like, 'So I could go try out for Special Forces?' "
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Special
Street
Try
" I'm not hard to find unless you're ISIS - then, it's a rough night. "
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You
Then
Rough
" Fighting is a lonely thing. You train with your team. You bleed with them. You trust your coaches, but ultimately, you are in the cage alone. "
Tim Kennedy
Alone
Trust
Team
" My military service has nothing to do with what I do in the ring. "
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Nothing
Ring
Service
" That's part of my military character, I think. You back one of us into a corner, and you can only expect one thing: us coming at you like wild, rabid dogs. "
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" I'm not perfect - I'm human, and I can make mistakes - but I'm always going to fight clean; I'm always going to go out there and try to put on a good show. "
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Mistakes
Try
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" My adult life is filled with the things horror movies are made of. "
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" The people that are close to me, the people that I spend most of my time with, they're all really like-minded people. "
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" I'm very disciplined in the approach I take for my training. "
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" There are some parallels between 'Zombieland' and 'Range 15,' except 'Zombieland,' with Woody Harrelson, there's this pleasurable fun in every scene. "
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" I got my hand slapped for talking about fighter pay. That was a big one. I had Dana White yell at me in front of, like, 20 other fighters. "
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" I was deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq with British Special Forces Units. I have great respect for the British military and the country as a whole, so I don't have anything negative to say about that. "
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" No matter what I do, it's all about the workouts. When I travel, I make sure I get my workout in first. When I'm in camp for a fight, I don't travel at all, and I train three times a day. The secret is to just keep working. "
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Day
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