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" My adult life is filled with the things horror movies are made of. "
Tim Kennedy
Horror
Movies
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" 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. "
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" Leaving active duty was so I could become the best fighter in the world at my weight class. "
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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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" 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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" People want to hear what I do with Special Forces, as a ranger, as a sniper. And I'm like 'What does that have to do with fighting?' Let's talk about fighting. They couldn't be more different; there's nothing similar about them. "
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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 competitive when I fight, but I don't get emotionally involved. "
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" I want to earn a top-contender status in the UFC, so I have to fight the best. "
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Want
UFC
" Cold and fire has a way of creeping into the tiniest crack in your courage and finding that coward. "
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" Who would I be to be cowering to a bunch of gutless cowards acting like a bunch of tough guys online? "
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Like
Online
Tough
" If you've been hit, if you've been put down, if you've lost, that next time you come out, you have to make a testament: you have to make a demonstration, a showing, that it's not going to happen again. "
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Time
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" I know I'm not a marquee name, and I'm looked past by most guys. "
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Most
Past
Know
" Fighting is a very independent thing, and it's not a team sport, and it's not the NFL, you know, because we don't have to look the same. "
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Look
Same
You
" When you're in Ranger School, it sucks. You're not eating; you're not sleeping. You're marching miles - for months at a time. It's horrible. "
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Time
Eating
School
" 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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Yourself
Best
Family
" It's a good thing I have another job because the UFC doesn't pay very well. "
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Job
Good
Because
" 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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Respect
Special
Negative
" I'm against torture. I'm also against terrorism. "
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Terrorism
Also
Against
" I'm not hard to find unless you're ISIS - then, it's a rough night. "
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You
Then
Rough
" I have a pretty amazing life. Even back-to-back deployments - Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey - it's still pretty rewarding. "
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Life
Pakistan
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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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Travel
Day
Train
" 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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Every
Except
Some
" I'm the guy that is always in shape. "
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Shape
Guy
Always
" Kettlebells are the best for everything. We do snatches and swings with them for explosiveness and hamstring and lower back strength, and we'll also throw them into conditioning circuits where I'll do a burpee holding the kettlebells and transition into a 2-handed snatch. "
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" I'm asked daily about how and why I don't have PTSD. I'm probably the last person on Earth you should ask about this stuff. "
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Daily
Earth
Last
" I love fighting and will always have the heart of a fighter. "
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Always
Heart
Love
" I want to thank the military community for their support. I'll never be able to explain how much you motivated me and how much I always tried to make you proud. "
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Support
Proud
Want
" 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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Done
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Very
" 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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Four
Fight
Pathetic