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" 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. "
Tim Kennedy
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You
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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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" 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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" I'm an eight-year Green Beret, Ranger, sniper. "
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" If Katie Couric or Anderson Cooper asked me to come on to their shows and give them content every single day, I would do it because that gives me access to a huge population of people that I can hopefully, in some way, plant seeds in fertile soil, and those seeds would grow into oak trees of freedom. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" I'm the guy that is always in shape. "
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Always
" I've been part of task forces hunting the most evil humans to walk the face of this planet. I believe all of that was for a reason, because I love America. "
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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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Out
" Watching everybody have such a fantastic time, loving life, loving America - I wish that was the feeling year-round, that it didn't take the Fourth of July for us to be like, 'Yeah, America is awesome.' "
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Life
America
" 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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" Peacetime Special Forces are different than wartime Special Forces. And I'm just not sure I was born to be in peace time. "
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Time
Peace
" 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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" 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
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" 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
Pretty
" I'm against torture. I'm also against terrorism. "
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Terrorism
Also
Against
" It's a good thing I have another job because the UFC doesn't pay very well. "
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Good
Because
" I always have that nagging feeling of wanting to go back and getting my long gun back and be a sniper on a Special Forces ODA, which is the greatest job in the world, but I have some goals in MMA that I set out to do, and I'm not going to stop until I get them. "
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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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" You're always going to get an honest, straightforward response from me. Honest to a fault. "
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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
" I will always have that, 'I want to be the best fighter on the planet' thing in me. "
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Will
Me
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" I'm not hard to find unless you're ISIS - then, it's a rough night. "
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" 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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Proud
Want