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" 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.' "

Tim Kennedy

Time

Life

America

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Freedom

Day

" 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?' "

" The people that are close to me, the people that I spend most of my time with, they're all really like-minded people. "

Tim Kennedy

My Time

People

" 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. "

" 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. "

Tim Kennedy

Hand

" 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. "

" It's a good thing I have another job because the UFC doesn't pay very well. "

" 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. "

" I'm against torture. I'm also against terrorism. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I think obstacle courses in general are a blast, and I love the Green Beret one; I've done it - I don't know - 20, 30, 40 times. I'm always trying to break my time from the last one or use a new technique to get through a certain obstacle. "

" I have no problem putting on a kit, carrying a big sniper rifle, and running a few thousand meters. "

" I'm not hard to find unless you're ISIS - then, it's a rough night. "

" 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. "

" My adult life is filled with the things horror movies are made of. "

" I remember every moment of every gunfight I've ever been in. "

" 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. "

" I think the most rewarding thing is going over and being deployed and having done meaningful things. "

" I freaking hate liars. "

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Liars

Hate

" 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. "

Tim Kennedy

Great

Victory

" MMA in an individual sport, and you're just pushing yourself to be as dangerous as you can be in 15 minutes. "

" I will always be fighting in one form or another until the day I die. "

" I love fighting and will always have the heart of a fighter. "