Top 35 Dakota Meyer Quotes

Business is just like sports: if you‘re the best in the group that you run in, you’re never going to get any better. It’s the same thing in business. I surround myself with people who are smarter than me and have more experience than me, and I have gotten a lot of great advice.

When I got out of the Marine Corps, I didn’t have much guidance.

I’ll never get married again.

At the end of the day, no one is going to care about your company as much as you do. That is a motto that you will live or die by. And if you don’t believe that, just take your eye off the ball for a day and watch what happens.

The standard Bristol set at being a mother is high for a woman to have to step into. She, as a mom, is crushing it.

I did all right in school, especially in math.

Leave no Marine behind.

For me, the dilemma is I love Bristol, but you can only do that for so long and not get it back. It’s been something that’s been hard for me to accept. It breaks my heart.

I served as a Marine sniper for three years, and I believe the film ‘American Sniper’ depicted what we do perfectly.

I’m trying to raise awareness for veterans.

You got to do what’s right.

I live by honor. I live by integrity. I live by ‘never quit.’ It’s not a cool T-shirt phrase for me.

I just try to go out and help others, to do whatever I can to make a difference.

When I came back, I tried to live independently. In the Marine Corps, we’re taught as a team, so why would you think you’re going to get out of the military and live independently and not rely on your support system around you?

My home life, growing up, was like tumbling inside a washing machine as I shuttled around the middle of Kentucky with my mother. She was never content to stay in one place, or with one man, for too long. She was as smart as she was independent, though, and always landed some job that brought in a little money.

Honestly, I’ve never had anybody with ‘Teen Mom’ ever be anything but great to me. Except the editors – they suck. Everybody from the crew, I love them, they’re like family to me… I’ve never had a problem with any of them. Except the editors.

I don’t see that anyone owes me anything for my service. I don’t feel any sense of entitlement.

I love Americans, and I believe in this country.

I understand how important it is for both parents to be in a child‘s life.

The only business owners that fail are the ones who gave up.

If ISIS is using social media to track me, that’s a dream come true in my book. These guys are a bunch of bullies that just prey on the weak.

I’m never gonna date again, because I can’t imagine meeting a woman that’s good enough for my daughters.

We’re the most feared nation on the face of the planet, and we’re worried about some radical group, some extremists that prey on the weak? I mean, that’s like sheep preying on lions.

I know how critical that is, having a mother and father involved in your life, and I’m going to continue to be the most involved father hopefully that you’ll ever see.

ISIS targeting the U.S. military is like a sheep targeting a lion.

I think every relationship has its ups and downs. I think that’s a part of whether you’re married or whether you’re in friendship or in business, right? They all have their ups and downs, and I think it’s just a normal part of life.

I failed the most important people in my life, you know, on September 8, 2009. People who were relying on me more than anything.

I’m just tired of us as Americans living in fear.

I’ll do whatever it takes to go out and help others.

A veteran is a person who has proven themselves in an uncontrolled, unstable environment. That’s the kind of person I want on my team.

A sniper’s primary goal is to eliminate ground threats for U.S. guys on the ground. Is that what a coward is? A person whose goal is to save the lives of his warrior brothers?

Big Mike Meyer was my real dad as far as I was concerned.

Chelsea Manning has a platform to serve herself, but many veterans don’t even get medical treatment when they need it.

When you get out of the military, all you are doing is a work-up for the longest deployment of your life.

I will tell you, I don’t miss me and Bristol fighting, but coming home to an empty house every other week, you walk in there, and it’s a reminder of the failure of the marriage.