--- title: "4 Combat Quotes By MJ Hegar" description: "4 Combat quotes by MJ Hegar. Plus more from MJ Hegar and more Combat sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c8/mj-hegar-11168_combat_i-ve-seen-men-and-women-who-were-fit-for_460820.jpg" --- > [I've seen men and women who were fit for combat that I wanted to fight beside, and men and women who I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mj-hegar/i-ve-seen-men-and-women-who-were-fit-for-combat-that-i-wanted-to/) [MJ Hegar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mj-hegar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c8/mj-hegar-11168_combat_i-ve-seen-men-and-women-who-were-fit-for_460820.jpg) > [Most combat is not a hand-to-hand knife battle that the person who can do the most push-ups is going to end up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mj-hegar/most-combat-is-not-a-hand-to-hand-knife-battle-that-the-person-who/) [MJ Hegar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mj-hegar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/663/mj-hegar-11168_battle_most-combat-is-not-a-hand-to-hand-knife_1567811.jpg) > [Being in a male-dominated career field as a combat pilot, I got used to kind of blocking out the lies in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mj-hegar/being-in-a-male-dominated-career-field-as-a-combat-pilot-i-got-used/) [MJ Hegar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mj-hegar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/838/mj-hegar-11168_career_being-in-a-male-dominated-career-field-a_1712994.jpg) > [I am a combat veteran and a working mom and a fighter, and I've already been successful taking on the dark forces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mj-hegar/i-am-a-combat-veteran-and-a-working-mom-and-a-fighter-and-i-ve/) [MJ Hegar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mj-hegar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db3/mj-hegar-11168_combat_i-am-a-combat-veteran-and-a-working-mom_2347028.jpg) ## Other authors on Combat - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/combat/barack-obama/) - [Adolph Malan 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/combat/adolph-malan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-sebastian-junger-83883.jpg) Sebastian Junger 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/combat/sebastian-junger/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-oswald-boelcke-72883.jpg) Oswald Boelcke 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/combat/oswald-boelcke/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hillary-clinton-42043.jpg) Hillary Clinton 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/combat/hillary-clinton/) - [Erich Hartmann 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/combat/erich-hartmann/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-billie-burke-18091.jpg) Adolf Galland 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/combat/adolf-galland/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rick-riordan-79077.jpg) Rick Riordan 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/combat/rick-riordan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-adolf-hitler-9531.jpg) Adolf Hitler 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/combat/adolf-hitler/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pope-francis-75890.jpg) Pope Francis 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/combat/pope-francis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-phyllis-schlafly-75550.jpg) Phyllis Schlafly 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/combat/phyllis-schlafly/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/combat/paulo-coelho/) ## More by MJ Hegar > [I'm kind of used to people trying to define me or, you know, lying about me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mj-hegar/i-m-kind-of-used-to-people-trying-to-define-me-or-you-know-lying/) [MJ Hegar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mj-hegar/) > [With the situation I was in when I was shot down, I self-identified as having PTSD.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mj-hegar/with-the-situation-i-was-in-when-i-was-shot-down-i-self-identified-as/) [MJ Hegar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mj-hegar/) > [I'm not a big fan of dealing with stereotypes because I think everybody's unique and I have met plenty of people who have bucked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mj-hegar/i-m-not-a-big-fan-of-dealing-with-stereotypes-because-i-think/) [MJ Hegar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mj-hegar/) > [I've voted in a Republican primary in the past. That's something unique to Texas and a handful of other states, that we don't register…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mj-hegar/i-ve-voted-in-a-republican-primary-in-the-past-that-s-something/) [MJ Hegar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mj-hegar/) > [It's important not to try to convince others of your own reasons for change. Finding the reason why they should want to support your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mj-hegar/it-s-important-not-to-try-to-convince-others-of-your-own-reasons-for/) [MJ Hegar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mj-hegar/) > [I'm very confident, that I'm going to be able to deliver better leadership to Texas than John Cornyn does - more reflective of Texas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mj-hegar/i-m-very-confident-that-i-m-going-to-be-able-to-deliver-better/) [MJ Hegar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mj-hegar/) > [We have the tools to be a stronger nation than we were before Sept. 11, 2001. We have learned valuable lessons about the danger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mj-hegar/we-have-the-tools-to-be-a-stronger-nation-than-we-were-before-sept-11/) [MJ Hegar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mj-hegar/) > [Texas kind of operates as if we're our own little country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mj-hegar/texas-kind-of-operates-as-if-we-re-our-own-little-country/) [MJ Hegar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mj-hegar/) > [I've seen men and women who were fit for combat that I wanted to fight beside, and men and women who I really wouldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mj-hegar/i-ve-seen-men-and-women-who-were-fit-for-combat-that-i-wanted-to/) [MJ Hegar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mj-hegar/) > [I had medevacked so many women off the battlefield that I knew that it was a misnomer to say that women weren't in combat.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mj-hegar/i-had-medevacked-so-many-women-off-the-battlefield-that-i-knew-that/) [MJ Hegar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mj-hegar/) > [I didn't want to crash into the ocean, but from watching Han Solo navigate an asteroid field to watching movies like 'Perfect Storm,' it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mj-hegar/i-didn-t-want-to-crash-into-the-ocean-but-from-watching-han-solo/) [MJ Hegar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mj-hegar/) > [So, you know, I actually don't think it's going to be that hard to spread the message to people that their leadership - not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mj-hegar/so-you-know-i-actually-don-t-think-it-s-going-to-be-that-hard-to/) [MJ Hegar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mj-hegar/) > [Texans and independent voters like to vote for somebody who is going to buck the status quo, and isn't going to do as he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mj-hegar/texans-and-independent-voters-like-to-vote-for-somebody-who-is-going/) [MJ Hegar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mj-hegar/) > [I am for the Second Amendment, but I am for common-sense gun legislation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mj-hegar/i-am-for-the-second-amendment-but-i-am-for-common-sense-gun/) [MJ Hegar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mj-hegar/) > [History will do what it always does. It will make ignorant statements, in retrospect, seem shortsighted and discriminatory, and the women who will serve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mj-hegar/history-will-do-what-it-always-does-it-will-make-ignorant-statements/) [MJ Hegar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mj-hegar/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/combat/mj-hegar/#itemlist", "name": "4 Combat Quotes By MJ Hegar", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've seen men and women who were fit for combat that I wanted to fight beside, and men and women who I really wouldn't want to go back into combat with. 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