The rules of war and business are the same. Victory and success are the same. In one it's life and/or death in the other it is success or failure. There really is little room for compromise of "gray matter". — Richard Marcinko Copy Share Image
For the past weeks I'd been reacting. That was no way to win. To win, you take the initiative. You instigate the action. You… — Richard Marcinko Copy Share Image
When you fight, you don't fight for abstract values like the flag, or the nation, or democracy. You fight for your buddy. You fight to keep him alive, and he fights to keep you alive, and you go on that way, day after day, battle after battle. And when one of your buddies dies, something inside you dies as well.… — Richard Marcinko Copy Share
Pain was their body's way of telling them that they'd pushed themselves to their limits - which was exactly where they were supposed to… — Richard Marcinko Copy Share Image
Knives are like credit cards; don't leave home without 'em and always carry several — Richard Marcinko Copy Share Image
I don't follow the thought; "Winning is not important, playing the game is". If that is in fact true; then why do we keep… — Richard Marcinko Copy Share Image
There is only one kind of failure I cannot tolerate: the failure to risk failure. — Richard Marcinko Copy Share Image
The combat of WAR and an economic WAR have a lot of similarities. You do have to be skilled, aggressive, know your enemy and… — Richard Marcinko Copy Share Image
I ask my children (all of them) to be what they want to be; just be the best they can at what they choose. — Richard Marcinko Copy Share Image
What drives me? In every mission I'm on, the thing that drives me most is the desire to find my limits-and extend them. — Richard Marcinko Copy Share Image
The rules of war and business are the same. Victory and success are the same. In one it's life and/or death in the other… — Richard Marcinko Copy Share Image
