Richard Marcinko

“The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in combat.”

— Richard Marcinko

For the past weeks I'd been reacting. That was no way to win. To win, you take the initiative. You instigate the…

— Richard Marcinko

When you fight, you don't fight for abstract values like the flag, or the nation, or democracy. You fight for your buddy.…

— Richard Marcinko

Have character, but don't be a character.

— Richard Marcinko

Pain was their body's way of telling them that they'd pushed themselves to their limits - which was exactly where they were…

— Richard Marcinko

Knives are like credit cards; don't leave home without 'em and always carry several

— Richard Marcinko

I don't follow the thought; "Winning is not important, playing the game is". If that is in fact true; then why do…

— Richard Marcinko

There is only one kind of failure I cannot tolerate: the failure to risk failure.

— Richard Marcinko

The combat of WAR and an economic WAR have a lot of similarities. You do have to be skilled, aggressive, know your…

— Richard Marcinko

I ask my children (all of them) to be what they want to be; just be the best they can at what…

— Richard Marcinko

What drives me? In every mission I'm on, the thing that drives me most is the desire to find my limits-and extend…

— Richard Marcinko

The rules of war and business are the same. Victory and success are the same. In one it's life and/or death in…

— Richard Marcinko

Popularity is not leadership.

— Richard Marcinko

“The Navy’s caste system has the reputation of being about as rigid as any in the world. The first thing most Navy…

— Richard Marcinko

The more thou sweateth in training, the less thou bleedeth in combat.

— Richard Marcinko

Shoot first and ask questions not at all

— Richard Marcinko

Call it a character flaw -- when under attack, I counter attack. Always.

— Richard Marcinko

Conventional wisdom is no wisdom at all. Conventional wisdom is taking somebody else's word for the way things are It's the followers…

— Richard Marcinko