Top 141 Veteran Quotes

Words matter. These are the best Veteran Quotes from famous people such as Barry Trotz, Phil Klay, Matt Cassel, Freddy Adu, Mike Pence, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.

The big element I think that I bring is that I am a vet

The big element I think that I bring is that I am a veteran coach.
Barry Trotz
The civilian wants to respect what the veteran has gone through. The veteran wants to protect memories that are painful and sacred to him from outside judgment.
Phil Klay
I think that for a lot of young quarterbacks, sometimes it’s difficult to get thrown into the fire quickly because from my experience, either you learn how to be a professional from the veteran players.
Matt Cassel
Obviously, I’m at the beginning of my career, contrary to what anyone else thinks. I’m 19 years old. In any other country, everywhere else, you’re a prospect. And that’s what I am right now in Europe. I’m a prospect. I’m not a seasoned veteran.
Freddy Adu
When I was young, I watched my mom and dad build everything that matters: a family, a business and a good name. I was raised to believe in hard work, in faith and family. My dad, Ed Pence, was a combat veteran in Korea.
Mike Pence
Honoring and supporting veterans and active military servicemembers is a cause very close to my heart as the son of a World War II veteran who passed away when I was 11.
Phil Scott
I’m a veteran guy. I know how to play the game. I know what it takes. Me missing a day of practice doesn’t mean anything.
Julio Jones
I’m a veteran at this point; I ain’t no up-and-coming rapper. Up-and-coming been happened.
Denzel Curry
I have a band that I started with a buddy of mine, a Vietnam veteran pal named Kimo Williams from Chicago.
Gary Sinise
A homeless veteran should not have to stand at a freeway exit with a cardboard sign. That’s not okay.
Joe Walsh
Losing is hard on all of us regardless of rookie or veteran.
Robin Lopez
As a Korean War Veteran, I know too well the troubling nature of war. This is why I will always support a diplomatic answer before military intervention.
Charles B. Rangel
Like many of his fellow skyjackers, 49-year-old Arthur Gates Barkley was motivated by a complicated grievance against the federal government. In 1963, the World War II veteran had been fired as a truck driver for a bakery, after one of his supervisors accused him of harassment.
Brendan I. Koerner
I think most young players who take off from the start are usually put in a situation where they are surrounded by good, veteran players.
Shawn Kemp
I was counsel on the full veterans committee, the first Vietnam veteran to serve as a full-committee counsel in Congress. It stunned me that there was a 600,000-case backlog of claims. During my time in the Senate, it became 900,000.
Jim Webb
Somehow, I feel even more lost when I work with experienced veteran stars. It makes me wonder what is the meaning of my job. Am I here to pursue my personal satisfaction, or to entertain people?
Fala Chen
I am a woman and, second, I have been to war. I am a combat veteran. This is not a war on women, and anytime Democrats use the word ‘war,’ they need to do it to honor our servicemen and women.
Joni Ernst
This is my home; I’ve made it my home for my whole life. I’m an old Nashville veteran.
John Carter Cash
I built my name on fighting so hard – I’ll always do that – but I’m also trying to become more of a veteran, to be be calm and calculated and not always trying to bowl people over.
Michael Chandler
Veteran causes are an extremely important issue, especially the transition from military to civilian life.
Brandon Webb
I have a history with domestic violence myself. I have toddlers in my home, and I’m a gun owner. And, as a veteran, I’m a member of a community that has a very high suicide rate. So all of those things have touched my life.
MJ Hegar
As a 22-year Army Veteran who served in Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, and as a Civilian Advisor to the Afghan Army in Operation Enduring Freedom, I understand both the gravity of giving the order, and the challenge of carrying it out.
Allen West
Some useful advice for all of my Asian-American brothers and sisters – never go paint-balling with a Vietnam veteran.
Ali Wong
I’ve been described as a grizzled political veteran.
Joe Klein
There’s a tradition in war writing that the veteran goes over and sees the truth of war and comes back. And I’m skeptical of that.
Phil Klay
For me to stay in basketball, it would just have to be a veteran team.
Kenny Smith
Because of the changes in the Padres team I played with last year, I felt like a veteran recently when I worked out with Jason Kendall and he told me he’s liked listening to my records since he was a kid!
Garth Brooks
By interviewing at least one veteran, you can preserve memories that otherwise might be lost. My uncle was a downed fighter pilot and P.O.W. in World War II, and I am looking forward to recording his story for inclusion in the project.
Spencer Bachus
I’ve never really felt like a veteran. I’ve never felt like the guy who’s like, ‘OK, everyone needs to look up to me and respect me.’ I’ve always just been one of the guys that people are excited to get in the ring with. That’s all I want.
A.J. Styles
On the battlefield, the military pledges to leave no soldier behind. As a nation, let it be our pledge that when they return home, we leave no veteran behind.
Dan Lipinski
I’m a Vietnam veteran. I was here when there was no public support, not just for the effort in Vietnam, for the mission in Vietnam, but for our men and women in uniform.
Michael Mullen
I can't stand the idea of a veteran risking her or his

I can’t stand the idea of a veteran risking her or his life for this country, suffering the wounds of battle, and then being kicked to the curb as a result of those wounds. But that is exactly what has happened to tens of thousands of men & women who have fought and bled for our country.
Chris Murphy
As a 10-year veteran of the NFL, I had a unique perspective weekly to see the heartfelt commitment of the fan. Regardless of years of disappointing and winless seasons, the true fans remained die-hard in their loyalty to ‘the Team.’
Burgess Owens
There are no lazy veteran lion hunters.
Norman Ralph Augustine
One of the first things I learned from veteran teammates – as a minor league player in the Detroit Tigers organization – was that you do everything in your power to stay out of the training room. It’s a survival of the fittest thing.
Gabe Kapler
I started with veteran K. Balachander sir, who called me for his series ‘Anni.’ He promised me that he would make sure that I get good film offers as well.
Adithya Menon
I’ve been around young, talented, non-coachable players. I’ve been around veteran, talented, non-coachable players. No matter what you do, sooner or later – even if a coach comes in that’s able to connect with them – if that’s who they are, they’re going to go back to it.
Scott Brooks
I am a combat veteran and a working mom and a fighter, and I’ve already been successful taking on the dark forces in D.C.
MJ Hegar
We’ve got to make sure our veteran, Democratic veterans are strengthened and feel like they are fully included.
Keith Ellison
I am a great fan of veteran artistes N.S. Krishnan and M.R. Radha. They had great social awareness and were never afraid to raise their voices against vices in society.
Vivek
The best compliment we ever got about the show was from a Korean veteran who was unable to talk about his war experience with his wife until ‘M*A*S*H.’ While watching the show, he was able to lean over to his wife and say, ‘See, honey, that’s the way it was.’
Gary Burghoff
As a veteran, I know firsthand the satisfaction there is in defending the democracy you so strongly believe in, but I can also attest to the trauma encountered from combat on the battlefield.
Charles B. Rangel
I’m the mother of a Marine veteran.
Lois Frankel
It is a privilege that women fancy me, but I cannot sustain the chocolate boy image forever. I don’t want to end up being known, like the late veteran Tamil actor Gemini Ganesan was, as the king of romance.
R. Madhavan
When you meet a veteran, thank them for their service.
Nancy Dubuc
No military or veteran family should have to choose between paying their bills and being together while one of our nation’s heroes is in the hospital.
John Delaney
Veteran’ is an exercise in editing because there is a lot of moments I took out and some that almost didn’t make it.
JPEGMAFIA
Veteran print editors and reporters at places like the ‘Times’ and ‘The New Yorker’ manage to feed and clothe their families without costing their companies a million bucks a month, and they produce a great deal more valuable reporting and analysis than the network news stars do.
Eric Alterman
For many years I have talked about building a Hire a Veteran culture in Canada in order that both public and private sector employers understand and value military training and experience in their hiring programs. For me, this work began long before I became a Member of Parliament.
Erin O’Toole
Physical, emotional, and mental health needs are all interconnected, and it is essential that Whole Health programs and treatments focus on the whole veteran instead of concentrating on an isolated condition.
Conor Lamb
At Deloitte, our programs for veterans are bringing new approaches to the table. For instance, we’re helping veterans’ organizations use data analytics to sift through streams of information about veteran needs.
Cathy Engelbert
Long before I achieved financial success and became the subject of a Hollywood film, I was a veteran, a single father, and a working person who was homeless.
Chris Gardner
My wife is a doctor at a veteran’s hospital.
Neal Katyal
I am a West Point graduate and an Army veteran.
Mike Pompeo
I’ve been working professionally as an actor since I was 20. That’s going to be 25 years soon. So, that’s a veteran. That’s a big-time veteran. I’ve had some great successes, and I’ve had some not-successes.
Michael Imperioli
There was a huge, tremendous amount of disabled veterans and the Veteran’s Administration just wasn’t geared up for it. I know for a fact that it’s getting better and better.
R. Lee Ermey