Me being a veteran presence, I want to see all my guys be successful.
Whether you’re a veteran or a millennial, it’s hard to argue that big government has solved your problems efficiently, if at all.
Me being young, I’m going to definitely mess up a lot more than I’m going to make the right play, but I want my teammates to be able to trust me and look at me as a veteran guard trying to run the team.
Anjelica Huston and Kelly MacDonald are both really special. Anjelica has such a fresh point of view about acting and doesn’t seem jaded at all. She seems more like a student and yet she is veteran actor who really brings it.
As a combat veteran, I know the cost of war.
As a veteran, you’re a little more poised on that mental side. But athletically, I didn’t really think I could get better.
You wake up one day and realize, ‘Now, I’m a veteran.’ You just wake up one day, and you’re like, ‘I’m 35, and I’ve been doing this now for 13 years.’
No one has a name in ‘The Road.’ Like Cormac McCarthy’s novel from which it’s adapted, ‘The Road’ features characters such as the man, the boy, the wife, the old man and the veteran.
I understood law enforcement in such a way that I was able to get a law enforcement officer, a veteran, to actually come clean and admit fault, even though he was facing prison time.
I’m a former educator, a veteran, and I have a strong energy and asset background.
As an NFL player, and as a veteran in this game, no one cares what you’re doing during the offseason. They only care about what you do on the football field.
My father was career military. He was a veteran, he was a doctor of political science, he taught at West Point and Air Command Staff and lectured at the War College.
I never tried to emulate The Beatles, and I never really wanted to be like The Rolling Stones. I never really felt that I had the look or the demeanor of veteran musicians.
My father was a veteran. He fought in World War II. He was a patriot. On the other hand, he had no illusions whatsoever about how Uncle Sam had mistreated him and other black soldiers.
What makes a good team is putting the pieces together and make it work. As a veteran, it’s part of my job to make that work. Seeing where and how the young talent has to sacrifice something for the team.
You don’t really realize when you become a ‘veteran’ – it just sort of happens.
You can probably ask any actor: every time you start a new film, it’s literally like your first movie. Everyone, regardless of the filmmaker being a debutant or a veteran, takes their time to settle down when you begin the shoot together. It’s like all of us have moved into a new house, and we are setting up the place.
It’s not like I’m some kind of veteran and there is this huge age gap. I identify with them more off the field. I need to set an example, which is great, and I look forward to doing just that.
The simple truth is that every veteran has his or her own unique story, and there’s no single narrative about the issue of veterans finding civilian employment. And no single solution.
When Kamal Haasan did ‘Nayakan,’ he had done a few roles that had him aged and demanded a lot of commitment from. He was already a veteran and a master.
My father, Reginald Francois, was a D-Day veteran. He never submitted to bullying by any German, and neither will his son.
Cheer for your teammates, regardless of whether they’re fast or slow, veteran or neophyte, varsity or JV. Or rally the spirits of someone who’s had a bad performance. Also, encourage stragglers during tough workouts; jog back to ‘pick up’ a runner who’s behind during a long run.
When you’re a veteran and speak to a lot of these young players, teach them a lot of things, it’s amazing to me the way they’re able to translate that to the court.
Oddly, the anti-heroes of both ‘The Chill’ and veteran comics writer Peter Milligan’s ‘The Bronx Kill’ share a first name, though their occupations and plights couldn’t be any more different.
My father was a veteran and my mother a schoolteacher. They taught me the value of a good job and an honest day’s work.
