Top 319 Veteran Quotes & Sayings

I'm OK being the veteran, but I'm still just a kid.

I've been described as a grizzled political veteran.

A lot of these teams really forget that part of success comes with having veteran leadership. You see a lot of teams forget that and start letting go of these old veterans. They don't realize how important it is to have a veteran voice in your locker room or on the bench. It's important to have guys who have been there before.

He was a combat veteran from Korea, and he was a great father.

I'm the mother of a Marine veteran.

If the veteran only has a year or two left on his contract, teams are hesitant to trade a draft pick for a player in that position. Why pay a big cap number for a guy you might only have for a short time And then there's the reality that the veteran and the agent would probably want to be on the open market anyway, figuring they'll get more money that way. The system is not conducive to making a deal for a veteran.

I am a West Point graduate and an Army veteran.

Veterans report that service dogs help break their isolation. People will often avert their eyes when they see a wounded veteran. But when the veteran has a dog, the same people will come up and say, 'Hi' to pet the dog and then strike up a conversation.

That's my job as a veteran in the league - to help make the young guys better.

My younger brother is a decorated combat veteran and was a platoon leader in Iraq.

I'm a former educator, a veteran, and I have a strong energy and asset background.

Karl Malone used a lot of veteran stuff that I thought was cool. Charles Barkley taught me a lot when I played against him. How he would use his body or use his dribble to get people in there and all that stuff. Veteran moves.

When you say 'never forget' to a veteran, you are implying that, as an American, you are in it with them.

You don't go after veterans in this country. If there's one thing that's sacrosanct, it is the American military veteran.

Even as a child I used to mimic veteran film actors of the time.

I was a veteran, before I was a teenager.

I had a lot of veteran guys who taught me things.

The big element I think that I bring is that I am a veteran coach.

Veteran causes are an extremely important issue, especially the transition from military to civilian life.

Demian Maia, he's a legend. He's a veteran in the game. He knows how to fight. He's been through so many five-round fights. He's headlined a lot of cards, fought Anderson Silva for the title, fought Tyron Woodley for the title. He's a veteran, he knows how to fight, and he's always training. He's a jiu-jitsu wizard.

Anyone who's been the Olympic trials before is a veteran.

As a veteran of many campaigns, I know how important it is not let up in the last few days.

For every veteran who goes through a divorce, a wife goes through one, too. For every veteran alone in the basement, there is a wife upstairs, bewildered, isolated and in despair from the dark clouds of war that hangs over family life.

After several years in the league, when a player becomes a vested veteran in the NFL, they play under a different set of rules. For instance, if you cut a vested veteran mid-season and they don't get picked up by another team, you owe them the remainder of their salary.

The last point that I'd make. I had a hearing. I had all of the veterans groups in front of me. And I said to them, tell me when a veteran gets in to the V.A., understanding there are waiting lines and real problems, when a veteran gets into the system, is the quality of care good?

As a veteran myself, I care a great deal about the quality of life of our Missouri veterans, and no veteran should ever be without a home.

Losing is hard on all of us regardless of rookie or veteran.

I'm a veteran of Ozzfest.

One thing I want to clarify - that every service member, veteran, wants us to remember - is that the vast majority of people returning from service come back completely healthy. But when we do come across someone who is struggling. We have to develop a culture of open arms and acceptance so that they feel comfortable saying, "I'm a veteran. And by the way, I need little help." This is something we need to do in this country around mental health as a whole - destigmatizing mental health.

I have gone to all over the country and I've met so many veterans and I have tremendous veteran support.

Every #? Veteran is a hero.

My wife is a doctor at a veteran's hospital.

In para-cycling I am a veteran with Olympic medals now.

When you meet a veteran, thank them for their service.

There are no lazy veteran lion hunters.

A homeless veteran should not have to stand at a freeway exit with a cardboard sign. That's not okay.

Coming in as a veteran, I'd like to finish with a gold medal.

Veteran employment is an issue that is very important to me and my Administration.

If you are working or a veteran or a parent, time is often the most precious commodity.

For the record, I'm a Second World War veteran and served in the Pacific.

Veterans need employment opportunities and the development of a Hire a Veteran culture in Canada.

I remember when I was a younger cat, I always thought the veteran guys talked too much.

I don't think there's a more battle-hardened veteran anywhere than Larry Summers.

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.

We are all dishonored when a veteran sleeps on the same streets that he or she has defended. We are all dishonored when a veteran's family has to live in a shelter while he or she is out fighting for us. WE NEED TO FIX THAT!

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.

As a combat veteran, I know the cost of war.

For me to stay in basketball, it would just have to be a veteran team.

Karl Malone used a lot of veteran stuff that I thought was cool.

It was Harry Patch, who was the last living World War I veteran; and by veteran I mean someone who actually fought in the war, he didn't just happen to be in the army at that time, in the Great War. And when the Iraq War started, he was interviewed, and they said, well what do you think of this? And he said, in a very sad voice, "Well, that's why my mates died. We thought we were going to end all that sort of thing."

Me being a veteran presence, I want to see all my guys be successful.

You don't really realize when you become a 'veteran' - it just sort of happens.

My friends joke that I'm a young veteran in the UFC.

I think we are looked upon as a veteran band.

Just because I'm a younger artist doesn't mean I can't work with a veteran and vice versa.

Every veteran out there, veteran or rookie, they want to go to the Super Bowl and win it and get the best opportunity.

When an American veteran comes to VA, it is not up to him to employ a team of lawyers to get VA to say yes. It is up to VA to get the veteran to yes, and that is customer service.

A veteran journalist has never had time to think twice before he writes.

There is a massive problem with veteran suicides.

No veteran should have to wait for claims. If there's anybody impatient here, I am that individual.