Inside Delta Force Quotes

“Inherited wealth may be easily squandered, but inherited poverty is a legacy almost impossible to loose.”
― Eric Haney, Inside Delta Force

“From the vantage point of my warm, comfortable spot on mother earth, I could see off into infinite space and the eternity of time. In just a few hours, I thought, some of us are going to make that leap into eternity. And I will be one of the instruments of that voyage. I may also be one of the travelers....It's going to happen sooner or later. But if today is my day-I'm going to have a cup of coffee first.”
― Eric L. Haney, Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit

“War has also taught me that each one of us contains every ingredient of the human recipe. By varying measure we are all cowards and brave men, thieves and honest men, selfish and selfless men, malingerers and champions, weasels and lions. The only question is how much of each attribute we allow—or force—to dominate our being.”
― Eric L. Haney, Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit

“I always love that 'we' part from a staff officer.”
― Eric Haney, Inside Delta Force

“The author, then in the final stage as a candidate for Delta Force, was asked by the unit's foreboding colonel what he thought of the evaluation's Stress Week. He responded that he was waiting for it to begin, reasoning that, used to responsibility for others while leading a platoon, he only had himself to worry about. However hard the trial, he got four meals a day, nobody shot at, him, and the weather was pleasant.”
― Eric Haney, Inside Delta Force

“If there is one thing that always sticks in my mind about how Delta Force goes about a mission, it is the utterly businesslike attitude of the men. There is none of that Hollywood crap. No posturing, no sloganeering, no high fives, no posing, no bluster, and no bombast. Just a quiet determination to get on with the job.”
― Eric L. Haney, Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit

“It was easier to think of being shot than of shooting a mate.”
― Eric L. Haney, Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit

“I am a nomad, son of an ancient line of nomads. The larger part of my family line is made up of the Scots-Irish, a people descended from that peculiar mixture of the Celts of the northern British Isles and the invading Danes and Norsemen. The result was a landless, illiterate, anarchic, and warlike people who were always difficult, if not downright impossible, to govern. They were a race the British Crown rightfully viewed as dangerous rebels,”
― Eric Haney, Inside Delta Force

“What did I receive from this lineage? Things I consider to be very valuable: a good raw intellect and a good tough body. A sense of independence and a realization that wherever I am is my home. A sense of humor. A sense of personal honor that results in a touchiness common to our people. We are easily offended and prone to violence when offended. When the only thing you own is your sense of honor, you tend to protect it at all costs.”
― Eric Haney, Inside Delta Force

“So I say to you all: Maintain courage. Have hope. Be patient but at the same time be vigilant. And tonight”
― Eric L. Haney, Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit

“Orders are orders”
― Eric L. Haney, Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit

“But it became a Delta Force mandate: those who actually conduct the mission will be the ones to plan how to do it. It also prevents the Rambo syndrome from coming into play: nothing is impossible for those who don’t actually have to do it.”
― Eric L. Haney, Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit

“Then he gave me a fierce look and said”
― Eric L. Haney, Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit

“J.T. hated parachuting—said he was terrified of it. I was jump-mastering a jump one day”
― Eric L. Haney, Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit

“The frustration and mental torture I had been suffering were completely of my own making—and completely within my power to disregard.”
― Eric L. Haney, Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit

“Inherited wealth may be something easily squandered”
― Eric L. Haney, Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit

“Save us from the help of the well-meaning.”
― Eric L. Haney, Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit

“a real treat: we went out to the”
― Eric L. Haney, Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit