Warrior's Creed Quotes

“Until you’re uncomfortable, you’ll never know true growth.”
― Roger Sparks, Warrior's Creed: A Life of Preparing for and Facing the Impossible

“Contrary to that Japanese notion of tattooing called irezumi, which means to soften, we are the ones who have gotten too soft with modern living. Comfort has become the goal and a status symbol of Western culture. To grow we have to be aware of and rebel against these tendencies. A line I’ve lived by is, “Beware of comfort.” We’re compromised with our passions, and too civilized. We turn away from vulnerability, discomfort, and struggle. Our inhibitions have made us weaker.”
― Roger Sparks, Warrior's Creed: A Life of Preparing for and Facing the Impossible

“You want their reality to be very apparent; war is not your normal life. You want war to be uncomfortable. It needs to be bad to return to what’s normal.”
― Roger Sparks, Warrior's Creed: A Life of Preparing for and Facing the Impossible

“Working out to me has always been about taking control of my direction, and setting myself straight. Looking back on it now, it was clear how much I needed that in the difficult times between the desperate calls.”
― Roger Sparks, Warrior's Creed: A Life of Preparing for and Facing the Impossible