64 Quotes by Kyle Carpenter

It's human nature for everyone to say 'what if,' but I try to snap out of it as quickly as I can because I'm never going to be able to go back and change what has happened.

I wanted to set the story straight and really let people know what it's like and what me and my Marines went through.

Scars can be a good story. I survived and I am proud of them. I didn't want it, obviously. The girls definitely like them.

I always tell people to appreciate the little things in life... Things like driving on a nice day with the windows down, and the fact that you can get a good education or you have a good job.

The best time of being a Marine was Afghanistan. There will never be a time when I'm sleeping in the dirt and I haven't showered in four months and I'm with 50 of the people that I'll be the closest with ever.

I was first and foremost a fellow Gamecock and friend before a Medal of Honor recipient.

I'm still here and kicking and, you know, I have all my limbs so you'll never hear me complain.

I ran a marathon, completed a mud run and jumped from a plane.

Going from toting a machine gun in Afghanistan... to using a bed pan, and I can't even put my own socks on - that was hard to kind of suck it up.