Black Hawk Down quotes

75 total quotes

Captain Mike Steele
General William Garrison
Hoot

Lieutenant Colonel Danny McKnight
Multiple Characters
Sergeant Matt Eversmann

View Quote "Sergeant Eversmann, I heard you guys needed a lift."

View Quote "Sergeant, you can't control who gets hit or who doesn't. Who falls out of a chopper, or why. It ain't up to you. It's just war."

View Quote "Son of a bitch... Romeo 6-4, We're right back where we started. I'm running low on ammo, I got many wounded including me, and vehicles that are barely running."

View Quote "Stop the vehicle. Let me out."

View Quote "Tenth Mountain? No! Sir, with all due respect, my Rangers can provide rear security. We'll walk you out of the hot zone and then jump on the last few vehicles."

View Quote "Two-five, this is Six-four. That's a negative on the medivac, it's not possible. JOC can't risk losing another bird. You're just gonna have to hold on."

View Quote "Watch for Skinnies. They're all over the rooftops. They're in prayer, but not for much longer."

View Quote "We are combat-ineffective, you understand me? We got too damn many wounded to move!"

View Quote "We just lost the initiative."

View Quote "Well, you tell the general this: I understand, but it is my duty to remind him that my men are surrounded by thousands of armed Somali militia. It is imperative that we move them out of the hostile area and into the safe zone. I need his help now."

View Quote "When I get home and people ask me,'Hey, Hoot, why do you do it, man? What are you? Some kind of war junkie? I won't say a goddamn word. Why? They won't understand. They won't understand why we do it. They won't understand that it's about the men next to you. And that's it. That's all it is."

View Quote "You Delta boys are bunch of undisciplined cowboys. Let me tell you something, Sergeant. When we get on the five yard line, you're gonna need my Rangers. So y'all better learn to be team players."

View Quote "You know, a friend of mine asked me before I got here... it was when we were all shipping out. He asked me, 'Why are you going to fight somebody else's war? What, do y'all think you're heroes?' I didn't know what to say at the time, but if he asked me again, I'd say no. I'd say there's no way in hell. Nobody asks to be a hero. It just sometimes turns out that way."

View Quote "You wanna know what I think? It don't really matter what I think. Once that first bullet goes past your head, politics and all that shit, just goes right out the window."

View Quote Cpl. Jamie Smith: "Ev, I'm telling you, man. It's gonna be nothing."