Richard Marcinko
Richard Marcinko
Richard "Dick" Marcinkois a retired U.S. Navy SEAL commander and Vietnam War veteran. He was the first commanding officer of SEAL Team Six and Red Cell. After retiring from the United States Navy, he became an author, radio talk show host, military consultant, and motivational speaker...
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth21 November 1940
CityLansford, PA
Richard Marcinko quotes about
popularity
Popularity is not leadership.
motivation desire limits
What drives me? In every mission I'm on, the thing that drives me most is the desire to find my limits-and extend them.
failure risk kind
There is only one kind of failure I cannot tolerate: the failure to risk failure.
winning past opponents
For the past weeks I'd been reacting. That was no way to win. To win, you take the initiative. You instigate the action. You make the opponent react to you.