Don Mann > Quotes

“Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on the target and you have made the conscious decision to shoot.”
― Don Mann, The Modern Day Gunslinger: The Ultimate Handgun Training Manual

“If you find yourself in a fair fight, you failed to properly plan beforehand.” —Anonymous”
― Don Mann, The Modern Day Gunslinger: The Ultimate Handgun Training Manual

“Sweetheart, I just want you to be happy. You decide what you want to do, I’ll support you one hundred percent. I love you more than life itself. You’re a wonderful girl.”
― Don Mann, SEAL Team Six Book 1: Hunt the Wolf

“Safety, after all, means freedom from danger.”
― Don Mann, The Modern Day Gunslinger: The Ultimate Handgun Training Manual

“Never allow the muzzle to cross anything you’re not prepared to destroy.”
― Don Mann, The Modern Day Gunslinger: The Ultimate Handgun Training Manual

“The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge, while an ordinary man takes everything either as a blessing or as a curse. —Carlos Castaneda”
― Don Mann, SEAL Team Six Book 1: Hunt the Wolf

“Think of it this way: There are never misses, only unintended targets. Every bullet hits something.”
― Don Mann, The Modern Day Gunslinger: The Ultimate Handgun Training Manual

“Be sure of your target and what is beyond and adjacent to the target.”
― Don Mann, The Modern Day Gunslinger: The Ultimate Handgun Training Manual

“Be the silent warrior instead—the modern day gunslinger. Keep it to yourself, but be confident with your skills. Let it become part of your mind-set. Hopefully you will never need the defensive skills discussed in this book, but just think how terrible you would feel if you or your family needed them and you were not ready to use them.”
― Don Mann, The Modern Day Gunslinger: The Ultimate Handgun Training Manual

“When white men find this land, Indians were running it. No taxes, no debt, plenty buffalo, plenty beaver, clean water, women did all the work, medicine man free. Indian man spend all day hunting and fishing, all night having sex.’ “Then the chief leaned back and smiled. He said: ‘Only white man dumb enough to think he could improve a system like that.”
― Don Mann, SEAL Team Six Book 1: Hunt the Wolf

“Some people had determination. Some didn’t. Crocker thought of it as the vital ingredient that lifted an individual above others. Made achievers. Created heroes. He rated it ahead of intelligence and physical ability.”
― Don Mann, SEAL Team Six Book 1: Hunt the Wolf

“Only a fool forgets to live in awe of nature.”
― Don Mann, SEAL Team Six Book 1: Hunt the Wolf

“You can accomplish amazing feats of bravery and travel to the farthest reaches of the earth, but you can’t escape yourself.”
― Don Mann, SEAL Team Six Book 1: Hunt the Wolf

“Yeah, daughters are wonderful, but they’re challenging.”
― Don Mann, SEAL Team Six Book 1: Hunt the Wolf

“Always treat all weapons as if they are loaded.”
― Don Mann, The Modern Day Gunslinger: The Ultimate Handgun Training Manual