Master Chief John Urgayle Quotes in G.I. Jane (1997)

Master Chief John Urgayle: Pain is your friend, your ally, it will tell you when you are seriously injured, it will keep you awake and angry, and remind you to finish the job and get the hell home. But you know the best thing about pain?

Lt. Jordan O'Neil: Don't know!

Master Chief John Urgayle: It lets you know you're not dead yet!

Master Chief John Urgayle: [quoting "Self-Pity" by D.H. Lawrence] I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A bird will fall frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.

Lt. Jordan O'Neil: [after being brutually beaten during a capture exercise] Master Chief...

Master Chief John Urgayle: Lieutenant, seek life elsewhere.

Lt. Jordan O'Neil: Suck my dick!

[captive members of her team start shouting and chanting Hoo Rar after being silent to the Master Chief]

Master Chief John Urgayle: Remember, there are no bad crews, only bad leaders.

Master Chief John Urgayle: Sergeant Cortez, however *brief* your stint with this command might be, there are two words you *will* learn to put together: Team-Mate.

Master Chief John Urgayle: I don't know what the hell's been going on in the last 48 hours. And frankly I don't give a shit.

Lt. Jordan O'Neil: Good to see you too, Master Chief.

Master Chief John Urgayle: The Israelis tried it. Women in combat. Seems men couldn't get used to the sight of women blown open. They'd linger over the wounded females, often trying to save those who obviously couldn't be saved. Often to the detriment of the mission.

Lt. Jordan O'Neil: You were given the Navy Cross right? May I ask what you got it for?

Master Chief John Urgayle: Since it bears on this conversation, I got it for pulling a 240-pound man out of a burning tank.

Lt. Jordan O'Neil: So when a man tries to rescue another man, he's a hero, but if he tries to rescue a woman, he's just gone soft?

Master Chief John Urgayle: Could you have pulled that man clear? Lieutenant, you couldn't even haul your own body weight out of the water today.

Master Chief John Urgayle: The ebb and flow of the Atlantic tides, the drift of the continents, the very position of the sun along its ecliptic. THESE are just a FEW of the things I control in my world! Is that clear?

Stamm: Yes, Command Master Chief!

Master Chief John Urgayle: [to Everyone] IS THAT CLEAR?

All the CRT Trainees: YES, COMMAND MASTER CHIEF!

Master Chief John Urgayle: SIXTY PERCENT of you will NOT pass this course! How do I know? Because that is an historical FACT! Now for the bad news, I always like to get *one quitter* on the first day, and until I do, that first day *does not end!*

Master Chief John Urgayle: When I want your opinion, I'll give it to you.

[after O'Neill saves his life in combat]

Master Chief John Urgayle: I'll never live this one down.

Master Chief John Urgayle: Instructor Pyro.

Sgt. Max Pyro, Instructor: Aye aye, Master Chief. Instructors. Boat Crews! Stand by your boats! MOVE YOUR ASSES!

[everyone scrambles]

Master Chief John Urgayle: Is there anything *else* we can do for your celebrity career, Lieutenant?

Lt. Jordan O'Neil: That will be all...

Master Chief John Urgayle: [to all the CRTs] You now have exactly *one minute* to *muster*!

Sgt. Max Pyro, Instructor: [as the CRTs are scrambling] If even *one* of you Van Winkle wannabes are late I will *personally* see to it *none* of you sleep for a week!