Because I am hard, you will not like me. But the more you hate me, the more you will learn. I am hard but I am fair.

The best part about the movie, and everybody seems to rave about it, is the boot camp part.

Drill instructors worked seven days a week, fifteen to seventeen hours a day in many cases, with no time off in between platoons.

Kubrick ate it up. He loved it. He just let me go crazy.

A day without blood is like a day without sunshine!

Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.

I disagree with a lot of those changes, however at the end of the day - I go down to recruit graduation at least once or twice a year.