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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.

Richard Marcinko

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Richard Marcinko
Age: 83
Born: 1940
Born: November 21
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Military Officer
Radio Personality
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