History BadassBoast / RealLife

** He then proceeded to win [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Myeongnyang a 13 vs. 133 (plus 200+ transports) naval battle]], [[CurbstompBattle/RealLife losing only two soldiers]] -- not ships, ''soldiers'' -- to combat action.

*** An alternative and possibly [[UpToEleven even more badass version]] "Yea, tho I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death I will fear no evil; for the Valley of the Shadow of Death is ''wherever'' I walk through."

** We don't need to. We ran the largest empire the world has ever known.
*** Does the above count as an example?
** Winston, let us not forget, was half American. He was in fact the grandson of a man who calmly informed his dinner guests; "Gentlemen, I am ruined. But don't worry, your dinner is paid for." before proceeding to make himself another fortune.

* [[http://www-etcsl.orient.ox.ac.uk/section2/tr24202.htm King Shulgi of Urim]] is known today only for the magnificent BadassBoast he left behind him.

* Prior to defending his Chess World Championship [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1993 against British GM Nigel Short in 1993]], Garri Kasparov predicted "It will be Short and it will be short".

** Later, when Adeimantos insulted him by calling him and the Athenians stateless, because UsefulNotes/{{Athens}} was burned down by King Xerxes, Themistocles, frustrated, told him that they had a country. [[BadassArmy Their ships]]! And if they wanted, they could sail to UsefulNotes/{{Italy}} and leave the greek army without a naval.

* Another American naval hero, Commodore [[AwesomeMcCoolname Oliver Hazard Perry]], was tasked with preventing the British from using the Great Lakes, specifically Lake Erie, as a route for troops and supplies to invade the United States during the War of 1812. Both sides constructed their fleets right there on different ends of the lakeshore, and though it was a close-fought thing, he and his men managed to capture the entire British lake fleet. His letter to General Harrison is one of the most badass and [[LaconicWiki laconic]] after-action reports ever:

* In the fall of 1966 [[UsefulNotes/DeutscheBahn Deutsche Bundesbahn]] of UsefulNotes/WestGermany started one of the most influential and enduring [[https://www.google.de/search?q=alle+reden+vom+wetter+wir+nicht&client=ubuntu&hs=cOl&channel=fs&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi4nLXF96DMAhUCKcAKHXqbC1cQsAQIIQ&biw=1301&bih=673 ad campaigns]] in the history of German language ads. So enduring in fact, Wiki/ThatOtherWiki has [[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alle_reden_vom_Wetter._Wir_nicht an article]] on it "Alle reden vom Wetter (line break) Wir nicht." [[note]]Everybody talks about the weather - we don't[[/note]]. Six words, a CoolTrain and a railway had written a check it is still accused five decades later of not making good on whenever [[NeverLiveItDown something weather related throws a wrench into the smooth operation of trains]]. The slogan itself has become so iconic that there is a reasonable chance most Germans will know it (if not necessarily its origin) and variations have made its way into popular culture, e.g. the same slogan only with images of Marx, Engels and Lenin or a similar slogan "Alle reden von Deutschland, wir reden vom Wetter" [[note]]Everybody is talking about Germany (referring to the then current reunification), we are talking about the weather (referring to global warming, the Ozone hole and similar problems)[[/note]] by the [[UsefulNotes/PoliticiansAndPartiesOfGermany Greens]] in their (ultimately disastrous) 1990 election campaign. It is fair to say the slogan has become a meme in its own right in Germany.

** Or the motto of the Kadena [[RealLife/CoolPlane SR-71]] base, ''"Yea, though I fly through the Valley of the Shadow of Death I will fear no evil; for I am at 80,000 feet and climbing."''

* At the beggining of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, a Russian navy ship attacked Snake Island in the Black Sea. When they summoned the Ukrainian garrison to surrender, they were told "Russian Ship, f--- off."

** At the beggining of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, a Russian navy ship attacked Snake Island in the Black Sea. When they summoned the Ukrainian garrison to surrender, they were told "Russian Ship, f--- off."

* King Darius I of Persia, in the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_translation_of_the_Behistun_Inscription Behistun Inscription]].

--->''So we made a thoroughfare for freedom and her train,''
--->''Sixty miles in latitude, three hundred to the main,''
--->''Treason fled before us for resistance was in vain,''
--->''While we were marching through Georgia.''

* [[UsefulNotes/TheTroubles IRA political prisoner/martyr]] Bobby Sands wrote extensively during his time in jail, including while he was literally starving himself to death, and he managed to give out more than a few across his body of work. One quote in particular stands out as a rallying cry for Irish republicanism to this day.

* Welsh volunteer Tom Thomas offered a short and simple one as he left to volunteer in the Spanish Civil War, as immortalised by ''Music/ManicStreetPreachers''

** During a parley with UsefulNotes/AndrewJackson, one Crow chieftain with MixedAncestry said something to the effect of, "I got Scots in me, I got Iroquois in me, I got French in me...", and so on through a list of both White nations and Indian tribes. Then he closes with, "...but I ain't got no damn Yankee in me!"

** Said tin can more than lived up to his words in the Battle Off Samar, when she faced the Japanese Center Force with the rest of Taffy 3, dealing enough damage that the Center Force, who's flagship alone surpassed their displacement, was forced to retreat.

* While qualifying for the 2001 WorldsStrongestMan competition, American Phil [[UnfortunateName Pfister]] roared "'''I AM GONNA BE THE WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN!'''" while holding up two massive concrete pillars. [[SubvertedTrope He came fourth in the final, didn't reach the final again until 2006...]] [[DoubleSubversion and then made good on his boast]], bringing the title back to America after 24 years.

*** General Puller ''was'' an outstanding combat officer and leader who commanded the respect and loyalty of his men, and to this very day is seen as [[MemeticBadass something akin to a saint]] within the Marine Corps. If just half of the quotes attributed to him are accurate, however, you would be forgiven for thinking [[CrazyAwesome he was bat-shit insane]]:

* Fourteenth-century French noblewoman turned pirate admiral Jeanne de Clisson, whose husband was betrayed and executed for treason by the French crown, to the sole survivor she always made sure to leave after taking a French ship:

** He returned to this in his FamousLastWords: "I killed the bank."

** All subverted somewhat in that the Soviets won both the Winter War and the Second World War. MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong after all. But even they admitted [[PhyrricVictory they had worked so hard for it the ground they won would barely be enough to bury their own dead]].

** All subverted somewhat in that the Soviets won both the Winter War and the Second World War. MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong after all.

** The Russian Chess master Efim Bogoljubov liked to say "When I play white, I win because I play white. When I play black I win because I am Bogoljubov!" [[note]] Also a StealthPun - Bogoljubov means "favored by God" in Russian.[[/note]]