# Quote — Steven Pressfield, The Profession

> In the end the American dream boils down to what? I'm getting mine and to hell with you.

- Author: [Steven Pressfield](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-pressfield.md)
- Book: [The Profession](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-pressfield/the-profession.md)
- Page: 306
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Steven_Pressfield#The_Profession_(2011)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-pressfield/the-profession/in-the-end

## More from this book

> The greatest commanders never issue orders. Rather, they compel by their own acts and virtue the emulation of those they command. The great champions throw leadership back on you. They make you answer: Who am I? What do I seek? What is the meaning of my existence in this life?

p. 2 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-pressfield/the-profession/the-greatest-commanders.md)

> I love a guy who knows how to bitch. Any moron can gripe about chow or rotations, but someone who can get exercised over architecture is my kind of dude.

p. 202 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-pressfield/the-profession/i-love-a-guy.md)