Captain John Price is a fictional character from the Call of Duty series and appears in various cut scenes, especially in Modern Warfare. He is one of the two main characters that is in every Modern Warfare series, second is Nikolai.
Price is famous for his apparent invincibility and his stunning mustache. Sometimes he works from the shadows to gain intel on enemies that are in hiding.
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Motivational Captain Price Quotes (Handpicked)
1. “When you are captain, you are never speaking for yourself.”
2. “I know you can hear me on this channel, Makarov. You and I both know you won’t last a week.”
3. “We are the captains of our own ships sailing the sea of life, but in times of a stormy weather, you will discover true friends when they don’t hesitate to be a lighthouse.”
4. “Nikolai’s in hell right now. We’re gonna walk him out. We take care of our friends. Let’s move.”
5. “In calm water, every ship has a good captain.”
6. “There’s a clocktower in Hereford where the names of the dead are inscribed. We try to honor their deeds, even as their faces fade from our memory. Those memories are all that’s left, when the bastards have taken everything else.”
7. “A good director has to be a captain—he has to work with a lot of people every day.”
8. “Have to trust someone to be betrayed. I never did.”
9. “I thought I told you this was a one-way trip.”
10. “If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.”
11. “No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.”
12. “These Russian dogs are like pussycats compared to the ones in Pripyat.”
13. “It matters not how straight the gate—how charged with punishments the scroll. I am the master of my fate. I am the captain of my soul.”
14. “You are like a captain navigating a ship. You must give the right orders, thoughts, and images to your subconscious which controls and governs all your experiences.”
15. “A frightened captain makes a frightened crew.”
16. “Be the captain of your ship. Breathe and be grateful.”
17. “We fight not so that the world will remember us, but so that there will be a world to remember.“
18. “It’s quite simple. Either we retake the launch facility or we won’t recognize the world tomorrow.”
19. “Five men, automatic rifles, frag grenades. One German Shepherd.”
20. “Ortiz says he’s got a couple of guys on the inside that can get us intel on the cartel’s operations. This is a simple pick-up, but stay frosty.”
21. “With a good captain, a rough ocean turns into a calm lake—with a bad captain, a calm lake turns into a rough ocean!”
22. “A ship at sea is its own world. To be the captain of a ship is to be the unquestioned ruler of that world and requires all of the leadership skills of a prince or minister.”
23. “A captain who does not know where he wants to sail, there is no wind on earth that will bring him there.”
24. “These night vision goggles make it too easy.”
25. “There can be only one captain on a ship.”
26. “Shepherd will be a hero, ’cause all you need to change the world is one good lie and a river of blood. He’s about to complete the greatest trick a liar ever played on history. His truth will be the truth. But only if he lives, and we die.”
27. “One of the advantages of being Captain is being able to ask for advice without necessarily having to take it.”
28. “This is for the record. History is written by the victor. History is filled with liars. If he lives, and we die, his truth becomes written—and ours is lost.”
29. “If you can’t identify the target, you are the target.”
30. “Right…what the hell kind of name is “Soap”, eh? How’d a muppet like you pass selection?“
31. “I prefer to sail in a bad ship with a good captain rather than sail in a good ship with a bad captain.”
32. “Ghost, come in! This is Price! We’re under attack by Shepherd’s men in the boneyard! Soap, hold the left flank! Do not trust Shepherd! I say again, do not trust Shepherd! Soap, get down!“
33. “There’s a simplicity to war. Attacking is the only secret. Dare—and the world yields. How quickly they forget that all it takes to change the course of history is the will of a single man.”
34. “Makarov, you ever hear the old saying, ‘The enemy of my enemy is my friend’?”
35. “The hallmark of a great captain is the ability to win the toss, at the right time.”
36. “Part of being a captain is knowing when to smile, make the troops happy even when it’s the last thing in the world you want to do. Because they’re your troops and you have to take care of them.”
37. “A brave captain is as a root, out of which, as branches, the courage of his soldiers doth spring.”
38. “The captain of a ship is not chosen from those of the passengers who come from the best family.”
39. “A man without religion or spiritual vision is like a captain who finds himself in the midst of an uncharted sea, without compass, rudder, and steering wheel. He never knows where he is, which way he is going and where he is going to land.”
40. “Well, they won’t shoot us on sight, if that’s what you’re asking.”
41. “I am the captain of my destiny, I do not abandon the ship in hard times. But, I do have enough sense not to go down with the ship.”
42. “The healthy human mind doesn’t wake up in the morning thinking this is its last day on Earth. But I think that’s a luxury, not a curse. To know you’re close to the end is a kind of freedom.”
43. “The captain of a ship can run a great ship, but he can’t do anything about the tides.”
44. “A man may own a ship, but unless he is captain of a crew he goes where the ship goes.”
45. “Ignore that load of bollocks, their counterattack is imminent.”
46. “Your moves are miscalculated, and underestimating your enemies—your biggest mistake. You will find the will of a single man can be broken.”
Games in Which Captain Price Appeared
Modern Warfare (original trilogy) : Within Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, main character John “Soap” MacTavish is under the command of Captain Price. Also, he played two flashback missions in Pripyat in 1996 named”All Ghillied Up” and “One Shot One Kill”.
Modern Warfare (2019 reboot) : In the story of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) Captain Price returns to the action when he’s approached by CIA Agent Kate Laswell to solve the Russian nerve gas crisis. Because of its threat status, Price agreed to conclude this mission.
Warzone : He was conducting a series of classified activities in Verdansk in the story of warzone. In the end with the help of Urzikstani rebel leader Farah Karim and Russian weapons dealer Nikolai they stopped a nuclear weapon attack.
Other than these major PC games, Call of Duty: Heroes – mobile game features Captain Price as the first unlockable character with tokens. Captain Price is also a playable Blackout character in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 if the digital or physical edition of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is pre-ordered.
