"Don't be stupid. You weren't useless. You had a good team out there who did good work. They were tired. You were aware of that and you called for backup. That was smart. The backup had a civilian attached. That was their mistake, not yours, though grabbing said civilian and forcing them out of the conflict would have been smart. I didn't think of it either so the blame is part on me. I just had to rescue stab-happy-hime from herself though so we'll ignore my own failing on that one for a minute. Your reaction times were good for being injured, and there's nothing you can do to heal faster, so staying back was just sense. It wasn't you being useless or cowardly, or whatever has you sulking, alright? So yes, I'm proud of you. You did well and I'm glad you were out there. The quote thing though. Seriously man. I yelled that at Kakashi when he was going to leave someone to die in enemy hands without even trying to help her. Not the same thing at all."