[As if Law doesn't know you're a big crybaby!? He's embarrassed by the praise, though.]

A Marine shouldn't be saying that to a pirate, you know.
[HMPH!!!!]

At the end of the day, pirates just do whatever serves their best interests. If some goof for others happens to come out of it, it's just a coincidence. All I was doing was getting rid of someone that pissed me off.
[Something about this tough guy bluster is really quite evocative of that tiny boy dead set on taking as many people down with him as possible.]