I could easily have decided that life was cruel, that being black meant everything was stacked against me.

I just happen to believe that people are not stupid.

Tell the truth. If you tell the truth all the time you don't have to worry three months down the line about what you said three months earlier. Truth is always the truth. You won't have to complicate your life by trying to cover up.

If we don't get the military right nothing else matters.

There is no such thing as an average human being. If you have a normal brain, you are superior.

We have to destroy their caliphate because that gives them legitimacy to go ahead with the global Jihad. We have to take their energy because they are - ISIS is the richest terrorist organization there is.

When we are confronted by failure and mistakes, we can leave them behind and go on with our lives.