The problem is you tend to look back and identify mistakes, and as a consequence of feeling terrible about mistakes you say you bungled this so bad, let's get out of here.

I thought dying for your country was the worst thing that could happen to you. I think killing for your country can be a lot worse. Because that's the memory that haunts.

Like Jonah, the whale had swallowed me; unlike him, I believed I would spend eternity inside the belly of the beast.

Cuba wants to get rid of a dictator, and baseball needs a dictator.

A hero is someone who over and over does the right thing even though no one is there to witness it.

The only medal that I am certain I deserved is the Purple Heart.

The cheapest gift I have to give is kindness, and it is the best.