My own experience is that you get as much information as you can and then you pay attention to your intuition, to your informed instinct.

One important element of leadership is taking care of the troops.

The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort.

I served 40 years in government, and I'm not looking forward to a position or an assignment. Of course, I have always said if a president asks you to do something, you have to consider it. But I am in no way interested in returning to government. But I, of course, would sit and talk to any president who wishes to talk to me.

In the army, all combat officers are taught the "Estimate of the Situation": When you are faced with a problem - take that hill, or in business maybe grow your market share - the first thing you do is to make an analysis of your environment.

Leadership is all about people … and getting the most out of people.

I am confident that we will find evidence that makes it clear he had weapons of mass destruction.