This is something else that is drilled into us in the military: Make sure you know who your replacement is, in case you become a casualty. So you have to have depth within an organization.

Always be looking for that which you do well and that which you love doing, and when you find those two things together — man, you got it.

The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.

Luck tends to come to people who are prepared.

You can't make someone else's choices. You shouldn't let someone else make yours.

Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer is "no." That's not America.

The most important thing I learned is that soldiers watch what their leaders do. You can give them classes and lecture them forever, but it is your personal example they will follow.