Power is nothing unless you can turn it into influence.

I love to watch football.I actually really love to watch almost any competition with a score at the end.

There are some places that have had real quarrels with the United States' policies, but I think the country is very well-respected worldwide.

We [USA] need to deal with our problems here at home if we're going to be strong enough to lead abroad.

You know, life is not one in which you just get to choose the things every day that come easily to you. And it's also true - and this is the self-esteem problem - you learn that there are people who are better at things than you are.

I'm a committed Republican. I believe very strongly in individual liberty. I tend not to think much in terms of group politics. I really am a kind of small government person and I'm most certainly a fiscal conservative and strong on national defense.

I have no doubt that as the Iraqi security forces get better, and they are getting better and they are holding territory and they are doing these things with minimal help, that we are going to be able to bring down the levels of our forces. And I have no doubt that that's going to happen in a reasonable time frame.