What looked safe was not safe. What looked hard and unsafe was probably safer. Anyway, safe was somewhere else in the world.

Physically, rowing was remarkable resistant to the camera... the camera liked power exhibited more openly, and the power of the oarsmen [is] exhibited in far too controlled a setting. Besides, the camera liked to focus on individuals, and except for the single scull, crew was sport without faces.

I have a great faith in the strength and the resilience in the American people.

Fear was the terrible secret of the battlefield and could afflict the brave as well as the timid. Worse it was contagious, and could destroy a unit before a battle even began. Because of that, commanders were first and foremost in the fear suppression business.

Few sports has as great a disparity between the time committed in practice and time actually spent in game or race conditions.

Sometimes the best virtue learned on the battlefield is modesty.

The most dangerous thing about power is to employ it where it is not applicable.