Apart from an innate grasp of tactical concepts, a great coach must possess the essentials attributes of leadership which mold men into a cohesive, fighting team with an invincible will to victory.

Once war is forced upon us, there is no alternative than to apply every available means to bring it to a swift end. War’s very object is victory-not prolonged indecision.

I am of Virginia and all my professional life I have studied of Lee and Jackson

Men since the beginning of time have sought peace...military alliances, balances of power, leagues of nations, all in turn have failed, leaving the only path to be by way of the crucible of war. The utter destructiveness of war not blots out this alternative.

Even when opportunity knocks, a man still has to get up off his seat and open the door.

A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.

My first recollection is that of a bugle call.