I was raised in the West. The west of Texas. It's pretty close to California. In more ways than Washington, D.C., is close to California.

Big Texas (Nolan Ryan) is here. The reason I like to keep Nolan around is he is a reminder that when we got done with the Sammy Sosa trade, there was still some talent on the Rangers.

It's the Afghan national army that went into Najaf and did the work there.

I'm driven with a mission from God. God would tell me, 'George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan.' And I did, and then God would tell me, 'George go and end the tyranny in Iraq,' and I did.

Having purpose. I had purpose during my presidency, and I've got purpose after my presidency.

Drug therapies are replacing a lot of medicine as we used to know it.

One of the things I learned as president is that your life is just not going to unfold the way you want it to. There will be surprises, challenges, and therefore the question is how you deal with the unexpected.