I don't come from a rich family - it's not like we lived in a cardboard box, but we didn't have a ton of money.

I could be, you know, the person that shows little kids that giving up isn't something that you should do.

Certain days I think definitely because we went in there and we got Saddam and that was our mission. On other days, we lost so many lives and so many brothers and sisters...on that aspect, no.

I'm not about to take credit for something I didn't do. I did not shoot - not a round, nothing. I went down praying to my knees - that's the last thing I remember.

The truth is always more heroic than the hype.

I woke up and all I could see was Iraqis standing all around me, looking down upon me. I knew at that moment something terrible had happened and I wasn't in the right place.

I don't think any war is worth having our soldiers killed.