Honesty has always been very important to me.

The nurses at the hospital tried to soothe me, and they even tried unsuccessfully at one point to return me to Americans.

I try to dream about peaceful things, beaches, that is what I cannot understand. Why are they chasing me?

The truth is always more heroic than the hype.

Honesty has always been very important to me.

I had the good fortune and opportunity to come home and to tell the truth; many soldiers, like Pat Tillman… did not have that opportunity. The truth of war is not always easy. The truth is always more heroic than the hype.

Since coming back from Iraq, there's been so many triumphs and obstacles standing in my way, so whenever I set my mind to something, I definitely just go full blast at it.