Honesty has always been very important to me.

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

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

I remember the first time I put on the Army uniform. I just felt like a totally different person - I felt proud.

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 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.

The truth is always more heroic than the hype.