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

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

The whole idea that the rescue was staged or the soldiers were shooting blanks, that's just obvious stuff. Why would you do that in the middle of a war? It's just crazy.

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 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.

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.