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

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

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

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.

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.