The truth is always more heroic than the hype.

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

I grew up in Palestine, West Virginia, which is mostly a farming community; there aren't a lot of jobs.

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

Honesty has always been very important to me.

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