The truth is always more heroic than the hype.

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.

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.

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

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