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

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

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.