I get angry at a principle, not a person.

Judge your enemy based upon capabilities, not intent, you have to look at the enemy and really almost make a worst case call every time.

I have seen competent leaders who stood in front of a platoon and all they saw was a platoon. But great leaders stand in front of a platoon and see it as 44 individuals, each of whom has aspirations, each of who wants to live, each of whom wants to do good.

The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.

You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And, therefore, you learn how to do it.

I am living proof that if you catch prostate cancer early, it can be reduced to a temporary inconvenience, and you can go back to a normal life.

Success is sweet, but the secret is sweat.