It's the sense of duty that keeps you going sometimes when things get very, very rough. Somebody's got to do it. And if you don't, who will?

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.

Ninety-nine percent of leadership failures are failures of character.

Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

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.

In a recent interview, General Norman Schwartzkof was asked if he thought there was room for forgiveness toward the people who have harboured and abetted the terrorists who perpetrated the 9/11 attacks on America. His answer..."I believe that forgiving them is God's function. Our job is simply to arrange the meeting.

When placed in command, take charge.