A professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers.

I may have made my reputation as a general in the Army and I'm very proud of that. But I've always felt that I was more than one-dimensional.

It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.

I'd like to think I'm a caring human being.

Success is sweet, but the secret is sweat.

More than 200 ships from 13 nations conducted over 10,000 flawless intercepts, which formed a steel wall around the waters leading to Iraq. And these operations continue today. Thanks to these superb efferts not one cargo hold, not one crate, not even one pallet of seaborne contraband even touched Saddam Hussein's shores. The result: Iraq lost 90% of its imports, 100% of its exports, and had its gross national product cut in half.

How do you fight someone who doesn't care if they get killed? You accommodate them.