Fear will keep you alive in a war. Fear will keep you alive in business. There's nothing wrong with fear.

Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good.

I hate war. Absolutely, I hate war.

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.

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.

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

You can't help but... with 20/20 hindsight, go back and say, 'Look, had we done something different, we probably wouldn't be facing what we are facing today.'