Success is sweet, but the secret is sweat.

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 like to say I'm not a hero. I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.

Leadership consists of character and strategy. If you can't have both, opt for character.

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.

Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for.

I'm not a politician. I'd make a lousy politician.