I don't think there is another person in America that wants to tell this story as much as I do.

Heroes aren't athletes who set new sports records, or Hollywood actors who make 'daring' films or politicians who make bold promises. Heroes are people who place themselves at risk for the benefit of others.

I came here to tell you the truth, the good, the bad and the ugly.

There is no moral middle ground. Indifference is not an option. ... For the sake of our children, I implore each of you to be unyielding and inflexible in your opposition to drugs.

In my first book, Under Fire, I wrote that I revered Ronald Reagan. That was a dozen years ago. I still feel that way. I think he changed the world for the better for my children and my children's children.

I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, ever violated an order - not one.

I don't think there is another person in America that wants to tell this story as much as I do.