I've worked with people who are much further to the left than I am and much further to the right than I am. At the end of the day, who gives a ... . Good for you. This is America. Vote your conscience.

If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. It's the hard that makes it great.

There's this misconception that the Navy is this cruise ship, and you get to go out and sail around, and every now and then, you have to swab the deck. But, no, it is a very impressive group of young people that live at sea, in this place that's very uncomfortable. They exude a pride that is well-deserved.

If you're funny, if there's something that makes you laugh, then every day's going to be okay.

I don't cause riots, but I do cause confusion. People freeze when they spot me.

Back in World War II, we viewed the Japanese as 'yellow, slant-eyed dogs' that believed in different gods. They were out to kill us because our way of living was different. We, in turn, wanted to annihilate them because they were different. Does that sound familiar, by any chance, to what's going on today?

For some people, I will be Forrest Gump for the rest of my life. But that's OK; that's a good thing.