Norman Schwarzkopf

"This gulf war syndrome thing is truly unfortunate, and I've met some of the vets who have this. These are my guys, and I feel terrible about it."

"I get angry at a principle, not a person."

"I saw Kuwait many times before the war. I remember it as a beautiful place, full of very nice people, and it's a tragedy to see that somebody could set out to deliberately destroy a country the way the Iraqis have."

"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."

"The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war."

"To be an effective leader, you have to have a manipulative streak - you have to figure out the people working for you and give each tasks that will take advantage of his strength."

"True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that's what courage is."