A biography for Norman Schwarzkopfhasn’t been written yet.
“A professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers.”
“The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.”
“I'm not a politician. I'd make a lousy politician.”
“They say the good Lord doesn't charge you for the days you hunt and fish, and I believe that.”
“Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for.”
“I've managed to convince my wife that somewhere in the Bible it says, 'Man cannot have too many shotguns and fishing poles.'”
“When I fish, I stop thinking about anything else. But truth be told, if you want to declare victories, I can tell you the fish have won a lot more than I have. It's interesting that something with a brain the size of a fish's can outsmart us humans, who think we are el supremo.”
“When placed in command, take charge.”
“Unfortunately, if you've ever been in southern Georgia on the beaches in a lightning storm, if you're out there, you're in great, great danger, and you can be killed very, very quickly.”
“Particularly when you're dealing with very high ranking people, you know, you have to get their attention, they are used to, by their rank, of having their own way and doing their own thing and when it's necessary to all work together on something, sometimes you have to hit the mule between the eyes with a two by four to get its attention.”
“Fish are a renewable resource, and one of the problems we've had is people feel obliged to catch the limit, then throw 'em in the garbage can.”
“I can stand in a crystal stream without another human around me and cast all day long, and if I never catch a single fish, I can come home and still feel like I had a wonderful time. It's the being there that's important.”
“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.”
“As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he a soldier. Other than that, he's a great military man, I want you to know that.”
“True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that's what courage is.”
“It's nice to feel that you have a purpose.”
“War is a profane thing.”
“Well, unfortunately, I have always regretted the fact that I have a temper, but I also have, you know, have great love and respect for all of the people that have worked for me. I think like everything else, this is one of those things that has been blown out of proportion.”
“I do hunt, and I do fish, and I don't apologize to anybody for hunting and fishing.”
“There's no doubt in my mind that whichever commander ordered the blowing up of Kamisiyah did so in following the instructions that he had received.”