Don't think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. As Charles De Gaulle said, the cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.

I believe what I said yesterday. I don't know what I said, but I know what I think and I assume it's what I said.

General Boykin has requested that an inspector general review this matter. And I have indicated that if that's his request, I think it's appropriate.

I think it's very useful for you folks (reporters) to try your damndest to be precise. And don't repeat things that are inaccurate if you can possibly avoid it. And when you see things that are inaccurate, knock them down -- because there's a bucket of it floating around.

You will launch many projects, but have time to finish only a few. So think, plan, develop, launch and tap good people to be responsible. Give them authority and hold them accountable. Trying to do too much yourself creates a bottleneck.

Think ahead. Don't let day-to-day operations drive out planning.

I think we ought to have a new rule: You can ask two questions, and then we can pick the one we want to answer.

I don't think we'll discover anything, myself. I think what will happen is we'll discover people who will tell us where to go find it. It is not like a treasure hunt where you just runaround looking everywhere hoping you find something. I just don't think that's going to happen. The inspectors didn't find anything, and I doubt that we will. What we will do is find the people who will tell us.

In unanimity there may well be either cowardice or uncritical thinking.