When they ran out of cadre men they gave me my very own platoon and said, 'Here are 63 men, try to keep as many of them alive as you possibly can.' That was one of the more harrowing experiences of my life.
“Bonfire of the Vanities: The lesson of that book is, never start believing your own press.”
“Well, I wanted to play twenty years in the major leagues. I never made it twenty though. I played nineteen.”