You must get dirty in the trenches to come out with loyal soldiers

There were really some major works he mounted right in the middle of the war.

I want to beat England because I want to win every game I play. Not because we went to war in 1982 or because we played against each other in 1998. I can't take on some kind of revenge or change history.

If you really want to know about life, just take time and listen to what the dying say.

I thought it was extremely compelling. You couldn't have scripted it better -- reluctant general making the case for war.

He asked, 'Croesus, who told you to attack my land and meet me as an enemy instead of a friend?'

The King replied, 'It was caused by your good fate and my bad fate. It was the fault of the Greek gods, who with their arrogance, encouraged me to march onto your lands. Nobody is mad enough to choose war whilst there is peace. During times of peace, the sons bury their fathers, but in war it is the fathers who send their sons to the grave.