Hugh Shelton Quotes & Sayings

“The first truth for special operations is that quality is more important than quantity.”

“Well, it has been rather hectic since the 11th of September. And even before then it was quite busy.”

“We came back right over the World Trade Center and could see, even from that altitude, the devastation, the smoke that was coming up. It was obvious it was going to be horrible.”

“And so I'm still giving some thought - I will transition hopefully into the corporate world. And I look forward to getting involved in several other areas that I have a great interest in.”

“But it's been a great, humbling - and I've been very honored to have the opportunity to serve and to lead and to be the representative of our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines who are in Washington. And it's been the greatest honor of my life.”

“I had seen the films out of World War II, the great 82nd Airborne, the 101st, and all of those of you in the greatest generation and the service that you had provided.”

“Well, I enjoy sharing in the dangers that we ask our men and women in uniform to share in almost every day.”

“I feel very confident that Americans flying in the air are safe and that only under the most dire of circumstances would our pilots ever even request permission to do that.”

“I always concentrated on doing the very best that I could in the job and the duties that I was assigned.”

“My goal was to make first lieutenant. I never spent a lot of time worrying about what came after that.”