Above all else, I love the game and count myself very lucky to have been able to play at the highest level.

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It's not that I don't like all of the above, I simply dislike the commercialization of love.

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But the most important of all, I think, was a love of our country, in fact, and an appreciation of our freedom, above all.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: 1998 Casey Medal of Honor