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I would not trade you a billion dollars for the kids I led to combat in Vietnam or in fact any of the Marines that I served with for a quarter of a century.

I grew up in a Navy family.

When I was 17, I was told I had the choice of enlisting in the Navy or going to jail, so I spent the next three years in the Navy.

My grandpa was in the Navy, but it wasn't something that was expected or planned for me to do.

I stayed in the Navy until July of 1946.

David Robinson chose to stay at Navy. He talked about commitment, loyalty and values. I wonder how many of us would choose these virtues rather than the chance of becoming a millionaire, especially if you were a college sophomore when you had to make that choice.

In my opinion, any navy less than that which would give us the habitual command of our own coast and seas would be little short of useless.

I wouldn't trade my life for anybody's.