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That's what heroic stories do for us. They show us the way. They remind us of the good we are capable of.

True heroics, obviously, is not the absence of fear, but having that fear and doing something anyway.

People aren't universally heroic.

There's soldiers out there every day that are doing heroic things... We don't need to create them.

Heroic people take risks to themselves to help others. There's nothing heroic about accepting $5 million to go out and run around chasing a ball, although you may show fortitude or those other qualities while you do it.

I was in uniform for four years, and I know that heroism doesn't occur from taking orders, but rather from people who through their own willpower and strength are willing to sacrifice their lives for an idea.

People saw me as being heroic, but I was no more heroic than I was with other injuries I had, like the lacerated kidney I suffered during the 1990 World Series. It's just that people haven't known anyone with a lacerated kidney, but everyone can relate to someone with cancer.

I was never able to write seriously about heroes because I was very aware that I was not one and that in my background there was not this heroic thing.

The most heroic thing you can do is tell someone that you love them.

I think it is rather heroic to go into a war zone where everyone is trying to kill you, and you have no way of shooting back.