“When you get hurt, how are you going to deal with it?” he asked, referring to either physical or mental injury. “Your response to that question will determine your success in life.”

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“I will never apologize for my tears,” he said.
He added that bottling up his emotions during Vietnam and not allowing himself to cry when he felt the need made him angry and ultimately more vulnerable.