Cadet Quotes

I`d like to do the young cadet thing again for sure, but that`s why I wanted to do this, to see if I could do it. I took the scenes out of the script and put them together and read them as one little arc, story and that seemed to work.

I was the 101st Airborne Rangers, ROTC. We trained right there in Ft. Custer. The Sgt. major trained us and this guy was in `Nam and stuff. We were out there working with the National Guard on maneuvers late at night. They showed us everything. We went to the range, shot M-16s, M-60s - did everything but sign up for the Corps. I learned discipline there. Every cadet wanted to outdo the other cadets and be the straightest arrow. My hair was buzz-short. I`d shave my head every morning. We were fanatics. This is probably why I`ve got a lot of muscle memory. It kind of helped me out later in my life. Oddly enough I still wake up five in the morning. When you have someone yelling in your face at five, you learn to get up at 4:59. - On his background and why he is a disciplined person.

As a little boy of eleven I entered the Cadet Corps. I was not particularly eager to become a Cadet, but my father wished it. So my wishes were not consulted.