“I am proud of my service and proud of those who served alongside me. B...” — J. D. Vance Quote

I am proud of my service and proud of those who served alongside me. But war is about more than service and sacrifice - it's about winning.

As a culture, working-class white Americans like myself had no heroes. We loved the military but had no George S. Patton figure in the modern army. I doubt my neighbours could even name a high-ranking military officer.

I didn't come from the elites. I didn't come from the Northeast or from San Francisco. I came from a southern Ohio steel town, and it's a town that's really struggling in a lot of ways, ways that are indicative of the broader struggles of America's working class.

Trump talks like a guy at a bar in West Virginia. Trump talks like my dad sitting around the dinner table.

It's a good feeling to play for your country alongside your brother.

I was always a bit old for my age, then suddenly I'm on set, working alongside the adults, skipping school completely for two years.

When you are in a competition, and there's however many men competing alongside you, you do not get to determine when you go to lift... you don't know how many guys will make it to the next round. You don't know how long they're going to take.

Neymar is the representative of the Brazil team, of what we're all about. Being in the squad alongside him is always a pleasure, and we always have more chance of being champions if he's around.