When you combine the men and women deployed from our military installations with activated reservists and members of the National Guard, Georgia is contributing more personnel to the theatre than any other State in our Union.

Floods, droughts, and natural disasters are a fact of life for farmers, ranchers, and foresters. They have persevered in the past, and they will adapt in the future - with the assistance of the scientists and experts at USDA.

The goal of any farmer, after producing enough to feed his own family, has always been to find the best place to sell the year's crop.

I think overall, from a deputy, from an undersecretary standpoint, the goal of a good leader is to get diversity across there. Geographical diversity is important. Industry diversity is important: you can't have all corn growers... Not only that, you've got gender diversity, you've got racial diversity.

To be underestimated is my biggest motivation.

Like my parents taught me, never give up, and always love what you do.

It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional, whatever the motivation.

If you really believe in what you're doing, work hard, take nothing personally and if something blocks one route, find another. Never give up.