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> [I can't explain the lack of integrity among some of the leaders of our health care facilities. This is something I rarely encountered during 38 years in uniform. And so I will not defend it because it is indefensible. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-shinseki/i-can-t-explain-the-lack-of-integrity-among-some-of-the-leaders-of/)

[Eric Shinseki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-shinseki/)

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## More by Eric Shinseki

> [You don't get many do-overs in life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-shinseki/you-don-t-get-many-do-overs-in-life/)

[Eric Shinseki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-shinseki/)

> [It has been very humbling and gratifying to have these men as our role models. Your generation enabled America to close out the twentieth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-shinseki/it-has-been-very-humbling-and-gratifying-to-have-these-men-as-our/)

[Eric Shinseki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-shinseki/)

> [In the army, we do two things every day. We train our soldiers, and then we grow them into leaders, because frankly, we don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-shinseki/in-the-army-we-do-two-things-every-day-we-train-our-soldiers-and-then/)

[Eric Shinseki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-shinseki/)

> [I grew up as a part of the team that helped to field M-1s and M-60-A3s to the army back in 1980s.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-shinseki/i-grew-up-as-a-part-of-the-team-that-helped-to-field-m-1s-and-m-60/)

[Eric Shinseki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-shinseki/)

> [I spent five years working very hard to develop a relationship with the veterans' service organizations. We have together worked some major projects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-shinseki/i-spent-five-years-working-very-hard-to-develop-a-relationship-with/)

[Eric Shinseki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-shinseki/)

> [Without leadership, command is a hollow experience, a vacuum often filled with mistrust and arrogance..](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-shinseki/without-leadership-command-is-a-hollow-experience-a-vacuum-often/)

[Eric Shinseki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-shinseki/)

> [I am an armor officer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-shinseki/i-am-an-armor-officer/)

[Eric Shinseki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-shinseki/)

> [If you are going to make a change, make it big and bold. Walk up to the biggest guy on the block, stand in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-shinseki/if-you-are-going-to-make-a-change-make-it-big-and-bold-walk-up-to-the/)

[Eric Shinseki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-shinseki/)

> [It's tough never being right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-shinseki/it-s-tough-never-being-right/)

[Eric Shinseki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-shinseki/)

> [I have spent a lifetime watching kids make mistakes because they were not trained or well led or properly motivated to do well. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-shinseki/i-have-spent-a-lifetime-watching-kids-make-mistakes-because-they-were/)

[Eric Shinseki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-shinseki/)

> [If you dislike change, you're going to dislike irrelevance even more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-shinseki/if-you-dislike-change-you-re-going-to-dislike-irrelevance-even-more/)

[Eric Shinseki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-shinseki/)

> [No veteran should have to wait for claims. If there's anybody impatient here, I am that individual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-shinseki/no-veteran-should-have-to-wait-for-claims-if-there-s-anybody/)

[Eric Shinseki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-shinseki/)

> [I do not want to criticize while my soldiers are still bleeding and dying in Iraq.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-shinseki/i-do-not-want-to-criticize-while-my-soldiers-are-still-bleeding-and/)

[Eric Shinseki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-shinseki/)

> [I am an armor officer. I grew up as a part of the team that helped to field M-1s and M-60-A3s to the army…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-shinseki/i-am-an-armor-officer-i-grew-up-as-a-part-of-the-team-that-helped-to/)

[Eric Shinseki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-shinseki/)

> [It's important in any organization that if visions have any reality at all, it's because the organization believes that the vision is right and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-shinseki/it-s-important-in-any-organization-that-if-visions-have-any-reality/)

[Eric Shinseki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-shinseki/)

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