“It’s simple. Don’t quit.”

"Just don't quit," said my friend Tore Knos.

He was giving me a tour of his home in Venice Beach, California. While in his home office, I saw a picture of him posing on one knee with his rifle in hand looking sternly at the camera. Dressed in green fatigues, camouflage Boonie hat, combat boots, and wearing a Fu Manchu mustache, he's a warrior. No smiles …