I'll tell you what, no matter what he says, if his men are with him and believe in him that is all that matters..
I used to hate marching, hate it with a passion...then in AIT we had this drill sargeant (that I totally didn't know) that could call cadence like no one ever saw, I swear we could have marched till all we had left were bloody nubs for legs enthusiasticly singing the whole way as long as he was beside us.
it just makes all the difference.