I have found adventure in flying, in world travel, in business, and even close at hand... Adventure is a state of mind and spirit.

Earthbound souls know only the underside of the atmosphere in which they live . . . but go higher - above the dust and water vapor - and the sky turns dark until one can see the stars at noon.

I can cure your men of walking off the [flight] program. Let's put on the girls.

Capacity never lacks opportunity. It cannot remain undiscovered because it is sought by too many anxious to use it.

And to live without risk for me would have been tantamount to death.

I'd have given my right eye to be an astronaut.

[A difficult childhood gave me] a kind of cocky confidence. ... I could never have so little that I hadn't had less. It took away my fear.