Then I thought, with the same clubhead speed, the ball's going to go at least six times as far. There's absolutely no drag, so if you do happen to spin it, it won't slice or hook 'cause there's no atmosphere to make it turn.

There's no question that all the generations got excited about the first flights, with Kennedy's inspiration to go to the moon, leaving the planet for the first time, and fortunately coming back.

I think about the personal accomplishment, but there's more of a sense of the grand achievement by all the people who could put this man on the moon.

When I first looked back at the Earth, standing on the Moon I cried

It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract.

So everything turned out fine, and we were given the opportunity to go to Washington and be briefed on the project of man in space, and given the opportunity to choose whether we wanted to get involved or not.

Because of the suit I was wearing, I couldn't make a good pivot on the swing. And I had to hit the ball with one hand.