The suit was so clumsy, being pressurized, it was impossible to get two hands comfortably on the handle and it's impossible to make any kind of a turn. It was kind of a one-handed chili-dip.

I didn't mind studying. Obviously math and the physical science subjects interested me more than some of the more artistic subjects, but I think I was a pretty good student.

I'd like to say I was smart enough to finish six grades in five years, but I think perhaps the teacher was just glad to get rid of me.

The suit was so clumsy, being pressurized, it was impossible to get two hands comfortably on the handle and it's impossible to make any kind of a turn. It was kind of a one-handed chili-dip.

We also knew it would be difficult, because of the financial condition of the family, for me to go to college.

I just wanted to be the first one to fly for America, not because I'd end up in the pages of history books.

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.