I have no regrets about my life. People ask, "If you had to do it all over again, would you do it differently?" No. That's speculation.

What good does it do to be afraid? It doesn't help anything. You better try and figure out what's happening and correct it.

Just before you break through the sound barrier, the cockpit shakes the most.

I ran the astronaut school for six years, and I was the commandant and when I finished in '65, 26 of my guys went into space as NASA astronauts that I trained.

Hey Ridley, that Machometer is acting screwy. It just went off the scale on me.

Rules are made for people who aren't willing to make up their own.

The first time I ever saw a jet, I shot it down.