There is a peculiar gratification in receiving congratulations from one's squadron for a victory in the air. It is worth more to a pilot than the applause of the whole outside world.

The experienced fighting pilot does not take unnecessary risks. His business is to shoot down enemy planes, not to get shot down.

I pay those guys to fly, so let them fly. I'll be damned if I'll pay them to just sit there.

I can give you a six-word formula for success: "Think things through - then follow through."

The biggest lesson I've learned . . . was that if you have all the fresh water you want to drink and all the food you want to eat, you ought never to complain about anything.

The key to success, is to think things through and then follow through.

Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.