Fighting in the air is not sport. It is scientific murder.

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

Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared.

Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life become more secure, more fraught with action, richer in experience and achievement.

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

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