If you want to achieve anything in this world, you have to get used to the idea that not everyone will like you.

Courage isn't inside; it's external. It comes from someone else telling you they believe in you.

There are two types of claims: those based on hard numbers and those based on slippery numbers.

Pilots, to a large degree, are like salesmen. They have to be confident to be good at their jobs. They have to practice relentlessly and plan out all the scenarios of the things that could happen when they're out there. Nothing is more important than preparation. They are also mighty competitive, both as individuals and as squadrons.

The value of experimentation is not the trying. It's the trying again after the experiment fails.

Corporate culture matters. How management chooses to treat its people impacts everything - for better or for worse.

A team is not a group of people that work together. A team is a group of people that trust each other.