When a test pilot comes off a flight, there is typically another pilot who is going to take it up, and he believes in the debriefing. You don't keep something to yourself

Levity is the lubricant of a crisis. We resort to jokes, pranks and good natured kidding to relieve tension, stress and boredom.

I played English football - soccer - instead of American football, because we couldn't afford the equipment.

I don't go along with going to Moon first to build a launch pad to go to Mars. We should go to Mars from Earth orbit. We have already been to the Moon; we've already practiced.

Some of the wives didn't keep up with the program. It started breaking apart during the Apollo days.

Kids today don't want to get married. Too many of their friends have been married and divorced already. They just don't believe in it

You don't raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they'll turn out to be heroes, even if it's just in your own eyes.