"The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life and the proc…"

"The time to worry is three months before a flight. Decide then whether or not the goal is worth the risks."

"No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new tre…"

"The lure of the unknown is too strong to resist."

"I lay no claim to advancing scientific data other than advancing flying knowledge. I can only say that I do it because I want to."