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.

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

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

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

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.

Courage is about doing what you're afraid to do.

I can see that aerial warfare is actually scientific murder.

I would rather have a million friends than a million dollars.

I've cheated the Grim Reaper more times than anyone I know, and I'll fight like a wildcat until they nail the lid of my pine box down on me.

The better I shoot, the less I have to maneuver.

It's my time to scare you, it's time for scary story.

I enjoy being on stage with other artists. I have a chance to watch and see people responding to the other artists songs. I get to see how people are affected by the music.

The lesson is that, No. 1, this management has to be at the highest class possible. No. 2, they have to have a succession plan.

For too long, musicians have been the greatest enemy of music. Their lack of desire to proselytize is a kind of betrayal.

Sometimes there is more exploration in the character for a villain.

When you have known the kiss of a flaying knife, a laugh loses all its power to hurt you.

It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but doubt not, it was of the last importance only to be present at it.

No one has ever conquered this game. One week out there and you are God, next time you are the devil. But it does keep you coming back.

The West to me is where the landscape is.

I really do enjoy accompanying people - it's a challenge and a joy when you get it right.