Never wait for trouble.

Most pilots learn, when they pin on their wings and go out and get in a fighter, especially, that one thing you don't do, you don't believe anything anybody tells you about an airplane.

If you want to grow old as a pilot, you've got to know when to push it, and when to back off.

There's no such thing as a natural-born pilot.

The one word you use in military flying is duty. It's your duty. You have no control over outcome, no control over pick-and-choose. It's duty.