I think everyone, once in his life, should be given a ticker-tape parade.

Failure is not an option!

Failiure is not an option.

To recognize that the greatest error is not to have tried and failed, but that in trying, we did not give it our best effort

We've never lost an American in space, we're sure as hell not gonna lose one on my watch! Failure is not an option.

I don't care what anything was designed to do, I care about what it can do.

You can not operate in this room unless you believe that you are Superman, and whatever happens, you're capable of solving the problem.

There is no such thing as good enough. You, your team, and your equipment must be the best. That is how you will win victories.

There is no achievement without risk.

Spaceflight will never tolerate carelessness, incapacity, and neglect.

The bassist -- always the bassist.

I think conveying the emotion of the collective "we" is pretty incredible. Especially in tumultuous times like we are in now.

Everybody is looking for a reason to not to take responsibility for their own actions in hand.

Whatever my fate, I'll go to it laughing.

The encore is the short piece after the program has finished, where the performer brings out something that the audience doesn't expect.

My mother was kept very busy with her sewing; sometimes she would have another woman helping her.

I am determined that only the deepest love will induce me into matrimony. So... I shall end an old maid, and teach your ten children to embroider cushions and play their instruments very ill.

I shall be an Attila to Venice.

In my soul, I am free.

The NFL has been an amazing page in this chapter of my life. I pray that all successive adventures offer me the same potential for growth, success and most importantly fun.