Whether I'm at the hangar or at the airport or on an airplane, I get respect. And that's the best part of my day.

Do you know how much faster I can fix an airplane when I want to fix it than when I don't want to fix it?

You don't lie to your own doctor. You don't lie to your own attorney, and you don't lie to your employees.

Somebody who knows what they're doing, who has a good track record, they come across as very articulate, bright and looking for a challenge - that's absolutely my kind of hire.

The airline business is the biggest team sport in the world. When you're all consumed with fighting among yourselves, your opponents can run over you every day.

Watches are the only jewelry men can wear, unless you're Mr. T.

It's the old adage: You can make a pizza so cheap, nobody will eat it. You can make an airline so cheap, nobody will fly it.

It all sounds almost silly, but the fact is that the only way to change a corporate culture is to just change it.

Most businesses fail because they want the right things but measure the wrong things, and they get the wrong results.

If you say three things in a row that make sense, people will vote for you.

Every pilot thinks they're the best pilot in the world. I think I'm the best pilot.

Consequences need not be the obstacles that I dread, but the direction that I need.

He never wanted to be away from her. She had the spark of life.

When something isn't done, you want to do something about it.

I don't want to see a 'Sopranos' movie. This is just me. I like to think the end is where it was on TV as opposed to becoming a movie.

I own nothing in Russia. I have no loans in Russia. I don't have any deals in Russia.

Death grows friendlier as we grow older.

You don't become great by trying to be great. You become great by wanting to do something, and then doing it so hard that you become great in the process.

Every master was once a beginner. Every pro was once an amateur.

You'll never go to the library and find a book on how to fail, because we all do it.

Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.