Man Must Understand His Universe In Order

Yeah, I Wasn't Chosen To Be First. I Was Just Chosen To Command That Flight. Circumstance Put Me In That Particular Role. That Wasn't Planned By Anyone.

Ever Since I Was A Little Boy, I Dreamed I Would Do Something Important In Aviation.

I Suspect That Even Though The Various Questions Are Difficult And Many, They Are Not As Difficult And Many As Those We Faced When We Started The Apollo [space Program] In 1961.

The Single Thing Which Makes Any Man Happiest Is The Realization That He Has Worked Up To The Limits Of His Ability, His Capacity. It's All The Better, Of Course, If This Work Has Made A Contribution To Knowledge, Or Toward Moving The Human Race A Little Farther Forward.

A Picture Does A Great Job, But It's Not Nearly Like Being There.