Astronaut Quotes

“I think it was a good idea to go with the 'Right Stuff' guys. We were all test pilots.”

“You have to be brave, and you have to be fearless, and you have to be crazy.”

“Zero G and I feel fine.”

“As an astronaut, you have to be a team player. You have to be technically competent. You have to be able to make decisions under pressure.”

“You have to be a bit of a poet to be an astronaut.”

“It's an interesting combination of being a scientist and an engineer and a pilot. It's a little bit of everything.”

“The training is very intense. It's very long, but it's very good.”

“An astronaut must have three qualities: He must be perfectly healthy, he must be a team player, and he must have the patience of a saint.”