astronaut quotes

I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I’m in a world of my own.

We fly to 106 kilometers. We’ve always had as our mission that we always wanted to fly above the Karman line because we didn’t want there to be any asterisks next to your name about whether you’re an astronaut or not.

I wanted to be a secret agent and an astronaut, preferably at the same time.

I have wanted to fly into space for many years, but never imagined it would really be feasible.

I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium.