Gus Grissom Quotes

I loved flying as much as I thought I would and continue to fly aircraft.

I quit flying myself last year and that was difficult for me because I enjoy it as much as playing golf. It was an adjustment sitting in the back of the plane, rather than at the controls, but I've grown accustomed to it and enjoy reading a book, doing some work or challenging my wife to a game of dominos.

Yes... well, I used to have a pilot's license.

Flying, I continue to be involved with. I love flying, and I hope to keep doing it so long as I can pass my medicals and stay proficient.

Flying my own small plane is my escape. I learnt to fly in 2006 and share ownership of a Socata TB10.

First time I had my defeat, it was very hard to come to terms with.

I want to be some kind of a pilot. And the other thing that I really like is psychology.

It's never easy to lose. But life is not all sunshine and roses.

I felt great empathy for the thousands of Americans who lost their home because of a system that failed them.

When I was around 25 years old, I lost everything and was a complete dirtbag.

At Treviso, my entire career was in danger; I lost all self-esteem and confidence.

When you're a fighter, and you're not doing good in your work, that happens - you lost the fight.

I've been through the highs and lows. I know what it's like to taste defeat and it's not nice.

I've had my share of losing.

If I lose to Frank Mir, I have to find something else to do.

You lose more than you win in life, and that's OK. That's the nature of life.

Defeat is tough.

Rejection is the one constant of human experience.

I was in the superhero game at the wrong time.

It is hard to lose for everybody.

I think the major event that shaped my life was being a Naval aviator. I got my commission and wings at 18 years old, and then I went into combat at 19. And I think, as I look back on it, that whole experience probably shaped my life more than any incident, or any event.

Tragedy isn't getting something, or failing to get it; it's losing something you already have.

I always like to make explicit the fact that before I went off not too long ago to fight in the trenches, I was a mathematician by profession. I don't like people to get the idea that I have to do this for a living. I mean, it isn't as though I had to do this, you know, I could be making, oh, three thousand dollars a year just teaching.

Every role that you don't get burns you for a while.

I always say the time to worry about flying is when you're on the ground. If you don't trust the captain, don't go.