Alan Shepard Quotes

Success is what you do with your ability. It's how you use your talent.

There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.

I've put a lot of my life into making it possible to fly in space at all.

I think I'm the first man to sit on top of the world.

It's great to watch someone get the most out of what they can do, whether they're a beautiful performer or just a really gritty performer. It's something to behold.

The best an American can look forward to is the lonely pleasure of one who stands at long last on a chilly and inhospitable mountaintop where few have been before, where few can follow and where few will consent to believe he has been.

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.

Well, to me, my past accomplishments weren't crazy. They required a lot of skill and careful planning.

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

Not to be too grandiose about it, but in a way I see myself like Sir Edmund Hillary. The water was my Everest.

The men who have furnished me with my greatest inspiration have not been men of wealth, but men of deeds.

As far as talent goes, we had pretty much everything, and I think that's why this year was so successful.

I did not come to NASA to make history.

I want to win. For myself first. And for all those people who stuck with me and understood.

Mr. Faber is a huge role model. He's a UFC Hall of Famer. He's such a driven person and a champion.

I became a champion super-fast.

If you're good at what you do, people get really, really invested in that.

Men climb mountains, scale heights, venture into the unexplored to prove to other men it can be done.

I wanted to become president, and I wanted to become an astronaut. Because I was really good at math.

I have had such a unique experience in the game. I got to experience the best of my craft, and I did that multiple times. There is nothing more I wish I could experience.

It is always thrilling to attempt something new and it feels great when your efforts are awarded positively.

I'm focused on being the best, making history.

I'm really a worker and about rolling up my sleeves and doing the work. If that lands me a place in history, then I would be among amazing company.