Quotes Alan Shepard

After I was strapped in and ready to go, we had to hold, bec...

And I think that still is true of this business - which is b...

But when I was selected, after my very first tour of squadro...

Certainly when I was in the one-room country school, my ambi...

I didn't mind studying. Obviously math and the physical scie...

I must admit, maybe I am a piece of history after all....

I think all of us certainly believed the statistics which sa...

I think the sense of family and family achievement, plus the...

I thought I was pretty normal, I did chores around the farm,...

I woke up an hour before I was supposed to, and started goin...

I'd like to say I was smart enough to finish six grades in f...

It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize t...

It's been a long way, but we're here....

Later, in the early teens, I used to ride my bike every Satu...

Obviously I was challenged by becoming a Naval aviator, by l...

Of course I was delighted the flight was over, but I still h...

Of course, in our grade school, in those days, there were no...

So even though we were there competing with each other for t...

So everything turned out fine, and we were given the opportu...

The excitement really didn't start to build until the traile...

The first plane ride was in a homemade glider my buddy and I...

The pilot looked at his cues of attitude and speed and orien...

The rocket had worked perfectly, and all I had to do was sur...

Then there was the challenge to keep doing better and better...

They say any landing you can walk away from is a good one....