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Chuck Yeager quotes: Everybody that I've ever seen that enjoyed their job was very good at it.

Everybody that I've ever seen that enjoyed their job was very good at it.

Chuck Yeager quotes: After about 30 minutes I puked all over my airplane. I said to my self, "Man, you made a big mistake."

After about 30 minutes I puked all over my airplane. I said to my self, "Man, you made a big mistake."

Chuck Yeager quotes: The secret of my success is that I always managed to live to fly another day.

The secret of my success is that I always managed to live to fly another day.

Chuck Yeager quotes: The best pilots fly more than the others; that's why they're the best.

The best pilots fly more than the others; that's why they're the best.

Chuck Yeager quotes: Just before you break through the sound barrier, the cockpit shakes the most.

Just before you break through the sound barrier, the cockpit shakes the most.

Chuck Yeager quotes: It's really difficult for fanatic churchgoers to understand God can't help me. I'm the only one who can help me.

It's really difficult for fanatic churchgoers to understand God can't help me. I'm the only one who can help me.

Chuck Yeager quotes: You don't concentrate on risks. You concentrate on results. No risk is too great to prevent the necessary job from getting done.

You don't concentrate on risks. You concentrate on results. No risk is too great to prevent the necessary job from getting done.

Chuck Yeager quotes: It wasn't that the X-1 would kill you, it was the systems in the X-1 that would kill you.

It wasn't that the X-1 would kill you, it was the systems in the X-1 that would kill you.

Chuck Yeager quotes: Never wait for trouble.

Never wait for trouble.

Chuck Yeager quotes: In 1966, NASA took over in space, and it has been a bureaucratic mess ever since.

In 1966, NASA took over in space, and it has been a bureaucratic mess ever since.

Chuck Yeager quotes: There's no such thing as a natural-born pilot.

There's no such thing as a natural-born pilot.

Chuck Yeager quotes: If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing.

If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing.

Chuck Yeager quotes: You do what you can for as long as you can, and when you finally can't, you do the next best thing. You back up but you don't give up.

You do what you can for as long as you can, and when you finally can't, you do the next best thing. You back up but you don't give up.

Chuck Yeager quotes: Rules are made for people who aren't willing to make up their own.

Rules are made for people who aren't willing to make up their own.

Chuck Yeager quotes: Hey Ridley, that Machometer is acting screwy. It just went off the scale on me.

Hey Ridley, that Machometer is acting screwy. It just went off the scale on me.

Chuck Yeager quotes: I have no regrets about my life. People ask, "If you had to do it all over again, would you do it differently?" No. That's speculation.

I have no regrets about my life. People ask, "If you had to do it all over again, would you do it differently?" No. That's speculation.

Chuck Yeager quotes: I don't think about life everlasting. If something doesn't have scientific evidence to back it up, I don't believe it. I'm a straight shooter.

I don't think about life everlasting. If something doesn't have scientific evidence to back it up, I don't believe it. I'm a straight shooter.

Chuck Yeager quotes: The one word you use in military flying is duty. It's your duty. You have no control over outcome, no control over pick-and-choose. It's duty.

The one word you use in military flying is duty. It's your duty. You have no control over outcome, no control over pick-and-choose. It's duty.

Chuck Yeager quotes: At the moment of truth, there are either reasons or results.

At the moment of truth, there are either reasons or results.

Chuck Yeager quotes: When I was picked to fly the X-1, it was my duty to fly it, and I did.

When I was picked to fly the X-1, it was my duty to fly it, and I did.

Chuck Yeager quotes: You concentrate on what you are doing, to do the best job you can, to stay out of serious situations. And that's the way the X-1 was.

You concentrate on what you are doing, to do the best job you can, to stay out of serious situations. And that's the way the X-1 was.

Chuck Yeager quotes: All that I am ... I owe to the Air Force.

All that I am ... I owe to the Air Force.

Chuck Yeager quotes: If you want to grow old as a pilot, you've got to know when to push it, and when to back off.

If you want to grow old as a pilot, you've got to know when to push it, and when to back off.

Chuck Yeager quotes: What good does it do to be afraid? It doesn't help anything. You better try and figure out what's happening and correct it.

What good does it do to be afraid? It doesn't help anything. You better try and figure out what's happening and correct it.

Chuck Yeager quotes: The first time I ever saw a jet, I shot it down.

The first time I ever saw a jet, I shot it down.