"There is no such thing as a natural……" — Chuck Yeager
"There is no such thing as a natural born pilot. Whatever my aptitudes or talents, becoming a proficient pilot was hard work, really a lifetime's learning experience. For the best pilots, flying is an obsession, the one thing in life they must do continually. The best pilots fly more than the others; that's why they're the best. Experience is everything. The eagerness to learn how and why every piece of equipment works is everything. And luck is everything, too."
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Chuck Yeager
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26 Quotes by Chuck Yeager
Chuck Yeager has 26 quotes on this site.
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The first time I ever saw a jet, I shot it down.
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After about 30 minutes I puked all over my airplane. I said to my self, "Man, you made a big…
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I have flown in just about everything, with all kinds of pilots in all parts of the world - British,…
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All that I am ... I owe to the Air Force.
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The best pilots fly more than the others; that's why they're the best.
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What good does it do to be afraid? It doesn't help anything. You better try and figure out what's happening…
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Unfortunately, many people do not consider fun an important item on their daily agenda. For me, that was always a…
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At the moment of truth, there are either reasons or results.
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Later, I realized that the mission had to end in a let-down because the real barrier wasn't in the sky…
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Never wait for trouble.
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That to me is a bunch of crap trying to shoot guys up into damned space. What they're going to…
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Just before you break through the sound barrier, the cockpit shakes the most.
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More Aptitude Quotes
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Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
— Anton Chekhov
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The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner's edge is all…
— Denis Waitley
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Your attitude is more important that your aptitude.
— Zig Ziglar
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In the discovery of lemmas the best aid is a mental aptitude for it. For we may see many who…
— Proclus
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Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a…
— Nelson Mandela
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The first [quality] to be named must always be the power of attention, of giving one's whole mind to the…
— Wilfred Trotter
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Being in your element is not only about aptitude, it's about passion: it is about loving what you do...tapping into…
— Ken Robinson
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In giving advice, aptitude is often less to be considered, than seasonableness.
— Norm MacDonald
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I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success depends upon the aptitude of…
— Samuel Johnson
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If there be an order in which the human race has mastered its various kinds of knowledge, there will arise…
— Herbert Spencer
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People who don't have the interest or aptitude for serious college studies at age 18 may find that later in…
— George Leef
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