[Still] Jolly Wally, ... delighted that John is going up, instead of me. He needs the flying time, I don't. I even gave up my pilot's license. Can't afford it.

I saw the booster, not Sputnik, flying by, and I said, maybe this is the way we should be going, not just sitting back waiting for something to happen.

I played English football - soccer - instead of American football, because we couldn't afford the equipment.

John Glenn craved the publicity. I think even John would admit that. When he went into politics, that became pretty obvious! He knew how to do public relations.

I was told having a website would help me. I have yet to figure out why my life story needs to be on the web.

We spent a lot of time in simulators. We were going to do it right.