"I'd like to say I was smart enough to finish six grades in five years, but I think perhaps the teacher was just glad to get rid of me."
-Alan Shepard
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"Of course, in our grade school, in those days, there were no organized sports at all. We just went out and ran around the school yard for recess.“
-Alan Shepard
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"I think all of us certainly believed the statistics which said that probably 88% chance of mission success and maybe 96% chance of survival. And we were willing to take those odds."
-Alan Shepard
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"I didn't mind studying. Obviously math and the physical science subjects interested me more than some of the more artistic subjects, but I think I was a pretty good student."
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"Later, in the early teens, I used to ride my bike every Saturday morning to the nearest airport, ten miles away, push airplanes in and out of the hangars, and clean up the hangars."
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"You have to be there not for the fame and glory and recognition and being a page in a history book, but you have to be there because you believe your talent and ability can be applied effectively to operation of the spacecraft."
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"I must admit, maybe I am a piece of history after all."
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"I love sports - if I'm not acting, I'm probably doing sports."
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"I always seem to get parts where I play the sports professional - and that's not me at all!"
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