Quote by Alan Shepard
I think all of us certainly believed the statistics which said tha

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

Other quotes by Alan Shepard

We worked with the engineers in the design and construction and testing phases in those various areas, then we would get back together at the end of the week and brief each other as to what had gone on. – Alan Shepard

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design
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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. – Alan Shepard

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History
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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. – Alan Shepard

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Morning
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Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed. – Emily Dickinson

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Your chances of success are directly proportional to the degree of pleasure you desire from what you do. If you are in a job you hate, face the fact squarely and get out. – Michael Korda

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Success

Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats. – Og Mandino

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Success

Well, certainly one of the ironies of the success of affirmative action is that the middle class within the black community no longer lives within black community by and large. – Henry Louis Gates

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Success

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Im no longer dependent on the movie business to make a living. So if I want to make movies as other old guys would play golf, I can. – Francis Ford Coppola

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Dont worry, be happy. – Meher Baba

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Religion is insurance in this world against fire in the next. – Source Unknown

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