“Accompanied by a whistling sound, my jet shot through the air.”

Perhaps even more important than being a good pilot; to make the best use of this system.

Of course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed.

And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.

According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.

Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy.

Many pilots of the time were the opinion that a fighter pilot in a closed cockpit was an impossible thing, because you should smell the enemy.

Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.

Flying is more than a sport and more than a job

Many to whom the first victory over the opponent has been long denied either by unfortunate circumstances

Tie him to a narrow and confined task, rob him of his initiative, and you take away from him the best and most valuable qualities he posses

It is true to say that the first kill can influence the whole future career of a fighter pilot.

The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down

I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May ‘43.

No engine vibrations. No torque and no lashing sound of the propeller.

We have built a total of about 1250 of this aircraft, but only fifty were allowed to be used as fighters

The fighter can only be used as a bomb carrier with lasting effect when sufficient air superiority has been won.

We shot ‘High School Musical’ in eight weeks. I spent longer rehearsing for ‘Hairspray’ than filming ‘High School Musical’.

Staying in the moment is not worrying about the outcome but just focusing on the process on the next shot.

For so many years, I was watching my tee shots slide hard to the right.

The invasion of Iraq, particularly, gave a big shot in the arm to the jihadi extremists.

I say to the paparazzi, ‘Fellas, take your shot and go.’ It’s just they usually find me on a beach.

I was so ugly my mother used to feed me with a sling shot.

The shot from Laws was precise but wide.

Everything I’ve been thinking, every vision, even down to every shot I throw, it just ends up here in reality.