““He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing,” is one of the fundamental rules of defense.”

The first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first.

To use a fighter as a fighter-bomber when the strength of the fighter arm is inadequate to achieve air superiority is putting the cart before the horse.

This was my impression.

Nine g’s is good, if the pilot can stand it.

Flying is pure passion and desire, which fill a lifetime.

This is also the reason why we have pilots with extremely high numbers of victories.

Only in this way can the eager and skillful fighter pilot display his ability.

Aggressive spirit, joy of action, and the passion of the hunter.

I first knew of the existence of this aircraft only early in ‘42 – even in my position.

The German Luftwaffe always fought without any reserves.

To be successful, the best fighter pilot needs both.

And for the moment the whole burden of the war rested on the few hundred German fighter pilots on the Channel coast.

Or by bad luck can suffer from frustration or develop complexes they may never rid themselves of again.

We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.

Which in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.

The war was lost perhaps, when it was started. At least it was lost in the winter of ’42, in Russia.

I believe a strong NATO has been the bulwark of our defence in Europe. Obviously that’s important in the UK national interest and I believe it’s important in the US national interest.

In ’82 Brazil showed that you can’t win the World Cup without a solid defense.

You need a strategy that involves layered defense: deployed patrols, sophisticated sensor equipment, and surveillance from the air. That is what has had a positive impact over the last generation.

Every time a man takes from a woman’s body without her permission, he is disrespecting the womb from which he was born, he is defiling the place that protected him when he was at his most defenseless.

We can’t defend the country by looking at the borderline as the first line of defense rather than as the last line of defense.

I’ve been working on my defense and my inside game.

They said you had to take what the defense gave you. No, we are going to take what we want.

We have forty-four defenses for him, but he has forty-five ways to score.