I feel like everyone who goes to The University of Texas is blessed and lucky to be there because they’re getting a chance to be as good as they can be. ALAN BEAN BlessChanceEveryoneFeelGetLikeUniversity
History has spurts and then is steady, and then maybe even backing up a step, and then forward again. ALAN BEAN BackEvenForwardMaybeSpurt
It’s hard not to be excited when you’re going to find a way to land on the moon. ALAN BEAN ExciteFindGoneHard
It seems farther away now because there are no rockets getting there. Nobody is going. ALAN BEAN FartherGetGoneNoNobodyRocketSeem
Frequently on the lunar surface I said to myself, ‘This is the Moon, that is the Earth. I’m really here, I’m really here!’ ALAN BEAN FrequentHereLunarReally
Test pilots have a litmus test for evaluating problems. When something goes wrong, they ask, “Is this thing still flying? ALAN BEAN EvaluateLitmusTest
