Jacqueline Cochran

“[A difficult childhood gave me] a kind of cocky confidence. ... I could never have so little that I hadn't had less. It took away my fear.”

“I might have been born in a hovel but I am determined to travel with the wind and the stars.”

“To live without risk for me would be tantamount to death.”

“Capacity never lacks opportunity. It cannot remain undiscovered because it is sought by too many anxious to use it.”