Matt Lillywhite

“We all owe it ourselves to stand for something. Principles give us a foundation — solid ground we can trust and build on as we continue to redefine what's possible in our own lives. Sure, some will be put off by your dedication and level of effort. Others will call you obsessed or think that you've gone crazy. When they do, smile and say, "I'm not crazy. I'm just not you.”
― David Goggins, Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within

“I’m haunted by my future goals, not my past failures. I’m haunted by what I may still become. I’m haunted by my own continued thirst for evolution.”
― David Goggins, Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within

“The bird strike hadn’t only cost Kaz an eye. Without binocular vision, he’d lost his medical as both a test pilot and an astronaut selectee who’d been assigned to fly on MOL, the military’s planned Manned Orbiting Laboratory spy space station. His work and dreams had disappeared in a bloody flurry of feathers.”
― Chris Hadfield, The Apollo Murders

“The air pressure inside the cabin had dropped steadily, as planned, during launch, and was now holding at one-third of what it had been in Florida. The gases in everyone’s guts had expanded, and all three of them were farting. Michael winced. ‘Geez, Luke, keep that in your own spacesuit, would ya?”
― Chris Hadfield, The Apollo Murders