"When you are in the air never doubt your equipment and don't make hasty decisions."

"To be a cosmonaut, you must be a strong person, both physically and morally."

"Circling the Earth in my orbital spaceship I marveled at the beauty of our planet. People of the world! Let us safeguard and enhance this beauty - not destroy it!"

"I felt wonderful when the gravity pull began to disappear. I suddenly found I could do things much more easily than before. And it seemed as though my hands and legs and my whole body did not belong t…"

"I have always dreamed of this, since I was a child."