"I don't know anything about records. I just know that I'm gonna break the record."

"It's like floating. Um, it's so great to be up in the air."

"Nothings gonna happen it's simply an airplane."

"It's been a long day. I can't wait until the next day. I can't wait to sleep. I had two hours of sleep last night."

"One can live there and feel quite at home because one can lose his heart to any country, and it is a commonplace that…"

"That’s it… You just called it for me!"

"Every no takes me closer to a yes."

"I was black, I was female, and I wanted to fly. We used to pick cotton in Texas, and I'd look up and think, If we're …"

"I read everything I could get my hands on about aviating," she later recalled. "Some of the libraries wouldn't let bl…"

"Blacks should not have to experience the difficulties I have faced," Coleman said. "So I decided to open a flying sch…"