Maverick Quotes

I don't SAIL boats Penny, I land on them.

It's the only one I've got.

I'm a fighter pilot. Naval aviator. It's not what I am, it's who I am.

Maverick: An F-14 against 5th-Gen fighters?
Rooster: It's not the plane. It's the pilot.

You think up there, you're dead, believe me.

Highly decorated Captain!

Rear Admiral: (to Maverick) The end is inevitable, Maverick. Your kind is headed for extinction.
Maverick: Maybe so, sir. But not today.

Maverick: Where am I?
Some Boy from a small town: Earth?

Hondo: Maverick, Maverick. Hey, you with me? I don't like that look, Mav.
Maverick: It's the only one I got. Thank you. If I don't see you again Hondo, thank you.
Hondo: It's been an honor, Captain.

Maverick: I think, I think this is it.
Penny: Come on Pete, you have been saying that as long as I have known you. You said that after they busted you for taking me on a joy ride in that F-18, and the next thing I know, you are off to Bosnia, then Iraq, both times you get yourself in trouble, Iceman makes a call and you're back in the air.
Maverick: Penny, this is *different*.
Penny Benjamin: Pete, trust me. As improbable as it seems right now, somehow you'll be back in a fighter plane with your tail on fire.

My dad believed in you. I'm not going to make the same mistake.

Maverick: Thank you for saving my life.
Rooster: It's what my dad would've done.

Rooster: Please don't tell me we lost an engine.
Maverick: Alright, I won't tell you that.

Rooster: I saved your life!
Maverick: I saved YOUR life! That is the whole point. What the hell were you even thinking?
Rooster: You taught me not to think.

Maverick: You weren't ready.
Rooster: Ready for what? Huh? Ready to fly like you?
Maverick: No, ready to forget the book. Trust your instincts! Don't think, just do. You think up there, you're dead. Believe me.