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: 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.
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.
Highly decorated Captain!