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Quotes by Duane Brown

“They say, How can you trust a mechanic? How can you trust the FAA? How do you trust the National Transportation Safety Board ? All of these things you really cant see. You know theyre there, but you dont know what they do or how well they do it.”

“Im not going to back down, though. Im pretty much going to be on him, on an island, by myself. Ive just got to hold my own.”

“Hes pretty good, ... Hes pretty big and fast, but Ive seen people stop him. Im not too scared of him.”

“Im sure they are,”

“A good teammate and a good friend. Hes been real instrumental in helping me out. Hes a real calm guy and that helps calm me down out there. He knows every position out there.”

“Its a matter of thinking about possibilities instead of probabilities.”

“All of us would be terribly frightened if we had an engine fire, or a serious mechanical problem. People know that it does happen, and it takes no imagination to know that planes do crash.”

“We expect that if we do have a start and theres any wind at all it could be catastrophic.”

“I coached Bobby in football when he was a seven. I always knew he was going to be a good athlete.”

“Yeah, he looks pretty good, ... Hes big, fast, but Ive seen people stop him. Georgia Tech did a pretty job against him [last year]. But not many people have, though.”