I feel very strongly that SpaceX would not have be...

I feel very strongly that SpaceX would not have been able to get started, nor would we have made the progress that we have, without the help of NASA.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail.

If you're trying to create a company, it's like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.

“I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.”

“I don’t ever give up. I’d have to be dead or really incapacitated.”

I feel very strongly that ...