I'm tired of being forthright, gracious and magnanimous. Yeah. I'm tired of these stupid...

[the Mercury Seven walk through the space center after the response to Yuri Gagarin's space shot] John Glenn: I'm tired of being forthright, gracious and magnanimous. Gordon Cooper: Yeah. John Glenn: I'm tired of these stupid questions from the press. Gordon Cooper: mm-hmm John Glenn: I'm tired of smocks, I'm tired of engineers telling us what we can't do, I'm tired of everybody that says we are not pilots! Gordon Cooper: You tell 'em, John. John Glenn: I'm tired of monkeys. Alan Shepard: Yeah. John Glenn: And most of all, I am sick and tired of being second to those... those darn Russians! Gus Grissom: There ya go. John Glenn: Now I think it's about time we... Wally Schirra: - got someone up there! [the others voice their approval] John Glenn: Let's f-f-f... Gus Grissom: Fuckin' A, bubba. John Glenn: That's right! Exactly!

That's a secret. I'm tired of being forthright, gracious, and magnanimous. I'm tired of stupid questions from the press. I'm tired of smocks, of engineers telling us what we can't do... ...of people saying we are not pilots. I'm tired of monkeys. Most of all, I'm tired of being second to those... Those darned Russians. It's time we-- Got someone up there. Fucking A, Bubba. Exactly. Let's get this thing on the road. I'm tired of messing around. We'll just tell them we're ready. We're ready to go. In these three weeks since Gagarin's surprise flight... ...one wretched event has followed another. People have begun to say our rockets always blow up...