United States Navy vice admiral; prisoner of war in North Vietnam and Medal of Honor recipient
Never betraying a friend in prison.
Academy of Achievement interview, San Diego, California, 28 July 2001 source ↗
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United States Navy vice admiral; prisoner of war in North Vietnam and Medal of Honor recipient
Never betraying a friend in prison.
Academy of Achievement interview, San Diego, California, 28 July 2001 source ↗
I’m very happy and I’m very proud, because to be in the line which contains so many really great writers and poets gives me power to use my original language, the Hungarian language. I am really very proud and very happy to use this little language.
If it’s one thing, obviously it had to have been being selected to make the first manned space flight for the United States. That was competition at its best, not because of the fame or the recognition that went with it, but because of the fact that America’s best test pilots went through this selection process, down to seven guys, and of those seven, I was the first one to go. That always will be the most satisfying thing for me.
I am the only person who has four golds and one bronze in the Olympic Winter Games in Korea. The record will be broken by someone someday, but I think, I've done what I loved and had a pretty good and successful life as an athlete.
I have never really studied them very much. I think that I was proud of — not just what I did — but my staff played obviously a major part, did in popularizing the sport, with the early promotional activities of NFL Properties, merchandising, NFL Films, all the work that we put on the Super Bowl to make that a top attraction. All those things, I feel very good about, but I think they played a big part in popularizing the league.
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