40 Best Top Gun Quotes From Top Gun and Top Gun Maverick

Is anyone else obsessed with Top Gun and Top Gun Maverick? They are two movies I could watch over and over again, so today I’m sharing my favorite Top Gun quotes.

Raise your hand if you got nervous when Top Gun Maverick was announced. I am raising my hand. Sometimes sequels just do not stand up to the original (I’m looking at you, Jaws) but I can confidently say that I love Top Gun Maverick just as much as I love the original Top Gun. If you’re also a fan of the two movie series, today I’m sharing the 40 best Top Gun quotes from Top Gun and Top Gun Maverick.

40 Best Top Gun Quotes From Top Gun and Top Gun Maverick

I have to be honest for a minute, the original Top Gun movie was released in 1986….and I wasn’t even born yet. But I’m thankful my parents introduced me to the classics 😉 Tom Cruise plays a Navy pilot at TOPGUN, Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor Program at Naval Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California. The program has since moved (it’s now in Nevada), but the movie remains one of the very best.

20 Top Gun Quotes From The Original Movie

“I feel the need, the need for speed.” — Maverick

“She’s lost that loving feeling.” — Maverick

“You’re everyone’s problem. That’s because every time you go up in the air, you’re unsafe. I don’t like you because you’re dangerous.” — Iceman

“Maverick, it’s not your flying, it’s your attitude. The enemy’s dangerous, but right now you’re worse. Dangerous and foolish. You may not like who’s flying with you, but whose side are you on?” — Iceman

“The defense department regrets to inform you that your sons are dead because they were stupid.” — Goose

“It’s classified. I’d tell you, but then I’d have to kill you.” — Maverick

“You two really are cowboys.” — Iceman

“Sorry, Goose, but it’s time to buzz the tower.” — Maverick

“Maverick, you just did an incredibly brave thing. What you should have done was land your plane! You don’t own that plane! The taxpayers do! Son, your ego is writing checks your body can’t cash!” — Stinger

“That’s right! Ice…man. I am dangerous.” — Maverick

“You don’t have time to think up there. If you think, you’re dead.” — Maverick

“Talk to me, Goose.” — Maverick

“Top Gun rules of engagement are written for your safety and for that of your team. They are not flexible, nor am I. Either obey them or you are history. Is that clear?” — Viper

“It’s time for the big one.” — Goose

“I can see it’s dangerous for you, but if the government trusts me, maybe you could.” — Maverick

“Remember boys, no points for second place.” — Slider

“His fitness report says it all. Flies by the seat of his pants, totally unpredictable.” — Jester

“You’re not going to be happy unless you’re going mach 2 with your hair on fire.” — Charlie

“God, he loved flying with you, Maverick. But he’d have flown anyway … without you. He’d have hated it, but he would’ve done it.” — Carole

“You can be my wingman anytime.” — Iceman

Top Gun Maverick Quotes

“He wants mach 10, let’s give him mach 10.” — Maverick

“For reasons known only to the Almighty and your guardian angel, you’ve been called back to Top Gun.” — Hammer

“Your instructor is one of the finest pilots this program has ever produced. His exploits are legendary.” — Warlock

“It’s not the plane, it’s the pilot.” — Rooster

“Trust your instincts. Don’t think. Just do.” — Maverick

“Let me be perfectly blunt. You are not my first choice. In fact, you weren’t even on the list. You are here on the request of Admiral Kazansky. Now, Iceman happens to be a man I deeply admire, and he seems to think you have something left to offer to the Navy. What that is I can’t imagine.” — Cyclone

“Everyone here is the best there is. Who the hell are they going to get to teach us?” — Phoenix

“That’s why we call him Hangman. He’ll always hang you out to dry.” — Phoenix

“I’m where I belong.” — Maverick

“Thirty plus years of service. Combat medals. Citations. Only man to shoot down three enemy planes in the last forty years. Yet, you can’t get a promotion, you won’t retire, and despite your best efforts, you refuse to die. You should be at least a two-star admiral by now. Yet, here you are, captain. Why is that?” — Hammer

“I was trying to be the father he lost. I wish I would have done it better.” — Maverick

“It’s time to let go.” — Iceman

“One last thing, who’s the better pilot, you or me?” — Iceman “It was a nice moment. Let’s not ruin it.” — Maverick

“I intend to push your limits. Show me what you’re made of.” — Maverick

“It’s not what I am, it’s who I am.” — Maverick

“Talk to me, dad.” — Rooster

“Just wave and smile.” — Maverick

“You really don’t get it. On this mission, a man flies like Maverick here, or a man does not come back.” — Hangman

“Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, this is your…savior speaking.” — Hangman

“Thank you for saving my life.” — Maverick “It’s what my dad would’ve done.” — Rooster

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