They gave you your choice of duty son, anything, anywhere. Do you believe that shit? Where do you think you wanna go?
I thought of being an instructor, sir.
God help us. [starts chuckling]
Maverick
Tom Cruise · 34 quotes
Goose
Anthony Edwards · 19 quotes
Iceman
Val Kilmer · 9 quotes
Viper
Tom Skerritt · 9 quotes
Charlie
Kelly McGillis · 8 quotes
Slider
Rick Rossovich · 5 quotes
Stinger
James Tolkan · 5 quotes
Jester
Michael Ironside · 4 quotes
Hollywood
Whip Hubley · 3 quotes
Merlin
Tim Robbins · 3 quotes
Wolfman
Barry Tubb · 3 quotes
Most scenes together: Maverick & Goose (11), Maverick & Charlie (7), Maverick & Iceman (6)
Top Gun quotes
Page 3 of 4Good morning, gentlemen, the temperature is 110 degrees.
Holy shit, it's Viper!
Viper's up here, great...oh shit...
Great, he's probably saying, "Holy shit, it's Maverick and Goose."
Yeah, I'm sure he's saying that.
[Discussing Maverick]
Let me ask you something, if you had to go into battle, would you want him with you?
I don't know. I just don't know.
Don't tease me.
[At the preflight briefing, Charlie talks about what is currently known about the MiG-28]
We will be dealing with F-5s and A-4s as our MiG simulators. Now then, as most of you know, the F-5 doesn’t have the thrust to weight ratio that the MiG-28 has and it doesn’t bleed energy below 300 knots like the MiG-28. However the MiG-28 does have a problem with its inverted flight tank, it won’t do a Negative G push-over. The latest intelligence tells us that the most it will do is 1 Negative- [notices Goose and Maverick are whispering to each other] [to Maverick] Excuse me, Lieutenant. Is there something wrong?
Yes ma’am, the data on the MiG is inaccurate.
How’s that, Lieutenant?
Well I just happened to see a MiG-28—
We!
Sorry, Goose. We happened to see a MiG-28 do a 4G Negative dive.
Where did you see this?
That’s classified.
It’s classified. I could tell you but then I’d have to kill you.
Lieutenant, I have Top Secret clearance. The Pentagon sees to it that I know more than you.
Well ma’am, it doesn’t seem so in this case, now does it?
So, Lieutenant, where exactly were you?
Well, [glances to Goose] we..
Started up on his 6 when he pulled through the clouds then I moved in above him.
Well if you were directly above him, how could you see him?
Because I was inverted.
You were in a 4G inverted dive with a MiG-28?
Yes, ma’am.
At what range?
Um [turns to Goose] about 2 metres?
Well it’s actually about 1 1/2, I think. I’ve got a great Polaroid of it, he’s right there. Must be 1 1/2.
Uh, Lieutenant, what were you doing there?
Communicating.
Communicating. Keeping up foreign relations. I was, you know, giving him the bird.
Yes, I know the finger, Goose.
I’m sorry, I hate it when it does that. [Embarrassed] Excuse me.
Yes, ma'am.
[At Viper's house, Viper and Maverick take a stroll]
I flew with your old man. VF-51, the Oriskany. You're a lot like he was. Only better... and worse. He was a natural heroic son of a bitch that one.
So he DID do it right.
Yeah, he did right. Is that why you fly the way you do? Trying to prove something? Yeah your old man did it right. What I'm about to tell you is classified and it could end my career. We were in the worst dogfight I could've dreamed of. There were bogeys like fireflies all over the sky. His F-4 was hit; he was wounded, but he could've made it back. He stayed in it; saved three planes before he bought it.
How come I never heard that before?
Well that's not something the State Department tells its dependants when the battle occurred over the wrong line on some map.
So you were there?
I was there. What's on your mind?
My options, Sir.
Simple. First you've acquired enough points to show up and graduate with your Top Gun class, or you can quit. There'll be no disgrace. That spin was hell; it would've shook me up.
So you think I should quit?
I didn't say that. The simple fact is you feel responsible for Goose and you have a confidence problem. Now I'm not gonna sit here and blow sunshine up your ass, Lieutenant. A good pilot is compelled to always evaluate what's happened, so he can apply what he's learned. Up there, we gotta push it...that's our job. It's your option Lieutenant. All yours.
Sorry to bother you on a Sunday, Sir, but thank you very much for your time.
No problem. Good luck.
I'm all right.
Goose is dead.
I know.
You fly jets long enough, something like this happens.
He was my RIO, my responsibility.
My squadron in Vietnam lost eight of 18 aircraft. Ten men. First one dies you die too, but there will be others. You can count on that. You gotta let him go. You gotta let him go.
[At the carrier, in the midst of the MiG battle, Stinger asks the status of the reinforcement planes]
What about Wilder and Simpkin?
Officer
Both catapults are broken sir, we cannot launch any aircraft yet.
How long?
Officer
It'll take ten minutes.
Bullshit ten minutes! This thing will be over in TWO minutes, get on it!
[Charlie has just given Maverick her address while pretending to turn down his date offer]
Crashed and burned! Huh, Mav?
Hey, Slider. [sniffs] You stink!
[Slider sniffs his armpit, while Sundown laughs]
Come on lock up baby. Lock up baby. Lock up. I got him locked!
Come on, Mav, do some of that pilot shit!
Gentlemen. You are the top one percent of all Naval aviators. The elite. Best of the best. We'll make you better.
I think I'll go embarrass myself with Goose
I'll hit the brakes, he'll fly right by.
Lieutenant Mitchell, 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're history, is that clear?