"The main thing is to be in space. If only I could be in space for a week, or a month, or a year!"

"I am a simple Soviet man. I was born in a simple family, and I have grown up under the Soviet government."

"I am full of joy and happiness. It's a great feeling to be in space."

"I felt very well in weightlessness, like a fish in water."

"The feeling of weightlessness was somewhat unfamiliar compared with Earth conditions. Here, you feel as if you were hanging in a horizontal position in straps. You feel as if you are suspended."