Respect is about how to treat everyone, not just those you want to impress.

They say a dying man relives his life in his final seconds. For me, this was not true. All I  thought was that, if I escaped with my life, I would never do this again. We fought hard all night to keep the balloon up. By dawn we were over the desert, where we could come down safely.

As we drifted to earth I sat up on the glass roof of the capsule, watching the beauty of the golden dawn as it broke over the desert. This was a day I never thought I'd see and the rising sun and growing warmth of the day seemed very precious. It made me aware that hard-won things are more valuable than those that come too easily. It reminded me to always enjoy the moment.