Jester Quotes in Top Gun (1986)

Jester: That was some of the best flying I've seen to date - right up to the part where you got killed.

Viper: [discussing Maverick] Let me ask you something. If you had to go into battle, would you want him with you?

Jester: I don't know, I just don't know

Viper: Maverick, I flew with his old man. Tell me one thing, if you had to go into battle would you want him with you?

Jester: I don't know, I just don't know.

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

Viper: He got you, didn't he?

Jester: [pauses] Yeah, he got me.

Jester: Maverick, you and Goose get your butts outta that flight gear and up to Viper's office now.

Slider: Remember, boys, no points for second place.

Goose: You're a lot brighter than you look.

Slider: Oh, you shut up.

[Jester and Viper watch a frustrated Maverick walk off after having a falling out with Sundown]

Jester: He can't get back in the saddle, won't engage.

Viper: It's only been a few days.

Jester: You know, he just might not make it back.

Viper: Keep sending him up.