What a leader Gene was.
(loosely paraphrased)
"Listen up everyone, [we are about to land on the moon,] we are about to make history. Each one of you knows your job better than anyone else on the planet. Whatever decisions you make during the next hour, I will defend for the rest of my life. Now, we arrived here today as a team, and, failure or success, we will leave here as a team. Does anyone have any objections? [no response] OK, lock the door, no one comes in or goes out until this is over. Let's get to it."