Don`t Let Life Randomly Kick You Into

When You Have Some Skills But Don't Fully Understand Your Environment, There Is No Way You Can Be A Plus One. At Best, You Can Be A Zero. But A Zero Isn't A Bad Thing To Be. You're Competent Enough Not To Create Problems Or Make More Work For Everyone Else. And You Have To Be Competent, And Prove To Others That You Are, Before You Can Be Extraordinary. There Are No Short-cuts, Unfortunately.

I've Had A Chance To Fly A Lot Of Different Airplanes, But It Was Nothing Like The Shuttle Ride.

Doing A Space Walk. It Is One Of The Most Rare Human Experiences. To Leave Your Spaceship And Go Outside, So That You Are Alone In The Universe With Earth Distant And The Universe Around You. That Is Amazing.

Competence Means Keeping Your Head In A Crisis, Sticking With A Task Even When It Seems Hopeless, And Improvising Good Solutions To Tough Problems When Every Second Counts. It Encompasses Ingenuity, Determination And Being Prepared For Anything.

I Wasn’t Destined To Be An Astronaut. I Had To Turn Myself Into One.