It's No Secret That I've Been Reluctant

I Slept Just Floating In The Middle Of The Flight Deck, The Upper Deck Of The Space Shuttle.

I Did Not Come To Nasa To Make History.

I Never Went Into Physics Or The Astronaut Corps To Become A Role Model. But After My First Flight, It Became Clear To Me That I Was One. And I Began To Understand The Importance Of That To People. Young Girls Need To See Role Models In Whatever Careers They May Choose, Just So They Can Picture Themselves Doing Those Jobs Someday. You Can't Be What You Can't See.

The Astronauts Who Came In With Me In My Astronaut Class - My Class Had 29 Men And 6 Women - Those Men Were All Very Used To Working With Women.

One Thing I Probably Share With Everyone Else In The Astronaut Office Is Composure.