It's fun to work the robotic arm in part because it's really a team effort.

I tell students that the opportunities I had were a result of having a good educational background. Education is what allows you to stand out.

Don't be afraid to reach for the stars

What everyone in the astronaut corps shares in common is not gender or ethnic background, but motivation, perseverance, and desire - the desire to participate in a voyage of discovery.

Education is what allows you to stand out

Astronauts are very professional and when they're preparing for launch, they prepare for it as the most serious endeavor of our lives.

I feel very privileged. But what I really hope for young people is that they find a career they’re passionate about, something that’s challenging and worthwhile.

We are involved in technology development for, you know, missions that we hope to plan that would take us to an asteroid and eventually to Mars.

That's what we want to do here at Johnson Space Center. I think what we have always brought to NASA and brought to the country is trying to push the boundaries, trying to go to the next level.

I realized how important it was to know something about aviation, and it was something I was interested in, so I followed my brother's footsteps and obtained my pilot's license.

I'll tell you, being involved in human space flight, it is an emotional endeavor. I think it brings in the highest highs and the lowest lows.

Ends are for yesterday, not tomorrows.

We should totally rely on God, then our success will always be stable and nothing would be able to shake it

There is no insistence where there is pure love. Insistence is infatuation (deep attachment).

It is so easy to judge those around us and decide their value without knowing who they really are or what they truly represent.

A little goes a long way in Somalia: $5 will feed a person there for about two weeks.

One of the greatest pleasures I get from my measly professional career is confusing people.

I just meant as far as coming to the games on time; it was just like I was under the microscope, every little thing, it was like they were looking for me to come in here with my shoes untied.

Even though it runs counter to popular belief, Life's critical decisions are usually made in the heart and only later ratified by the brain.

Republican democracy is overperfect and demands political virtues and talents far superior to our own.

I haven't met everyone from all different cultures, but I do know Aussies are very tough.