The thing that I have done throughout my life is to do the best job that I can and to be me.

I always knew I'd go to space.

I wanted to be a professional dancer for a period of time, and I did a lot of dancing and choreography and got paid for it.

You have the right to be involved. You have something important to contribute, and you have to take the risk to contribute it.

We look at science as something very elite, which only a few people can learn. That's just not true. You just have to start early and give kids a foundation. Kids live up, or down, to expectations.

The thing that I have done throughout my life is to do the best job that I can and to be me.

My parents were comfortable with me exploring areas that they were not proficient in. Some parents just aren't comfortable with that.