I did not come to NASA to make history.

I can't remember a single time [my parents] ever told me not to do something I wanted to do.

All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.

I don't have any nicknames.

It takes a few years to prepare for a space mission.

I slept just floating in the middle of the flight deck, the upper deck of the space shuttle.

I've discovered that half the people would love to go into space and there's no need to explain it to them. The other half can't understand and I couldn't explain it to them. If someone doesn't know why, I can't explain it.