Astronaut Quote by Anne McClain Download Open image “Rugby has surprisingly helped me a lot as an astronaut and when I'm training in the space suit.” — Anne McClain ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Astronaut Me Rugby Space Training
I was training my whole younger life to be a sportsman. Rugby was my main thing. — Nicholas Galitzine Copy Share Image
With all the traveling and promotion I've been doing for 'Murderball,' its been difficult keeping up with my rugby training. — Mark Zupan Copy Share Image
Rugby gave me a confidence. I was quite shy and relatively timid, but it gave me the confidence to be a little bit more… — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
I was a rugby player, I was a hockey player. You know, I just love to challenge myself, and I love to compete. — Jason Priestley Copy Share Image
Wherever I am in my life, it's because rugby has enabled me to do that. — Gareth Thomas Copy Share Image
I tried sports, but I ended up being a paramedic. There was to be no rugby for me. Believe me, I did try, but… — Dereck Chisora Copy Share Image
I played rugby most of my life and then I switched to snowboarding, which provided me a lot of inspiration. — Charlie Bewley Copy Share Image
When things could've gone really bad, rugby caught my interest and I really stuck with it. The sport brought me, maybe off the streets… — Daniel Cudmore Copy Share Image
I used to play rugby, which requires a lot of physical strength. The game requires you to get aggressive. — Sidharth Malhotra Copy Share Image
Playing rugby has been my whole life and for me, keeping fit was part of my job. But when I gave up my career,… — Gareth Thomas Copy Share Image
The astronaut corps is a very small part of a very large team that enables human spaceflight. — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
I first told my parents that I wanted to be an astronaut when I was 3 years old. — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
The folks at NASA really look at the world and try to envision how things can be better. — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
We go across lands, we go across water. And then the next logical step was to start flying just over a hundred years ago… — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
I joined the Army out of a deep sense of duty, but wanting to be an astronaut feels more like my destiny. — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
When something looks really risky from the outside, what people are doing on the inside - they're not professional risk takers. But they're probably… — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
My favorite thing to see that I've been surprised at is watching the moon rises and moon sets that just move so fast it's… — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
The moon landing was such a magnificent accomplishment in U.S. space history. I think that boots on the moon was just one indicator of… — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
It's not a matter of if we're going to go to Mars, it's a matter of when. — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
People are genuinely interested about what it's like to experience spaceflight and try to get some of our perspectives on it. — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
I went to school at night in L.A. to brush up on my engineering while I applied to the astronaut program. I really did… — Mae Jemison Copy Share Image
'You spin in the sky, the world spins under you, and you step from land to land, while we . . .' She turned… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
I think the astronaut job is the best job in the world. I realized when I was older and started applying for it that… — Michael J. Massimino Copy Share Image
NASA is developing space taxis to shuttle astronauts to the International Space Station. And just like New York taxis, they're all going to be… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
I stayed in the astronaut program until 1993. People ask me why I left. I thought I had a lot of things to contribute… — Mae Jemison Copy Share Image
As a former Apollo astronaut, I think it's safe to say that SpaceX and the other commercial developers embody the 21st century version of… — Rusty Schweickart Copy Share Image
My optimism and confidence come not from feeling I'm luckier than other mortals, and they sure don't come from visualizing victory. They're the result of a lifetime spent visualizing defeat and figuring out how to prevent it. Like most astronauts, I'm pretty sure that I can deal with what life throws at me because I've thought about what to do… — Chris Hadfield Copy Share
As a kid, I knew I wanted to be either a cartoonist or an astronaut. The latter was never much of a possibility, as… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
I think it's good to have competition. Now we have a third country that can launch astronauts, so it's good for all of us.… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
I was told when I grew up I could be anything I wanted: a fireman, a policeman, a doctor – even President, it seemed. And for the first time in the history of mankind, something new, called an astronaut. But like so many kids brought up on a steady diet of Westerns, I always wanted to be the avenging cowboy… — Bill Hicks Copy Share
The Earth was small, light blue, and so touchingly alone, our home that must be defended like a holy relic. The Earth was absolutely… — Alexey Leonov Copy Share Image
I wanted to become an astronaut because I believe that the exploration of space by humans is extremely important. — Shannon Walker Copy Share Image