If there was a time machine and I could tell my younger self what I'd be doing in 2020, there's no way… — Jonny Kim Believe Copy Share Image
My only expectation, which I tell my kids very, very often, is that they follow their heart. — Jonny Kim Expectation Copy Share Image
For me... after having some intense wartime experiences where I lost a lot of good friends that I've loved, I made a… — Jonny Kim Better place Copy Share Image
You're going to learn a lot every time you fail. So embrace that. — Jonny Kim Education Copy Share Image
I didn't have the confidence from my childhood, but dreams are possible and all good things in life are hard to get,… — Jonny Kim Children Copy Share Image
My father was the classic epitome of a very hard immigrant-worker. He made up for his lack of education by working really… — Jonny Kim Education Copy Share Image
Going into the Navy was the best decision I ever made in my life because it completely transformed that scared boy who… — Jonny Kim Believe Copy Share Image
I was good at school but I thought I sucked at everything else. I was socially scared of making relationships. High school… — Jonny Kim Failure Copy Share Image
Don't let that hunger for the unknown go away. That curiosity is so important, so you should maintain that passion for what… — Jonny Kim Curiosity Copy Share Image
My parents were South Korean immigrants who came to America in the early 80s for the hope of a better life for… — Jonny Kim America Copy Share Image
Once someone is no longer a threat, you look at them like anybody else. — Jonny Kim Like Copy Share Image
I know certainly that my parents sacrificed a lot to come to America, and to... start a new life for their family… — Jonny Kim Best Copy Share Image
Ego is probably one of the biggest poisons we can have - it's toxic to any environment. — Jonny Kim Any Copy Share Image
I never want my children to ever feel like they need to be a SEAL, or that they need to go into… — Jonny Kim Children Copy Share Image
My kids, I love it when they tell me, 'Abba, I want to be an artist.' And I say, that is awesome...… — Jonny Kim Art Copy Share Image
A lot of those soft skills - working with groups of people who I've never met before to accomplish a mission, adapting… — Jonny Kim Accomplish Copy Share Image
I was a really low-confident kid. I did have friends from playing sports - I played water polo and I swam. But… — Jonny Kim Friendship Copy Share Image
I fundamentally believed in the NASA mission of advancing our space frontier, all the while developing innovations and new technologies that would… — Jonny Kim Developing Copy Share Image
I was pretty much nonexistent on the Internet before NASA, and that was really because I've been inspired by amazing sacrifices of… — Jonny Kim Amazing Copy Share Image
The SEALs were very good in teaching me hard skills - that means resilience, pushing past your mental and physical boundaries; and… — Jonny Kim Good Copy Share Image
Controlled aggression, to me, is one of the most important traits to have. To have that social intelligence to know when to… — Jonny Kim Calm Copy Share Image
Never in a million years would I have thought I could have been an astronaut candidate. — Jonny Kim Astronaut Copy Share Image
Success to me means serving a calling higher than yourself that improves the lives of everyone and is done completely in the… — Jonny Kim Done Copy Share Image