Good Quote by Gus Grissom

I have had the privilege to be a member of many high-performance teams at NASA, both on and off the planet.

— John M. Grunsfeld

I think just coming out of nationals with first place, where I had eight strong events, boosted my confidence and helped me prepare for…

— Jordyn Wieber

“That's how a team works. You help the people around you, and everybody's better off for it. The crazy thing is that most of…

— Mike Massimino

I think me making the Select Team was huge. It was the chance for me to be around those guys and see their work…

— Paul George

NASA didn't give a crap what gender you were or what race you were. If you could do the math, you were valuable.

— Theodore Melfi

I got a hold of NASA, four times, I said, 'I want to become an astronaut.' But nobody would take me. I didn't think…

— Wally Funk

Two months after I got out of test pilot school, I saw an advert that said NASA was recruiting more astronauts. The best job…

— Charles Duke

The odds of becoming a NASA astronaut - you have a better chance of getting hit by lightning.

— Jared Isaacman

Then there was the challenge to keep doing better and better, to fly the best test flight that anybody had ever flown. That led…

— Alan Shepard

Joining NASA was very exciting, but it was the hardest decision I have had to make in my life.

— Kathleen Rubins

I wouldn't swap the era I competed in for anything, not a day of it. I started out as an amateur, and people like…

— Daley Thompson

Competing for Wales in the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne 2006 at the age of 16 was daunting for me. It was my first major…

— Jazmin Carlin