Scott Parazynski > Quotes

“Everything is possible until proven impossible, and then you just need to become more creative.”
― Scott Parazynski, The Sky Below

“Listen and learn first, then add value, whenever possible.”
― Scott Parazynski, The Sky Below

“It’s so much harder to deal with the pain your children experience than to manage your own ailment.”
― Scott Parazynski, The Sky Below

“You can’t focus on the what-ifs that aren’t in your control.”
― Scott Parazynski, The Sky Below

“Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. —Theodore Roosevelt”
― Scott Parazynski, The Sky Below

“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. —Winston Churchill”
― Scott Parazynski, The Sky Below

“Planning for multiple failures means a better chance of ultimate survival and success.”
― Scott Parazynski, The Sky Below

“I’d like to thank all the little people I stepped on to get where I am today”
― Scott Parazynski, The Sky Below

“Dreams without a plan and a purpose get left behind in the rush of daily life.”
― Scott Parazynski, The Sky Below

“The things in life that come to us the hardest mean the most. Everest has challenged me to the core and nearly broke my back the year before, but I returned, persevered, and made a round-trip to the top. Whenever I find myself down or struggling to solve a problem, my mind goes back to that triumphant moment, and I pick up the pace again.”
― Scott Parazynski, The Sky Below

“If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat. Just get on.

—Christa McAuliffe, Challenger astronaut”
― Scott Parazynski, The Sky Below

“The things in life that come to us the hardest mean the most”
― Scott Parazynski, The Sky Below

“I learn that if you can’t previsualize success, it’s much less likely to happen.”
― Scott Parazynski, The Sky Below

“diligent,”
― Scott Parazynski, The Sky Below

“Life suddenly seems tenuous, and it makes me want to really live my life full out and to maximize the value of every moment.”
― Scott Parazynski, The Sky Below

“Ten seconds before launch, I feel the vibration from the Sound Suppression Water System. Water pours from a 300,000-gallon tank through pipes and nozzles into the launch trench to protect the shuttle and launch tower from damage by shock waves and rocket exhaust.”
― Scott Parazynski, The Sky Below

“It’s in my DNA—”
― Scott Parazynski, The Sky Below

“beginning of his space career. His first mission was STS-66 (ATLAS-3), a Spacelab mission managed by my”
― Scott Parazynski, The Sky Below

“mountain”
― Scott Parazynski, The Sky Below

“Everything is possible until proven impossible, and then you just need to become more creative”
― Scott Parazynski, The Sky Below

“Pucker factor over performance, and it could have killed me. Shallow, panicked breathing and a lack of focus are a prelude to disaster.”
― Scott Parazynski, The Sky Below

“this”
― Scott Parazynski, The Sky Below

“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified. Do not be discouraged for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. None of us know what the future holds in these moments, but his calm, strong voice resonates through the room and brings us all a measure of peace.”
― Scott Parazynski, The Sky Below

“I become good at moving my body exactly as it will be moving on the track in exactly the same time it will take for the run. I later use this skill in many life challenges, from surgical procedures to scuba diving and from spacewalking to high-altitude mountaineering. I learn that if you can’t previsualize success, it’s much less likely to happen.”
― Scott Parazynski, The Sky Below

“she is due to launch on STS-86 to the Mir as Mike Foale’s replacement,”
― Scott Parazynski, The Sky Below

“Legendary astronaut Gus Grissom, Commander of the Apollo 1 mission, expressed it best. “If we die, we want people to accept it. We’re in a risky business, and we hope that if anything happens to us it will not delay the program. The conquest of space is worth the risk.”
― Scott Parazynski, The Sky Below

“I reason that breathing is more important than blunting the pain.”
― Scott Parazynski, The Sky Below

“I’m not overly disappointed to be leaving. I’m learning how to always be ready for the next adventure, and I have a feeling Greece might be a great place to learn how to scuba dive, this time the right way.”
― Scott Parazynski, The Sky Below

“If you’re not having fun, you’re not doing it right.”
― Scott Parazynski, The Sky Below

“The word I received from the trainers was that Scott was supersmart, diligent, and polite. In other words, he was not only trainable but nice.”
― Scott Parazynski, The Sky Below