Dian

“Because being the right person isn’t about being perfect; it’s about being able to handle whatever life throws at you. I”
― Mike Massimino, Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe

“Kennedy’s address announcing the Apollo program was one of the great presidential speeches of all time. He challenged us. He excited us. We reach for impossible things, he said, “not because they are easy, but because they are hard.” He”
― Mike Massimino, Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe

“If you can learn to live with indignities in life, you can go far.” And he’s right. You can learn a lot by getting knocked down, and I got knocked down over and over again. And every time I got up and kept going. I know there were students in my class who were smarter than me, but I don’t know if there was anybody who worked harder than me.”
― Mike Massimino, Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe

“It’s a planet,” I said. “It’s not what we thought it was back home. It’s not this safe cocoon, man. We’re out here spinning in all this chaos. The Earth is a planet. The Earth is a spaceship, and we’re all space travelers.”
― Mike Massimino, Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe