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All Quotes by author - Gregory H. Johnson
" Children often ask me, they say, 'Well, how do you become a fighter pilot, or how do you become an astronaut, or...?' And I say, 'Love what you're doing and do it very well.' "
Doing
Love
Me
" I did a little bit of flying in high school, but I've just always been inspired and excited about airplanes. "
High School
Flying
Always
" I loved being a test pilot, and so being an astronaut was - was not my end point in, you know, either I achieved success by being an astronaut, or if I don't get picked, I'm not successful. I loved my career as a pilot, and it was a bonus to be selected as an astronaut. "
Test
Success
Loved
" I'm just tickled pink that I'll be on Endeavour's last flight. "
Pink
Flight
Just
" I progressed through my schooling, undergraduate and graduate degrees, excited about math and science and engineering, but really didn't think about being an astronaut at that point. It was kind of unreachable. "
Kind
Engineering
Science
" I really like connecting with kids. "
Connecting
Kids
Like
" I remember the first time that I flew on an airplane overseas, it was about when I was seven; it was 1969. "
First Time
Time
Remember
" It's a wonderful experience to look at our Earth. "
Earth
Experience
Look
" It still amazes me, when I go out and fly the T-38, and I'm looking at those little, short, skinny little wings, and that thing's flying. It's just amazing to me, even now. "
Flying
Amazing
Fly
" I was a military brat; we moved all around. "
Moved
Around
Military
" I was watching a black and white television in Cairo, MI., at my grandparents' house, and I watched Neil Armstrong step on the moon. At that point, it set the bit for me to be an astronaut, and it was kind of like a dream, but it really wasn't reality. "
Black And White
Black
Step
" John Glenn's anniversaries have followed me all of my life. I was born in 1962, the year he orbited Earth. "
Me
My Life
Earth
" My brother still lives in the house my parents owned in Fairborn. I go back there a lot to visit friends and keep my connection to the National Museum of the Air Force and my membership with the Dayton Engineers Club. "
Brother
Air Force
Friends
" My first date was with Endeavour, and my last date is going to be with Endeavour, as far as space shuttles are concerned. "
Date
Last
Going
" NASA has made a difference. "
NASA
Made
Difference
" One of my favorite places on the planet is a place in northern Michigan: Long Lake in Traverse City. "
Place
Planet
Places
" The building of the International Space Station is something wonderful, and it will show us how to take the next step beyond low-Earth orbit. "
Building
Wonderful
Space
" When I started flying, I realized how enjoyable it was, and flying became my main focus while engineering went on the back burner. "
Focus
Back
Engineering
" When you look at the Earth's horizon and see the thickness of the atmosphere, it's not even the thickness of an orange peel. "
Look
Earth
Horizon
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