I never really worried about those hurdles. They were just standing there, and I was always zooming past them just to get back on the ground again.

When your timing is off, so is your stride. When your cadence is off, you're in deep trouble as a hurdler.

I used to get so comfortable running the hurdles, I was just like a ballet dancer going out there and going through the routines.

A good hurdler has to be completely familiar with everything that goes on so if something happens he can automatically make an adjustment.

The problem with a life spent reading is you know too much.

The only way to prove his willingness to wait would be to wait.

Once or twice I've been described as a light comedian. I consider this the most accurate description of my abilities I've ever seen.

Today, you're 50. Now we can round your age up to 100! Happy 50th birthday!

To answer that question honestly, I'd have to lie to you.

In a lot of areas of my life, particularly in my teenage years, I began to think about the world, and to think about the universe as being a part of my conscious everyday life.

Affection can no more spoil a child than the sun could be put out by a bucket of gasoline.

I didn't know a lot about Amelia before I started flying. And as a woman and a pilot, I should have known more.

True greatness is when your name is like ampere, watt, and fourier-when it's spelled with a lower case letter.

I know that if things hadn't gone the way they did then I wouldn't be where I am now.