32 Quotes by Jonny Kim

I know certainly that my parents sacrificed a lot to come to America, and to... start a new life for their family and their future families. At least with first-generation Asian-American immigrants, parents put so much risk in work and to provide the best for their children.

If there was a time machine and I could tell my younger self what I'd be doing in 2020, there's no way I'd believe it.

All things that are worthwhile are very difficult to obtain.

My parents were South Korean immigrants who came to America in the early 80s for the hope of a better life for their children.

The SEALs were very good in teaching me hard skills - that means resilience, pushing past your mental and physical boundaries; and having an enormously high threshold for pain.

My kids, I love it when they tell me, 'Abba, I want to be an artist.' And I say, that is awesome... I just want you to be happy and to follow your heart.

I was pretty much nonexistent on the Internet before NASA, and that was really because I've been inspired by amazing sacrifices of people who did amazing things - jumping on grenades or sacrificing their lives or doing the most crazy, brave things without hesitation and never, ever seeking recognition for it. That was always very powerful for me.

I live in Boston so I'm used to small spaces.

Never in a million years would I have thought I could have been an astronaut candidate.