60 Quotes by Leroy Chiao

Of course it's exciting to be in space, exciting to look down at the Earth and perform the science experiments and maintenance work.

My parents always tried to teach us the best of both, the Chinese ethic of hard work and education and the American ethic of innovation of aspiration.

I think one of the big moments for me was the second EVA. Basically it was the last EVA of my career, my flying career, so it was poignant for me to look out in to the black, open space and bid space farewell.

We've been soaking everything up in this week of transition, ... The station looks quite a bit different from the last time I was here.

We think Mars exploration is in our future. It may be a little ways out there possibly but that's the whole essence of being human is that we'd like to explore and Mars is something we have dreamed about and set our sights on.

But it's also a lot of hard work, and it's a long time to be away from your family and friends. So I had a lot of different feelings.

My running ambition is to keep doing it until I'm way past the point where I have any business running. Just to keep doing it throughout my whole life—to stay fit and feel good.

Space is very unforgiving business

As commander I was responsible for the overall success of the mission, and so I had to know at least a little bit about everything.