Ochoa Quotes

#1. Among the great names that adorn the roll of Nobel prize-winners in Medicine is that of Otto Meyerhof, my admired teacher and friend, to whose inspiration, guidance and encouragement I owe so very much.

Severo Ochoa

#2. What everyone in the astronaut corps shares in common is not gender or ethnic background, but motivation, perseverance, and desire - the desire to participate in a voyage of discovery.

Ellen Ochoa

#3. Being an astronaut is a wonderful career. I feel very privileged. But what I really hope for young people is that they find a career they're passionate about, something that's challenging and worthwhile.

Ellen Ochoa

#4. I hit a lot of bad shots, but you just need to laugh about them, be able to have a smile on your face, and just keep moving.

Lorena Ochoa

#5. Mexico is always cheering for me, always showing great support.

Lorena Ochoa

#6. I was always drawn to teachers who made class interesting. In high school, I enjoyed my American and English literature classes because my teachers, Jeanne Dorsey and Dani Barton, created an environment where interaction was important.

Ellen Ochoa

#7. That's what we want to do here at Johnson Space Center. I think what we have always brought to NASA and brought to the country is trying to push the boundaries, trying to go to the next level.

Ellen Ochoa

#8. A hallmark of the Latino community is to help one another, if students are interested in a way to give back and help their communities, becoming a teacher is probably one of the very best ways of doing that.

Ellen Ochoa

#9. I realized how important it was to know something about aviation, and it was something I was interested in, so I followed my brother's footsteps and obtained my pilot's license.

Ellen Ochoa

#10. When you consider time and change, you realize that a people does not originate when individuals merge into a bigger thing. Instead, a people arises when many actions and movements combine into novel patterns of change. For a people is always in the making or unmaking.

Paulina Ochoa Espejo

#11. Astronauts are very professional and when they're preparing for launch, they prepare for it as the most serious endeavor of our lives.

Ellen Ochoa

#12. Well, with so many space shuttle missions that we've done, I think it's just sort of natural that each one hasn't necessarily gotten the attention that the early ones did.

Ellen Ochoa

#13. I'll always be thankful for what I have right now. I feel that it's been a blessing. But I know my time will come. It's just the way life is.

Lorena Ochoa

#14. I tell students that the opportunities I had were a result of having a good educational background. Education is what allows you to stand out.

Ellen Ochoa

#15. Usually, girls weren't encouraged to go to college and major in math and science. My high school calculus teacher, Ms. Paz Jensen, made math appealing and motivated me to continue studying it in college.

Ellen Ochoa

#16. That's my goal-more public courses in Mexico. I want to make sure little kids in Mexico can play golf.

Lorena Ochoa

#17. We are involved in technology development for, you know, missions that we hope to plan that would take us to an asteroid and eventually to Mars.

Ellen Ochoa

#18. I want to win every single tournament because I know I can do it.

Lorena Ochoa

#19. I don't recall any interest in science in particular. It came later in college.

Ellen Ochoa

#20. I always want to take everybody down! But I think you can do it with a smile on your face and be nice and talking to them. You don't have to be mean or rude.

Lorena Ochoa

#21. Being a native of Spain, the country to which I owe much of my education and cultural background, I was deeply influenced by my great predecessor Santiago Ramon y Cajal.

Severo Ochoa

#22. It's fun to work the robotic arm in part because it's really a team effort.

Ellen Ochoa

#23. I treated as few patients as I could as a medical student, and I never practiced medicine.

Severo Ochoa

#24. I'm just trying to enjoy my moment, and I would like to enjoy it for a long time.

Lorena Ochoa

#25. It is of great importance to me to be an example for young people of my country.

Lorena Ochoa

#26. I'll tell you, being involved in human space flight, it is an emotional endeavor. I think it brings in the highest highs and the lowest lows.

Ellen Ochoa

#27. I don't know of any issues associated with alcohol before flight.

Ellen Ochoa

#28. I really hope that what we are doing inspires young Mexican girls not to be afraid to get involved in sports.

Lorena Ochoa

#29. Don't be afraid to reach for the stars

Ellen Ochoa

#30. There was a lot of light and a lot of rumbling and vibration, especially the first minute or minute-and-a-half. And then after about two minutes, when the solid rocket boosters separated, the ride got a lot smoother.

Ellen Ochoa

#31. We are constantly emphasizing to people that they need to address anything that affects flight safety or mission success - many pathways to do that. We need to understand better what may be preventing people from using those pathways.

Ellen Ochoa

#32. I still have room to improve ... there are things I could do better.

Lorena Ochoa

#33. The nucleic acids have considerable biological importance because of their role in cell growth and in the transmission of hereditary characters.

Severo Ochoa

#34. I play for me and I play to win, but it gives me great pleasure to represent Mexico.

Lorena Ochoa

#35. The review committee has left it to NASA to determine the scope of these alleged incidents.

Ellen Ochoa

#36. I work hard. I like to practice. I like to win. I want to be the best.

Lorena Ochoa

#37. I think of it as a good opportunity to let, in particular, school kids know that this job and other interesting jobs in science and engineering are open to anyone who works hard in school and gets a good education and studies math and science. And that it's not just for a select group of people.

Ellen Ochoa