On your next mission you are going to break at least five records: the first to fly on all five shuttles, the most flight time on the shuttles, the most flights, the oldest astronaut to fly. Does the fact that you are accomplishing these records bring more meaning to this flight?

No, they do not. The thing that gives meaning to me is that I have had the privilege of being an astronaut for thirty years. Living and being the space program is where it is at, any records that come are simply coincidental with having given my heart and soul to the program. Space is a calling, so my thirty years are the important thing, that I have had the privilege to participate that long.