Katherine Johnson

We always worked as a team. It's never been a one-person job.

You are no better than anyone else, and nobody is better than you.

I don't have a feeling of inferiority. Never had. I'm as good as anybody, but no better.

I liked to go to work. I liked to do new things. I liked to learn new things. I liked to be challenged.

I just wanted to know. I wanted to know what was out there.

The women did what they were told to do. They didn't ask questions or take the task any further. I asked questions. I wanted to know the why. I wanted to know the how, and I wanted to know the when.

I counted everything. I counted the steps to the road, the steps to church, the number of dishes and silverware I washed... anything that could be counted, I counted.

Girls are capable of doing everything men can do. Sometimes they have more imagination than men.

Know what you're doing, and know why you're doing it.

I didn't feel my color. I was doing the work that I was hired to do and I knew I was doing it well.

You have to be assertive. You have to be aggressive. And then you have to know what you're doing.

I loved going to work every single day.

I just did my job.

There's a difference between what you can do and what you can't do. And I knew what I could do.

The numbers just told a story and I was just there to write it down.

I was just doing my job. They gave me the numbers, I ran the numbers, and they were right.

I never felt like I was a minority. I felt like I was a part of the team.

Put your best foot forward. Do your best. And if it's not good enough, then it's not good enough.

We were doing something new, and we were doing it together.

I loved to learn. I loved to ask questions. I loved to know why.