I think we need more math majors who don't become mathematicians. More math major doctors, more math major high school teachers, more math major CEOs, more math major senators. But we won't get there unless we dump the stereotype that math is only worthwhile for kid geniuses.

Dividing one number by another is mere computation ; knowing what to divide by what is mathematics.

The mathematics faculty were encouraging me to shift into mathematics as my major and explaining to me that it was not almost impossible to make a good career in America as a mathematician. So I... became officially a student of mathematics. And in the end I had learned and progressed so much in mathematics that they gave me an M.S. in addition to my B.S. when I graduated.

The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences

Do not worry about your problems with mathematics, I assure you mine are far greater.

The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics