You may not have any extra talent, but maybe you are just paying more attention to what you are doing.

They say any landing you can walk away from is a good one.

You have to be there not for the fame and glory and recognition and being a page in a history book, but you have to be there because you believe your talent and ability can be applied effectively to operation of the spacecraft.

If you're not confused, you're not paying attention.

Anytime you get an audience that's paying attention, you enjoy it more.

You've done it in the simulator so many times, you don't have a real sense of being excited when the flight is going on. You're excited before, but as soon as the liftoff occurs, you are busy doing what you have to do.