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I wasn't that good at science, and I gave up on math long before I should have. I like to think if I were in school today that would be different.

I was never strong at maths, but I eventually got onto a university physics/astronomy course, and that led on to my Ph.D. and eventual employment.

I wanted to be a scientist. But I had no math skills.

I stayed away from mathematics not so much because I knew it would be hard work as because of the amount of time I knew it would take, hours spent in a field where I was not a natural.

I was good at math, math was my thing - but I was not nearly good enough to be an astrophysicist. I was way outta my league. I realized this very quickly.

I spent 10 years working on a math Ph.D., and I finally got kind of good at it.

I did grow up with a really big interest in math and science; I liked it.

By seventh grade, I was committed to mathematics.

My interests started about in science and in mathematics; I always thought I was going to be a mathematician.