It was 1973, after school and kindergarten, and I was standing outside on the street corner in front of that school with my principal, Mr. Mayor.

I was looking up at the sky, and there was just one cloud alone in it.

And I asked him, I said, Mr. Mayor, is that cloud as big as the world?

After a couple of seconds, he said, yes, Matthews, it is.

Now, from that day on, for the next 12 years, I never dreamed of anything.

I just put my head down and dealt with what was in front of me.

I thought I might go to the Army, but ooh, ooh, no, not the Air Force.

No, no, no, Air Force, ooh, that's too far away to get to.

I thought I might become a sailor, but never an astronaut.

No, no, no, no, no.