Star Trek: Voyager1995

[Paris has been denied the transwarp flight on medical grounds]

Tom Paris:
When I was a boy, my father used to tell me that I was special. That one day I'd do something significant. My teachers at school, all the kids, everyone used to say, "Tom Paris is gonna do something important when he grows up". Obviously that didn't happen.

Captain Kathryn Janeway:
This isn't about personal redemption. We're talking about medical risk. Your life could be in danger, and we need you.

Tom Paris:
Captain, this is the first time in ten years I feel I *have* a life to risk.