Towards the end of the military service, I had to make what I assume has been the most important decision in my career: to start a residency in clinical medicine, in surgery, which was my favorite choice, or to enroll into graduate school and start a career in scientific research. It was clear to me that I was heading for graduate school.
I've been really lucky over the years with my health. To me, one major surgery at 27 years old isn't so bad considering my line of work.
People said that I had liposuction surgery, but you tell me how can a man of 230 kgs lose weight only with a prick of a needle.
Do I believe in plastic surgery? Yes, if something is wrong and you can modify it. For certain people, it's right.
If someone was having some surgery that was going to put them out for three months, it's something you should consider, with a man or a woman. What is the impact of having the C.E.O. or visionary out for three months?
I've seen my mom confined to a wheelchair in the last three years of her life. Both her knees had given way, and there was no way she could undergo surgery at her age. Even though I was concerned for her, I didn't know at that time what she had to go through.
Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
Let me put it this way: I don't plan to retire. What would I do, become a brain surgeon? I mean, a brain surgeon can retire and write novels, but a novelist can't retire and do brain surgery - or at least he better not.
I tell public audiences, don't go to a podiatrist for brain surgery; don't go to an astronomer for planetary science.
I've never had plastic surgery, but if they made a new invention for making people taller, I'd be the first to have the surgery.
