You have to have passion for everything you do, and you've got to look at the positive side.

To hear the amount of hate that people have in the United States is disheartening. However, I still have hope that we have not reached the pinnacle.

I continue to do my job as a brain surgeon, as a researcher, and I try to make it better and better every day, not only for my patients but for their families, for my family and for the future generations of our country.

You have to have passion for everything you do, and you've got to look at the positive side.

I'm just a regular guy. I want people to realize that I embody the true American dream. I work hard. I went to school.

Doesn't matter how menial may be the job that you're doing today. If you have dreams, that will turn into something positive in the future.

The greatest gratification that I get to work with these hands is that when I come out and I go to the waiting room and speak and talk to the families of my patients, I get standing ovations and I get tears and they look at me as superhuman and superhero. No amount of money, no amount of anything can ever compare to that feeling.