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.

I'm not a genius. I just worked really, really hard, and I want our generation, our children and our future generations to realize that they can fulfill the same dreams.

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.

I'm not a politician, I'm not an economist. I'm just a simple Brian surgeon and a scientist who's trying to do my best every day.

The same skills that I used as a welder, as a migrant farm worker, are similar skills that I'm using as a brain surgeon.

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.

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.