What are you most proud of?

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Recorded Kei May Lau said elsewhere, not written here
I am most proud of the legacy of my students and postdocs. The real triumph, for me, is witnessing the transformation of the individuals who have passed through my lab. They arrive with potential and leave making substantial impacts. Seeing them flourish professionally and contribute meaningfully to our field is, without a doubt, my greatest accomplishment.

Written Q&A in the journal's Light People series, Light: Science & Applications, 11 March 2024 source ↗

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Andre Geim Condensed matter physicist; Nobel laureate in Physics, 2010
OK, but speaking seriously, I’m actually quite proud of my IgNobel Prize – not because of IgNobel Prize – it’s a more subtle association. Essentially, yeah, IgNobel Prize is given for something which forces people to smile. ... with IgNobel Prize they ask you a few weeks in advance whether you are ready to accept this prize or not. So we considered hard and, at the end, we had courage to accept this IgNobel Prize, yeah. So, I’m proud that I had enough courage to do that and I do not regret accepting it.
Recorded Adam Smith, Telephone interview following the announcement of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics, The Nobel Prize, 5 October 2010 source ↗
Bob Woodward Investigative reporter and author; associate editor of The Washington Post
I don’t know whether I feel pride. I think pride is hubris. I think it is an emotion that if you bask in it, it’s like hate; it will destroy you. So I don’t make those kinds of assessments. I like what I do. I am repeatedly struck by how I have missed part of the story, always.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, Washington D.C., 1 May 2003 source ↗
Johnny Cash Singer and songwriter
I’m most proud that, after all I’ve been through, God has let me be alive and well today, and still with June Carter.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, Glacier Park, Montana, 25 June 1993 source ↗
Ron Dennis Motor racing team principal; head of McLaren from 1981 to 2016
Keeping my children’s feet on the ground. It’s challenging as you become wealthier and wealthier in life, and you see how money very often — third or fourth generation — destroys people. Their inability to appreciate it, understand it, not abuse it. I think I’ve equipped my children well.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, London, England, 19 October 2017 source ↗

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