What advice would you give your twenty-year-old self, and what should they ignore?
Get on with it. But make sure you do want to do it. I think that’s the important thing, to be something that you would enjoy. If you only just go into science to get rich or to win gold medals, then I wouldn’t bother, but if you really want to enjoy yourself in the lab, then do it.
Academy of Achievement interview, 28 October 2000 source ↗