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What are you most proud of?

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Jennifer Doudna

Biochemist; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 2020

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Oh, hands down, I’m most proud of the people that I’ve trained and the people that have come from my work — I mean from my lab. I think that when I look at these younger people who are now working in their own right, running research laboratories, doing great work, teaching their students, making new discoveries, that’s what I’m proudest of. That legacy of science that stemmed from — originally — just me opening up my shop at Yale University back in 1994.

Academy of Achievement interview, Berkeley, California, 17 May 2019 source ↗

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Bong Joon-ho Film director and screenwriter
I wanted to create a very delicate and detailed film where you would feel like you could even smell every single character.
Recorded The Talks interview, 12 February 2020 source ↗
Stéphane Lambiel Swiss former competitive figure skater, now a coach and choreographer
Stepping onto an Olympic podium was such a unique moment, and I guess it would be one of the proudest of my career. I had dreamed about it since I was a kid.
Recorded Written Q&A in the IOC's Athlete Role Model series before Lillehammer 2016, Olympics.com (International Olympic Committee), 2016 source ↗
Cris Cyborg Brazilian mixed martial artist and boxer; world champion across four major promotions
We were training hard saying one day the opportunity is going to come and we're going to be ready to show that girls can fight. And I had the opportunity to show this - not just for me, but to give the opportunity to other women.
Recorded Paul Battison, BBC Sport interview before PFL Tampa, 21 August 2026 source ↗
Anette Sagen Norwegian former ski jumper and campaigner for women's ski jumping
What I’m most proud of in my ski jumping career is that I helped the sport to get where it is today, with the World Cup, World Championship and the Olympics.
Recorded Written Q&A in the IOC's Athlete Role Model series before Lillehammer 2016, Olympics.com (International Olympic Committee), 2016 source ↗

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Question What is something everyone in your world agrees about that you think is wrong? Values & belief
Well, I'm proud of my gender. I think, you know, and I've said this to my Berkeley colleagues this morning, but my feeling is that I think among women and girls that, you know, sometimes there's a sense that no matter what they do that their work will not be recognised the way it would be if they were a man. And I just … I hope that this prize and this recognition changes that at least a little bit, and that it's encouraging to other women who are in science, or even in other fields, to realise that, you know, their work can be honoured and that their work can have a real impact.
Recorded Adam Smith, Telephone interview recorded shortly after the prize announcement, Nobel Prize Outreach, 7 October 2020 source ↗

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