Denying or deflecting a compliment is rude. Accept it with thanks， even if you believe it is not deserved.

Can I jump over two or three guys like I used to? No. Am I as fast as I used to be? No, but I still have the fundamentals and smarts. That’s what enables me to still be a dominant player. As a kid growing up, I never skipped steps. I always worked on fundamentals because I know athleticism is fleeting.

外交是一门没有永久朋友，只有永久利益的学科。

我不怕辛苦，最怕的是没机会。

抽象的力量在于它允许我们在更高的层次上推理系统，而不会被细节所困扰。

Science is not a game for one person.

We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank white spaces at the edges of print. It gave us more freedom. We lived in the gaps between the stories.