The secret of improved plant breeding, apart from scientific knowledge, is love.
I’ve played with a broken hand, a sprained ankle, a torn shoulder, a fractured tooth, a severed lip, and a knee the size of a softball. I don’t miss games because of a toe injury that everybody knows wasn’t that serious in the first place.
To do mathematics is to engage in a dialogue with the universe, seeking answers to questions we may not even know how to ask yet.