John Martinis

How big is it?

And then, you know, also maybe some of the leaders that maybe think about it, you know, can they give a good talk?

Would they be a good representative?

So Michelle and John and I have been to these symposiums before and we kind of knew, you know, what was going on, you know, that at least we were considered.

And I'll just tell you, as a scientist, just to be invited to these and be considered is a fantastic honor.

You know, and having giving the prize is just so kind of unbelievable that you shouldn't think that way.

So, you know, I've known about it for a few years.

And in fact, to be very honest, in the past, when the dates have come around, it's like, oh, is this going to happen?

And then you wake up in the morning and it's like, oh, it didn't happen.

And you're kind of down for a day.

You know, it didn't happen this year.

And that's a very bad attitude.

I don't like that at all.

And, you know, you should not covet some, you know, insanely difficult prize that, you know, only only goes to a few people.

So what happened this year is I kind of worked through this over several years.

And this year, I just kind of forgot about it.

Okay.

So I went to bed and then we got the call at three and my wife answered the phone and found out what happened.

But she didn't wake me up right away because she knew if the day was going to be hectic and I needed my sleep to not be grumpy.

That's nice of her.