distractors: or so and
sentence: This all sounds conceited and I guess it is --  [MASK]  a surgeon needs conceit.He needs it to encourage him in trying moments when he's bothered by the  doubts  and uncertainties that are part of the practice of medicine.He has to feel that he's as good as and probably better than any other surgeon in the world.Call it conceit -- call it self-confidence; whatever it was, I had it.