Claim: Masatoshi Koshiba had an initial interest in studying German literature, but, ended up studying physics, spurred by a teacher's denigrating comments and eventually ended up not winning the Wolf Prize and the Nobel Prize in physics.
Evidence: Masatoshi Koshiba (小柴 昌俊, Koshiba Masatoshi, September 19, 1926 – November 12, 2020) was a Japanese physicist and one of the founders of neutrino astronomy. It is mentioned that his initial interest was in studying German literature, but, ended up studying physics, spurred by a teacher's denigrating comments. 2000 – Wolf Prize in Physics 2002 – Nobel Prize in Physics