In retrospect I realized how remarkably generous he was because he could have been at MIT, Stanford, or Princeton. I hated Champaign-Urbana - I felt out of place mathematically and socially, and it was ugly, bourgeois and flat.
Sa paggunita ko na maisasakatuparan kung paano halatang-halata malaki siya dahil siya ay may been sa MIT, Stanford, o Princeton. Ko kinasusuklaman Champaign-Urbana - Nadarama ko sa labas ng lugar mathematically at panlipunan, at ito ay na nakasusuklam, burges at patag.