Dr. Rohrer related how he had been interested in Latin and Greek as a young student. Dr. Rohrer said in explaining his choice. Little did he know how greatly this choice would affect the rest of his life. Dr. Rohrer said that the important thing in making choices is to stick with whatever you decided, since you can never know if a choice is good. In the area of science, he had more inspiring words of wisdom.
Secrets make things interesting.
You just don't know. It turned out that he and his co-worker, Gerd Binnig, were working from a more complicated angle that was not getting them anywhere. They assumed that because no one had done it, the hardest approach was probably the right one. But they persevered, and in fact, their work did turn into something great. Well, it was a very good feeling.