Molly Bloom Quotes

Education in my family was not merely emphasized, it was our raison d'être. Virtually all of our aunts and uncles had Ph.d. 's in science or engineering, and it was taken for granted that the next generation of Chu's were to follow the family tradition. When the dust had settled, my two brothers and four cousins collected three MDs, four Ph.d. s and a law degree. I could manage only a single advanced degree.

Nobody just leaves medical school, especially given it's fiercely competitive to get in. But I had a sister who was a doctor, another who was a pharmacist, a brother who was an engineer. So my parents already had sensible children who would be able to make an actual living, and I think they felt comfortable sacrificing their one strange child.

I promised my daughter I'd name my first restaurant after her, but now the other kids are like, 'Dad, what about us?' I'm gonna have to open four restaurants!

I performed adequately at school, but in comparison to my older brother, who set the record for the highest cumulative average for our high school, my performance was decidedly mediocre.

I think there is a lot of good in making the All-Star Team. People look at your career a little bit differently.

My dad went to USC and it always had been very important to me and my family.

My mom is the type of mom who wonders why I haven't used my psychology degree to become a successful clinical psychologist.

My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that.

I am the black sheep of my family. They are all super talented and intelligent and got proper jobs. Most of my family is in medicine, actually. They are all too clever to be doing what I do.

My parents, who were both professors at Tsinghua University, hoped that I would follow in their footsteps and become a professor.

To have five brothers be successful in sports is awesome.

I know I haven't been the greatest student, but I do intend to get my degree. Otherwise, my mother will kill me.

My dad demanded results. I wasn't expected just to be a student, I was supposed to get straight A's. My dad didn't want me just to play sports, he pushed me to win state championships in high school and national championships.

I just want to keep making my family proud.

All my kids are brilliant.

When I was finishing my PhD, I could just see people who were a bit quicker and brighter and smarter than me and I thought, 'well they are the people who are going to make the great discoveries.'

I was always around wrestling. I went to shows, but I never pictured myself where I am today. My brothers, David and Reid, were more into wrestling. When they wrestled, it was hard on my brothers because they were always compared to my dad.

I'm trying to be a franchise player one day.

I didn't want to go to any school but Duke: the best of the best.

I hope to keep being competitive until I retire, and I hope that's here. It's Barca or nothing.

In my family, graduating and getting your bachelor's is just the beginning. It's only expected. You're underachieving if you don't strive for more than that.

I am single, and my mother is worried. She wants me to get married. Now that I'm in my 30s, I can't wait for the work-load to slow down. I need to find someone who will accompany me in my professional journey.

I'm Greek-American, and I come from an immigrant-type background, and Greek-American parents want you to be a doctor or a lawyer. Because that's how you make money, and it's very respectable.

I went to a really smart school where all the kids go to the Ivy Leagues.

Everybody in my family is very well educated. I'm probably the only one who is not a double post graduate.