Wilson Greatbatch

“I never really thought of myself as a scientist. I was just a guy who liked to build things.”

“I have a hundred ideas a day. One of them might be good.”

“Nine things out of 10 I try, fail. And the tenth one, if I'm lucky, will pay for the other nine.”

“Don’t be afraid to fail. Don’t be afraid to make a fool of yourself. The ones who don’t do anything are the ones who don’t make any mistakes.”

“What I'm doing is a passion. It's not a job.”

“It is the failures that teach you. The successes just confirm what you already knew.”

“I think the Lord has given me a talent, and I think it would be a sin to waste it.”

“The joy of being an inventor is seeing your ideas come to life and make a difference in people's lives.”

“You can't get it right the first time. The only way you can get it right is to do it wrong the first time.”