“We live out our lives on the surgical unit. Seven days a week, fourteen hours a day. We’re together more than we’re apart. After a while, the ways of residency become the ways of life. Number one – always keep score. Number two – do whatever you can to outsmart the other guy. Number three – don’t make friends with the enemy. Oh, and yeah, number four – everything…everything is a competition. Whoever said winning wasn’t everything…never held a scalpel.”
“There’s another way to survive this competition – a way no one ever seems to tell you about, one you have to learn for yourself. Number five – it’s not about the race at all. There are no winners or losers. Victories are counted by the number of lives saved. And once in a while, if you’re smart, the life you save could be your own.”