It just hit me like a ton of bricks because I had a big mountain fall in the '70s and they said I wouldn't live. It really, really affected me and I said, 'I've just got to go there and meet the family.

It hit me like a ton of bricks,

Fame hit me like a ton of bricks.

It hit me like a ton of bricks. I had no idea,

It hit me like a ton of bricks that I needed to be there. There are fascinating advancements occurring in the biotech and genomics fields. We'll have to learn what's going on or we'll be sitting on the sidelines and be left out of touch.

It felt like I was playing with a ton of bricks on my chest.