It wasn't that Harvard was deliberately trying to overwork me, but I think I had a tendency to take on more things out of enthusiasm than were good for me.

I have a strong attachment to Harvard.

There are some things that we value as a public good that the markets can't deliver, like clean air.

I think I have met nearly all the Laureates in Economics. Among the few I haven't met, I suppose I'd most like to meet Ronald Coase because of his legendary power to persuade his colleagues of the validity of the Coase Theorem.

I think being an athlete prepares you for more things than people give us credit for.

I'm more a fan of my fans than I think they are of me!