Get a scalpel, and practice just, say, cutting a piece of meat or something like that. You sort of learn how you want to hold your fingers, and that sort of thing, and try to become graceful when you operate. — Denton Cooley Copy Share Image
I think confidence is something you build gradually, with experience. I've always felt that maybe one of the reasons that I did well as… — Denton Cooley Copy Share Image
Of the many 'firsts' with which I have been involved at the Texas Heart Institute —including the first successful human heart transplant in the… — Denton Cooley Copy Share Image
Get a scalpel, and practice just, say, cutting a piece of meat or something like that. You sort of learn how you want to… — Denton Cooley Copy Share Image
I've always thought that my exposure to competitive sports helped me a great deal in the operating room. It teaches you endurance, and it… — Denton Cooley Copy Share Image
The spirit of Texas seems to pervade our everyday existence. Our desire is to be superlative, not only the largest, but also the best… — Denton Cooley Copy Share Image
The man who inspired me most, I think, was Dr. Alfred Blalock, who was professor of surgery at Johns Hopkins. He was a rather… — Denton Cooley Copy Share Image
I've always felt that maybe one of the reasons that I did well as a student and made such good grades was because I… — Denton Cooley Copy Share Image
[The heart is] really a fascinating organ. It's about the only organ in the body that you can really witness its function. Doing things.… — Denton Cooley Copy Share Image
So much goes into doing a transplant operation. All the way from preparing the patient, to procuring the donor. It's like being an astronaut.… — Denton Cooley Copy Share Image
I've always felt that I did well as a student because I lacked confidence. — Denton Cooley Copy Share Image
I still take failure very seriously, but I've found that the only way I could overcome the feeling is to keep on working, and… — Denton Cooley Copy Share Image
A successful surgeon should be a man who, when asked to name the three best surgeons in the world, would have difficulty deciding on… — Denton Cooley Copy Share Image
I've always felt that maybe one of the reasons that I did well as a student and made such good grades was because I… — Denton Cooley Copy Share Image
![“[The heart is] really a fascinating organ. It's about the only organ in the body that you can really witness its function. Doing things. And so on. Some of the other organs you can witness, like the intestines, will have this sort of peristaltic motion. But nothing that can compare with the…” quote by Denton Cooley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f48/denton-cooley-33225_activity_the-heart-is-really-a-fascinating-organ_1120230.jpg)
