> I'm not particularly special; just tenacious. It's a myth that you require to be "smart" to do a Ph.D. You just require few basic skills, a good supervisor a

> I'm not particularly special; just tenacious. It's a myth that you require to be "smart" to do a Ph.D. You just require few basic skills, a good supervisor and persistence. You are good to go! Here's a quote which is another version of what you said and you will realize it's exactly the same. If this person could do it(with wide spread fame) why not you? It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer. - Albert Einstein