Chu says that if he had thought about making money, it would have distracted him from his research and he would never have made the discovery he did.
抉擇的時候，他選擇了淡泊和寧靜。朱經武表示，假如想賺錢，研究勢必分心，也就不會有今天的發現。朱經武的穿著簡單，多半襯衫、牛仔褲打發，他「擁有」兩雙鞋，其中之一是運動鞋，因此每次到外地都得拎著一雙皮鞋，以備正式場合穿著。