Education

• Michigan Technological University

Favorite saying

• "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us -Ralph Waldo Emerson Whether you believe you can or believe you can't, you're probably right -Henry Ford Every day is a good day when you run -Kevin Nelson Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars. -Les Brown It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great! -Tom Hanks in A League of Their Own Run when you can, walk when you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up -Dean Karnazes, ultra-marathoner and author Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions; small people always do that –– but the really great make you feel that you, too, are great -Mark Twain Racing teaches us to challenge ourselves. It teaches us to push beyond where we thought we could go. It helps us to find out what we are made of. This is what we do. This is what it's all about. -PattiSue Plumer, U.S. Olympian Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it -Oprah Winfrey A great love is a lot like a good memory. When it's there, and you know its there, but it's just out of your reach, it can be all that you think about. And you can focus on it and try to force it, but the more you do, the more you seem to push it away. But if you're patient and you hold still, well maybe, just maybe, it'll come to you...And I mean hell, if you had to live the rest of your life in a memory, you might as well make it a good one. -Leonard Church, RvB Season 6 Finale They say that everyone is born a hero, but, if you let it, life will push you over the line until you're the villain. The problem is you don't always know when you've crossed that line. -Jessica Jones I walked over to the hill where we used to go and sled. There were a lot of little kids there. I watched them flying. Doing jumps and having races. And I thought that all those little kids are going to grow up someday. And all of those little kids are going to do the things that we do. And they will all kiss someone someday. But for now, sledding is enough. I think it would be great if sledding were always enough, but it isn't. -Charlie, The Perks of Being a Wallflower O stand, stand at the window As the tears scald and start; You shall love your crooked neighbour With your crooked heart. -W.H. Auden Sure. Everyone dies alone. But if you mean something to someone, if you help someone, or love someone. If even a single person remembers you. Then maybe, you never really die at all. -The Machine, Person of Intrest"