[Eric Bareiss]

I'm sure there a lot of people who know exactly how you feel Joe. They just aren't willing to admit it in front of everyone. The Woodie Flowers award is supposed to go to a selfless individual who mentors others. But at the same time why shouldn't you hope you win it?

FIRST mentors seem too humble to me. They stand up and receive their award and say, "Oh my, this is too much, I don't deserve this." I want to see someone stand up and yell, "YEA! it's about time!, I worked my butt off all these years and I finally got mine, HAHA!"

It's a paradox, you are giving credit to someone for doing something special. But the reason it is so special is because they aren't getting credit for it. Sometimes you just have to admit that you worked hard and you deserve it.