Chief Delphi - Spotlight List

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Spotlight List

Post	Quote	Username	Added By
	“Chasing perfection is like trying to find a unicorn. If you go all around the world, you will not find a unicorn. However, you will find a whole freak load of stuff along the way.” - Karthik	Jacob Bendicksen	MisterG
	Go get Al, he probably isn't busy!	Jimmy Nichols	RogerR
	610 is an all boys school, and we were surprised to see our pit and robot neatly decorated with hot pink boas and flowers upon arrival this morning.	Mr. Lim	Gregor
	A good way to minimize the possibility of breaking things is to minimize the number of things that can break.	s_forbes	Chris is me
	The season ended. Not cool.	Koko Ed	Ultimatum
	Our robot throws custom $5.50 FIRST Frisbees at a rate of 75 discs per minute and a speed of ~32 feet per second. It costs over $80 to feed our robot for 12 seconds.	Woolly	Grim Tuesday
	If my counts are correct, during the official matches 141,077 points were scored, and a minimum of 28,746 frisbees were successfully shot into goals. All without a single decapitation, severed limb, or even one porpoise becoming accidentally entangled in the nets.	dlavery	Jeff Waegelin
	SWARF is evil!	Al Skierkiewicz	cgmv123
	It definitely looked like a penalty, but in FRC if it looks like a penalty and smells like a penalty, well, unfortunately it might not be.	Basel A	EricH
	In 2012, we built our best machine ever. Some visitors to our pit were visibly disappointed to find that our machine was a pile of extruded aluminum and urethane belting, just cleverly arranged and programmed.	OZ_341	KrazyCarl92
	Every team in FIRST can make this choice. Be positive, help others, and work like a maniac behind the scenes. This approach will bring you joy and satisfaction, whether you win or not.	OZ_341	Coach Norm
	We only ask that, when able, you too help other teams as we have helped you. It is this mentality of passing it forward that makes teams and FIRST great.	E. Wood	tim-tim
	Reach out to successful teams and ask them for help, rather than complain about them. I have never seen a successful team deny help to anyone.	OZ_341	Libby K
	Building sustained excellence happens when you start with the right pieces at the top...and pick up the rest of the pieces on your way.	Jared Russell	rsisk
	Students learn from, are inspired by, and emulate their mentors. A team with a solid mentor base helps to create a productive, inspired, and ultimately successful group of students.	Jared Russell	tim-tim
	Mentors learn from, are inspired by, and emulate each other. A team with a great lead mentor leads to a productive, inspired, and ultimately successful group of mentors.	Jared Russell	tim-tim
	What happens when everything becomes fully swagged out? Also, does my robot need to have collar-popping functionality to use every feature?	AlecMataloni	rachelholladay
	Competitions are won or lost far away from witnesses, ... In those long hours, is where we find inspiration in ourselves. For what inspires is not another's feats, but realize we have the power in ourselves to achieve that feat.	Mark Sheridan	Coach Norm
	"How do we make our team be like your team?" That's the sort of question everyone should be asking of these so-called "elite" or "powerhouse" teams.	sanddrag	Ken Streeter
	To change culture, you're going to have to get people to listen.	Yipyapper	Nuttyman54
	Great things don't just happen to HoF teams; HoF teams make great things happen.	Siri	plnyyanks
	In fact, our robot YOLOs so hard it does drive-bys on the refs.	TrevorKN	frcguy
	Soon, some of those teams will learn to rise about current and former powerhouses.	Akash Rastogi	Anupam Goli
	I mean who does want to write their code like this... [CODE] CANHAZ.VICTOR; GIMME.VICTOR; VROOMVROOM.VICTOR(1); KTHNXBAI; [CODE]	JohnFogarty	drew.spillers
	We need to start building FIRST competition arenas and leasing them in the off-season to the sports teams and conventions ;)	protoserge	Andy Baker
	Having the foolish belief that you can win a match in which you are completely outgunned will drive you to develop a winning strategy.	OZ_341	Calvin Hartley
	I hope we as a team can learn the value of doing less but doing it incredibly well.	Rob Stehlik	Ken Streeter
	Stand strong mentors. You never know who you have become a brother, sister, father, or mother to.	MysterE	Coach Norm
	"The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else's highlight reel."	davidthefat	Steven Donow
	FRC did a lot for me in high school. I couldn't pass up the opportunity to help it do the same for others.	Oblarg	Taylor
	Dean Kamen is a pretty smart dude. If he wants to talk to me, I want to listen.	Taylor	rsisk
	So, we should have respect for each other regardless of whether we are building our robot with a Waterjet or a Hacksaw. Construction methods will vary widely, but honoring your competitors should be universal.	OZ_341	Jeff Waegelin
	See what you don't understand about us students is that we don't know when to stop.	ehfeinberg	Taylor
	One of the most important resources of all: [URL="http://frc-manual.usfirst.org/"]The Manual[/URL]	lorem3k	Calvin Hartley
	The most important deisgn criteria is always performance in any of the parts / systems we design. But we do try to abide by the saying -- if it doesn't look good (right), it probably isn't good (right).	Adam Freeman	Basel A
	Analyze, adjust, anticipate. Don't panic.	PayneTrain	plnyyanks
	We moved-ish mostly, in a direction or two.	Siri	Kimmeh
	We got spirit yes we do! What? You don't have spirit? What's wrong with you?	Koko Ed	dictionaria13
	Maybe it just seemed like five hours...I had freshmen in my vehicle!	Qbot2640	Billfred
	...When you use ";"s instead of "."s; darn Java;	machman-2823	Kevin Selavko
	Leaders are those whom inspire people; a good mentor inspires students.	Jeffy	CalTran
	I love this man.	Justin Montois	dag0620
	#TeamFrank	Libby K	rachelholladay
	I feel like watching match videos from 2003 could be considered a form of cruel and unusual punishment.	Cory	Hallry
	Unfortunately, there's no special type of transmission that will magically get you past defense. The best way to deal with defense is to practice, regardless of gearing.	connor.worley	rsisk
	Volunteers are in short supply and we always need more.	Koko Ed	dag0620
	Little kids playing soccer....or a typical Lunacy match. Ah, memories. :cool:	Travis Hoffman	Littleboy
	[I] [/I]I think this may be some kind of record. We got through 9 entire posts before someone mangled the spelling of mecanum. [I] [/I]	Ether	Ultimatum
	I hate mini-bots.	Gdeaver	davepowers
	Six robots no one has ever heard of playing the finals on Einstein field. That's my dream matchup.	Tetraman	Boe