Chief Delphi - Spotlight List

FIRST is similar to real life in that nothing is perfect and you have to deal with the circumstances as they arise and make the best of it! - Sean_330 [more]

		Chief Delphi
Spotlight List

Post	Quote	Username	Added By
	"It is a guaranteed fact that at least one rookie team will name their robot 'Chuck Norris'."	Tim Arnold	synth3tk
	CD threads are supposed to be about something?	Tim Baird	Michelle Celio
	FIRST is just a single step in a multi-step process. Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither are solutions to the world's problems.	Tim Baird	Nate Laverdure
	week 7: check to see if the pets are still alive, ask significant others to take us back, do 6 weeks worth of make-up homework, and ask my boss for another extension.	Tim Baird	Jherbie53
	Never should an idea be ridiculed, because ideas are exactly that just an idea.	Tim Delles	Imajie
	A 823543:1 reduction should be fine if you ever need to pick up a truck...or a house.	Tim Sharp	Heburn
	IMO the main idea behind FIRST is for the mentors and students to work together to produce a machine that the students could never have produced on their own.	Tim Sharp	AustinSchuh
	FIRST should come with a warning label.	Tim Sharp	Brian Maher
	This year may be one of the first years where there is a drastic difference in Regional level and Championship level strategies that drive robot design.	tim-tim	Nathan Streeter
	Remember that the reason that you do something should NEVER be for the sole purpose of winning an award. To paraphrase something said by one of the Hall of Fame teams: "You should choose to do something because it is fun and the right thing to do."	tim-tim	Hallry
	Yes, in human nature we like to get rewarded/recognized for things we do; however, you should not have to rely on this to be "successful". Remember the purpose of FIRST - To change our culture.	tim-tim	Hallry
	We have seen the difference in people's lives on our team as they went through the program. There are all sorts of examples, and I am sure you (and everybody other team) have similar stories. At the end of the day, that is really all that matters; changing lives in a positive manner.	tim-tim	Hallry
	Creatively solving problems is part of the fun. Continuous improvement and sustainment of [old] programs is also important.	tim-tim	Hallry
	Not every team can start 200 teams in Canada or Hawaii because they are located in relatively dense region of teams already. This doesn't mean they can't impact their local and surrounding areas. This is where you have to be creative.	tim-tim	Hallry
	I am a firm believer that there is no model that can be transplanted/copied from one team to another and have the same level of success. There just isn't a formula for it. The mindset you should have is: "I know I have made a positive impact on my community".	tim-tim	Hallry
	We were asked to help change a culture. If the solution was simple FIRST would have given more specific guidelines on how to do this. It is our job as teams to find unique and creative ways to help fulfill the request from FIRST.	tim-tim	Hallry
	...if most of the money comes from sponsors, I have a bit of a problem letting them [the students] charge off a cliff with it.	TimCraig	EricH
	Well our closest regional is a Hawaii, it's a bit hard for us to drive 8000km (5000 miles) across the pacific...	timytamy	JackN
	Kickoff in Australia is an overnight party!	timytamy	smarthimandrew
	Andy Baker doesn't go to IRI. IRI comes to Andy Baker.	tim_reiher	Akash Rastogi
	You know you have bad field problems if both Dean and Woodie come out to try to fix them... :)	tim_reiher	Anna B.
	So, the game hint is there is no game hint.	tindleroot	Whippet
	I tried to write a scouting app and wanted to throw my desk out a window...	tjf	ctt956
	Organization is the one skill that can help make any workshop work.	tjf	ctt956
	I don't have enough vacation time for them to start allowing video replay.	TJP123	Alan Anderson
	Just wait till Heidi learns video-editing skills.	tkwetzel	Billfred
	shhhh...our robot is in a bag now, it won't hurt anyone till the milwaukee wisconsin regional. hopefully it won't be fiesty. don't wake it.	Toatekua	Jessica Boucher
	An awesome unveiling video is not necessarily an indicator of onfield performance.	ToddF	Travis Hoffman
	There will always be a point in your FIRST experience when you realize you can get away with something that is against the rules. It is at that point when you have a choice to make about your own personal ethics, and what sort of example you will set for your students.	ToddF	Carolyn_Grace
	We live for those eureka moments. Whether we win or lose competitions, it's those moments when a student's idea makes something just "click" that will stick with them and influence them to become engineers.	ToddF	sircedric4
	FIRST is like riding a bike. At first it may seem hard and confusing, but after a few tries you get the hang of it and its smooth sailing from then on out.	Tom Bottiglieri	Billfred
	No, I dont mix robots and girls.	Tom Bottiglieri	Billfred
	Supporting a FIRST team, only paying 10 bucks, and possibly winning a segway... what could be better! :)	Tom Bottiglieri	Elgin Clock
	Use these tools as a starting point, not as an end product.	Tom Bottiglieri	BandChick
	All I know is I have fun building a robot, and I have fun competing with it. If I get an award, I'm happy. If I don't, then too bad. Either way, I'm coming back next year.	Tom Bottiglieri	Jessica Boucher
	We are all just pawns in FIRST's quest for global domination.	Tom Bottiglieri	Conor Ryan
	If winning that individual match is more important to you than being there in the first place, then I believe you've got your priorities in the wrong spot.	Tom Bottiglieri	dlavery
	You might even learn something!	Tom Bottiglieri	Billfred
	Maybe we won't get any motors at all! Rotary Pneumatics, here we come!	Tom Bottiglieri	Billfred
	I don't want a carbon copy of your wheels.. I want to improve upon your design.	Tom Bottiglieri	Ryan Foley
	I think FIRST is probably close to the farthest you can get from 'gangsta', outscored only by the math team.	Tom Bottiglieri	Billfred
	The easiest and most effective way to do this for the Championship event is pre-competition scouting, with statistics. Nothing beats it. Hands down. Period. The End. Nothing's better.	Tom Bottiglieri	Corey Balint
	You can never take enough precautions when it comes to safety. Please, be prepared for anything.	Tom Bottiglieri	Billfred
	Using a mouse is so 20th century!	Tom Bottiglieri	Rohith Surampudi
	Remember, let function drive design, not the other way around.	Tom Bottiglieri	Kim Masi
	You Texas boys and your fancy swerve drive. Why don't ya'll come up here to New England? I'm about to saddle me up a skid steer and herd ya'll fellers into a corner.	Tom Bottiglieri	Pavan Dave
	If everyone could just worry about how much fun they are having rather than how much they disagree with other teams, the program would be much better off.	Tom Bottiglieri	Karthik
	Why is everyone on these boards so obsessed with Segways?	Tom Bottiglieri	Billfred
	Does this mean the end of "Spin Around/Dance" autonomous modes?	Tom Bottiglieri	lukevanoort
	I can attest that mentoring is probably the most important aspect of this program.	Tom Bottiglieri	Richard Wallace