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With your eyes open, there are wonders to behold, keep them closed and all you will do is bump into walls. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
KathieK |
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Force yourself now, today, to learn one new thing each day. When you lay down on your fluffy pillow at night, before you say your prayers, ask yourself if you have learned anything new. If the answer is "NO" then you better get up and find something. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
Billfred |
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This is proof we can change the world. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
JohnBoucher |
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Gracious professionalism dictates that if you come to play, I must help you. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
Beth Sweet |
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There's more than one way to skin a cat. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
Venkatesh |
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I think that is important to note that winning teams have won without bending the rules. GP allows you to go ask, investigate and take pictures. Learn from others when you have the chance. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
Billfred |
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Thanks Autodesk! |
Al Skierkiewicz |
Billfred |
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Besides, you know hard it is to solder with gloves on? |
Al Skierkiewicz |
Billfred |
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Safety captains be watchful. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
lukevanoort |
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Inspectors are your friends and are there to make sure you are safe and legal to compete. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
Andy Baker |
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That little voice in your head is not Ari telling you to keep going. It is your guardian angel telling you to stop! |
Al Skierkiewicz |
Billfred |
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I don't think [Amanda] will have any trouble with Needel or the Kelsos but... I can understand Grady and we do have visible evidence of the menace that is Jessica Boucher. (just ask Billfred) |
Al Skierkiewicz |
Billfred |
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I believe everyone should give a modicum of repsect to each person they meet for the first time. After that it is up to them as to whether to give you a reason to increase that respect or detract from it. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
Jaine Perotti |
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I have always been of the opinion that if the mechanicals are making noise they are trying to talk to you. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
JaneYoung |
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There are NO old, bold electrical engineers! |
Al Skierkiewicz |
Richard Wallace |
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First and foremost, teach which end is the hot one on a soldering iron. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
DonRotolo |
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If we can figure out how to make a robot in six weeks, a little thing like personality conflict should be easy to overcome. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
ChrisH |
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We are all on a big team named FIRST |
Al Skierkiewicz |
BBnum3 |
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Our "gracious professionalism" credo insists that we make decisions that are based solely on the desire to inspire and recognize science and technology using robot construction and competition as a vehicle. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
EricS-Team180 |
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When we stop asking ourselves the hard questions, whether as team leaders or in life, then we are failing. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
DonRotolo |
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Don't fight success. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
dlavery |
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You won't find anything in school that says you have to share ideas or strategy with your football rivals. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
Molten |
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I am proud whenever I turn to a team during inspections and say "OK I just need two signatures here and I will go get your sticker, you passed!" |
Al Skierkiewicz |
Richard Wallace |
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If your robot can't play at least two matches on one battery, your mechanical design and/or driver strategy needs some rethinking. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
dlavery |
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Too often teams forget that pretty isn't always good. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
EricVanWyk |
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Can I help it if I check Chief Delphi before I look at the Team Updates? |
Al Skierkiewicz |
Richard Wallace |
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Sometimes an aggravating season is the most educational. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
Jimmy Cao |
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Even our greatest idols make mistakes. The good ones, move on and continue to do great things. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
Akash Rastogi |
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Inspect every connection after every match. Use your eyes, ears and nose. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
JohnBoucher |
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I know that this might be a foreign concept but teams help each other out all the time. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
David Brinza |
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I am alive today because I can't hold onto things. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
RoboDesigners |
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Your robot is trying to talk to you, all you have to do is listen. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
IndySam |
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It shows more than anything, that there are students out there that want to learn, to do better, to improve their own lives and those around them. Thankfully, FIRST is there to help them realize some of their goals. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
Libby K |
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While many teams like to go fast, only a select few do it well. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
AustinSchuh |
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I believe youth is contagious. I want to catch as much as I can! |
Al Skierkiewicz |
IndySam |
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Really, there are very few things in life as beautiful as a person's face when they acquire knowledge. I never tire of it. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
IndySam |
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We, as mentors, receive our greatest reward when our students become role models and give of their time to others in need. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
Taylor |
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There is one unbreakable and unwritten law in FIRST, don't make it hard for your alliance partners to play. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
CalTran |
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I am sorry if something was missed at your regional, it will be checked at this event. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
KathieK |
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Your students are my idols. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
Taylor |
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I am committed to this program because I know it works. It gets more students (than the school average) into college, it makes better adults of the students we mentor, it makes better employees of the mentors that participate, and it makes better schools in our communities. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
washedout |
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Once I see that it is black with aluminum ends, I only care about the inside. Sort of like Oreo's. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
billbo911 |
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The robot is talking to you, you must listen to find out what might be wrong. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
rsisk |
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All screws are not created equal. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
Walter Deitzler |
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Boy you guys try to make my job harder every year. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
Hallry |
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The imbalance and vibration is telling you something, you are not listening. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
theawesome1730 |
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Just because you haven't witnessed parts leaving the flywheel yet, doesn't mean it won't happen. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
theawesome1730 |
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So is it important to try? Without a doubt. Does it become frustrating to not win? Most certainly. Should you stop trying? Never! |
Al Skierkiewicz |
avanboekel |
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1. If I had a nickel for every time I heard "But we passed at XXXX regional" I would have retired a long time ago. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
CalTran |
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SWARF is evil! |
Al Skierkiewicz |
cgmv123 |
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