So I went to the Effective FIRST Strategies seminar today at Champs… these quotes were the highlights. If anyone wants my full notes message me.
“This is an equal opportunity presentation. Except for dumb people. This is actually awesome.”
“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.”
“I know I’m going to sound all Reading Rainbow or Sesame Street on you here, but there is something special in here. [thumps chest] Even the shy one in the corner and the ugly smelly one.”
“People do have fears, like playing 2056 and HOT on Einstein.”
“Next slide! …Oh, I’m doing that. [weird voice] Okay, Karthik!”
“Don’t tell me driving sideways is cool if you never drive sideways. Morons.”
“For example, in 2008, the game pieces were big 40’’ balls. People like playing with—“
Karthik (imitating other teams): “Ahhhhh, on HOT Team the mentors build the robot, and their coach is annoying… Is Adam even here?”
HOT Team member: “I’ll relay the message.”
“Yes, it’s illegal, but you should still do it.”
“Shouldn’t you be uncrating your robots, or looking at OPRs? Oh, you’re probably too smart for that, too.”
“2003 was a very, very dark time. Except for 2009, which we don’t speak about.”
“No one yell fire, and we’re all gonna be good. Even if there is a fire, put it out discreetly. Like stop, drop, and roll. Put it out. I would, but this is a nice jacket.”
“If you have Jordans, people are gonna be like, ‘Yo, those are some fly Jordans.’ If you wear Walmart shoes, people are gonna judge you.”
“I don’t even want to know. You just go back to programming.”
“I don’t even want to talk about Vegas right now.”
“They’re called a graduating class for a reason. They graduated.”
“That’s like saying your wife is your #1 priority, and then for Christmas buying her a shopping spree at Walmart.”
“Average does not mean average of the matches in which you were awesome.”
“What does every mean to you? To me, every means non-exclusive. Some teams were like, ‘We climbed every time we didn’t fall off the bar.’”
“It’s important to keep your lips healthy. Don’t neglect them.”
“You made yourself a ‘Call Me Maybe’ shirt! Where’s mine? You made her one?!?”
“He’s all about it. He’ll pay for the GoPro. He’ll pay for the stick, too.”
“Say we had a team that I call a full-court misser.”
“You need to be careful with OPR.”
“Winning is fun, guys. Trust me.”
Anyone got more?
Oh Karthik…