“So the person who, as a teacher, probably changed my life the most of all the years I went to school — and I’ve gone to a lot of school — was Dr. Mooney. I was in his English class my junior year, and he had this saying he would say all the time — and I still say it. He used to say, ‘You do what you do because of what you most value at the time.’ But he reminded you of this college professor, you know, hair everywhere, chalk all over his body. I remember going into my junior year — I didn’t really care about school that much, I was just getting by, and he was so passionate and he would teach and he would talk to you personally and wanted to know your story. And I remember getting through half of a semester, maybe it was a quarter, and I had gotten a bad grade, and him saying, ‘I know you’re really smart, and you have a lot in you, but you didn’t even deserve that grade. I gave you that grade, but you deserved a little bit lower than that.' And I remember for the first time in my life, feeling like I had disappointed someone other than my parents, and it crushed me. I was like, ‘Oh my God, this guy is really disappointed in me, and I’m like not achieving my potential and I’m not helping and I’m letting him down.’ So that moment really changed my life, and it really changed the way I looked at school and studying. He helped me to know knowledge — and I spread this to kids because I’m an advisor. But there’s really only one thing this world can’t take away from you and that’s what’s up here [in your head]. I got that sense from him. If you get strong in [your brain] your power is unlimited. So I cracked down and I got [a better grade] and then from then on, I did really well in school and in college.”