At the end of one of the greatest movies ever made, "American History X," the main character is writing a paper for school, and he writes "My brother always told me to end a paper with a quote, because someone has already said it better than you ever could."
Because of the truth in that, clichés and motivational paragraphs seem to rule our lives.
One of those that fly under the radar, and that I love, is from the movie "The Girl Next Door": "Always make sure the juice is worth the squeeze."
As I give you my final column in the Tan & Cardinal, I can't help but realize that being in debt up to my scalp from Otterbein has definitely been worth the best four years of my life.
The juice was worth the squeeze.It's hard to believe that four years have come and gone.
Through the 50 columns that I have given you, I hope, in some way, that your emotions were moved.
Whether it be a tear when reading about the amazing life of Tristan Shy, or a chuckle or two from my attempts at lame humor, I hope that in some way your day was made better by my words.
I owe so much to Erin Sites, one of the best people I'll ever meet (if the world was full of Erin Siteses we would call that heaven), as well as Rachel Scali and Lianne Simeone for giving me space to share my thoughts on life and Otterbein sports with you. I'm truly indebted to them.
These four years have given me the best memories a person could ever ask for, an education that will put me (and you) ahead of the majority of our peers and the absolute best friends anyone could ever ask for. A good attitude toward life makes success inevitable.
A good attitude comes from surrounding yourself with the right people.
With the relationships I've formed here, success is a given.
I really want to name off names of people that have made my time at Otterbein unbelievable, but I fear that someone will be left hanging.
A few must be dropped though, my great roommates John Luchsinger, Ross Miller, Tom Long and Matt Brown, for four years we all have lived within 20 feet of each other, and I can't imagine having it any other way.
Matt and Tom have become my two best friends, and if someone has two better friends than those guys, show them to me and I'll call you a liar.
From Paul Stelzer to Scott DeLong, to Ross Banaszak's picture-perfect jump-shot, to Ms. Consistent Sara Fee, to Doug Stevens and Dan Remenowsky making hitters look like Gumby and from all other Otterbein athletes that have completed my life, I simply say: Thank you.
The juice was worth the squeeze. t&c;
