“You don’t always get what you want… but you can get what you need.”

"It definitely makes me feel proud of myself — like the work that I put into my academics throughout high school has been worth it."

"I'd like to invent something — or work on a project that helps society grow as a whole."

Long before the first whistle, before the opening tip, before the band strikes up and the bleachers fill — there's a voice.

"It's just helping the person next to you — and hoping they do the same."

"Not to be super deep, but — the beauty of life is learning new things and discovering new things. That's what makes me happy."

"It's reliable — something that I can get done and then get working."

"I don't want to be remembered for being a bystander and just walking away."

"I want to be remembered as someone who at least tried to help, even if I never actually managed to do something huge."

"It wasn't just because I had to. It was because I wanted to."

"At the end of the day, it's me. It's me who has to continue to fight to do what I love."