- Good friends can be found outside your own circle, but if they have less than 500 NFL points, they aren't that good of friends.

- You don't always get what you want, and that's okay because you can always complain about it later.

- Excellence deserves respect and enthusiastic acclaim, so stand up and make a lot of noise for every winner, unless it is blizzarding outside, then, you are two hours behind schedule, have a long bus ride ahead of you, or are holding a vendetta against that person.

- Your team loves you no matter what. Well, almost no matter what. They have a hard time forgiving and forgetting to pick up your teammate in the morning, or saying really stupid things.

- For me to win, a lot of others have to lose.

- Comfort them, and be glad you aren't one of them.

- If something needs doing, find someone to do it. Unless the people are really incompetent. Then you might as well complain loudly while doing it yourself.

- Be eager to be taught how to do better, and be humble when deemed worthy to be taught, except for when you are being told to do something by a college judge. Show-offs.

- Opponents don't have to be enemies (wink wink!!)

- Even when you are waiting, you can have fun.

- The more friends you make, the more victories you share, and the more times you giggle during a cross-x.

- Practice makes superior, but why practice when you can annoy your coaches?

- When you have more than you can carry, call in a friend. It's always best to struggle to carry something heavy with someone standing behind you laughing.

- Recognize the honor of being called in to laugh at your friends.

- When the band plays, DANCE! Just remember you are ALWAYS being judged.

At the end of the day, there is no place like home where your parents can harass you about your performance, what you ate, where you slept, who you talked to, and what exactly happened on the bus.