Woodie Flowers (Creator of FRC) - "-Competition for the sake not of destroying one another, but for the sake of bettering and improving both competitors as a result of the competition" -"When you see your target, your aim is perfect" -Creative activity is one of the few self rewarding activities. Being creative is like being in love!" Soledad O’Brien - -"As much as I hate saying it, the cliché about life being a journey is true. When you allow it to be, you get to enjoy it a lot more. I think a lot of these students — and me too, probably — like to know, “Why?” Young people just want an answer. “What should I be studying? What will make me happy? Will there will be jobs in 10 years?” I say, “I don’t know. Figure out your passion.”" -The world is very wide and if you dig a little deeper, every community has lots of stories to tell and issues to debate — not just the two or three or four that you might see on the news. -Always zig when people expect you to zag. Confound them! -Do not listen to other people’s take on the life you should lead. By not listening, you can figure out what your heart is telling you to do. Everyone ever - “Is this battlebots?” Steve Jobs - "Those who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do" Albert Einstein - "The difference between theory and practice is smaller in theory than it is in practice." Sir Henry Royce - "Strive for perfection in everything you do. Take the best that exists and make it better. When it does not exist, design it." Thomas J. Watson - “The way to succeed is to double your failure rate.” Elon Musk - "Engineering is the closest thing to magic that exists in the world." Bill Nye - “There’s nothing I believe in more strongly than getting young people interested in science and engineering, for a better tomorrow, for all humankind.”