Mike Eruzione

And, you know, Boston University, four years, I graduated as the all-time leading scorer, which has since been passed, because players today are a lot better than when I played.

But, you know, I've always been, the one thing I've always been is very confident in myself as an athlete and as a person.

You know, I was talking to a group of people the other day, and

I'm kind of old school.

I believe in a lot of old-fashioned values, things that my dad taught me about pride and commitment and respect.

I talked to you earlier about respect.

I tell kids today, you know, it's easy to be a nice person.

You've got to go out of your way to be an asshole.

No, you really, pardon my language, but... Mike, these people have heard a few F-bombs in the space, so we're okay.

But it's easy to be nice.

It's easy to be a good teammate, a good neighbor, a good friend.

And those are things that I always believed in and always taught, even at a young age.

And I think those are values that...

that carried with me to this day, but I think carried me through my athletic career too, was I don't care what other people think.

I know what I think and what I care about and what's important to me.

And I'm not going to listen to somebody say, no, you can't do that.

If they do, then it drives me even more.

that I want to say, really?

Let me show you what I can do.

And not everybody's a great day.