Without friends, there would be no reason to live.
Here’s some people I’m happy to call my friends. And some things that they may or may not have said.
~23 maxims that my friends champion
They laugh at me because I am different. I laugh at them because they are all the same.
Owen Leary a.k.a. “The Menace”
And when he gets to Heaven, to St. Peter he will tell: One more Marine reporting, sir—I’ve served my time in hell.
Logan “Himothy” Calcagni
We may win, and we may lose, but we will never be here again.
Steve Bucciaglia a.k.a. Italian QB1
Don’t be scared to challenge what’s ‘normal.’
Tommy Sasso, Baseball guru & NFL conspiracy theorist
Comfort is the killer of man.
Thos Kuffour, Umass Amherst Rec Center Hall of Famer
It is in our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.
Jacob Ford, Cmass Icon
The samurai cries in the dojo, but laughs on the battlefield.
Liam Griffin, “Mr. steal ya girl”
The man who loves walking will walk further than the man who loves the destination.
Andrew Gallucci, or more famously, “Gucc”
Ask not for lighter burdens but for broader shoulders.
Sean McGeary, “Quadzilla”
No bastard has ever won by dying for one’s country. War is won by making some other poor bastard die for his country.
Matt Lorrain, Expert Hunter & Outdoorsmen
The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.
Malik Charles, U.S. Marine a.k.a. “The Jamaican Athletic Freak”
It is time to for you to look inward and start asking yourself the big question: who are you and what do you want?
David Sullivan, “Young Goat”
Are you not entertained?
Tucker Green, a.k.a. “6’5 & Handsome” a.k.a. “Toxic King”
Always be a first rate version of yourself instead of a second rate version of somebody else.
Niko Byron, Golf Fanatic & Argentinian Soccer Superfan
Sometimes what you think is the worst thing that could happen ends up being the best thing when you look back on it.
Jack Tobin, Football Guy & Spoke Hall of Famer
In reality I’m 5’9 stand on my money now I’m 5’9.
Zach Pedone a.k.a “That Quiet Kid”
What if it turns out better than you can imagine?
Pat Sullivan, “Big Bro” a.k.a. “P Sull”
Never surrender.
Jack Sullivan “Young King”
Do not settle for the good when you can go for the great.
Matt Sullivan, “The Hardest Working Man in Worcester”
Control what you can control.
Matt Dumphy, “Double O”
In the information age, you don’t teach philosophy as they did after feudalism. You perform it. If Aristotle were alive today he’d have a talk show.
Pat Morse, “P Rock” a.k.a. “Neighborhood Hero”
Those who want respect, respect.
Matthew Morse “Burncoat Skip Bayless”
Kill the dragon in it’s lair.
Danny Malm, “The blonde hair-blue eyed trickster”
Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
Brian Bates, “B Man”
I have great friends. With great taste. Happy new year.