I decided to become a teacher because I thought it would be a great career where I could wear different hats. You're an academic one moment, and you're a psychologist the next moment, an athlete the next moment... when you are out on the playground or coaching...so it enables you to play different roles.

You don't just deal with adversity. You use it to propel you forward.

People get trapped into thinking about just one way of doing things.

I decided to become a teacher because I thought it would be a great career where I could wear different hats. You're an academic one moment, and you're a psychologist the next moment, an athlete the next moment... when you are out on the playground or coaching...so it enables you to play different roles.

It is exciting to kind of figure things out in yourself and then use other people to help you figure things out so you can really reach your potential.

I think that it is everyone's obligation they owe to themselves and to their lives to figure out their own way up their own mountain.

When I'm following someone, I'm listening to a bear bell strapped to their packs. When I'm leading on a climb, like on a rock, I like to feel my way through it on my own, so I know the tricky moves and where to place gear.