He would try to explain it this way when students asked for a top grade just for studying hard in chemistry class: What if a baseball player came to spring training and worked harder than all the others, but still could not play well.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

Ha! But I decided I was feeling good in the warm-up, so I decided,'let's just try for it,' so I did it,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

"I wish there were more people like him putting a spotlight on how important it is to volunteer, to just help one another, try to put yourself in somebody else's position."

VOA: standard.2010.07.06