| What is your most memorable childhood experience? | My most memorable childhood memory is when I won a swim team medley relay when I was in 5th grade. I normally swam butterfly, but for some reason in the championship meet I was the anchor swimmer and I was swimming freestyle. By the time the other swimmers had finished their laps, we were down by half a lap. I swam my hardest anyways. While I was swimming the last 25 meters, I could hear the crowd under water; they were that loud. When I touched the wall to finish the race, to my disbelief, I had beaten the other swimmer by like two seconds. This showed to me at a young age that nothing was impossible if I put my mind to it. |
| What immediate family member do you closely identify with and why? | I've always been a momma's boy, but not in the clingy, helpless, incompetent sense that most people imagine it. I take after her in a lot of ways; being independent, capable, and friendly. We have a close and amusing relationship. I call her woman and she calls me boy, but not out of disrespect. It is just what we do. |
| What character traits do you admire in an individual? | I admire honestly and straightforwardness the most in a person. I've always said "Why say with ten words what you can say with nine?" I like people who aren't scared to speak their minds even if it hurts, and who are willing and ready to accept the consequences of their actions or words. I like this because it reflects on their inner character, saves time, and allows for clear communication. |
| What is the funniest thing ever to happen to you? | When you are learning to speak a new language you make a lot of mistakes. When I was learning Italian, I was talking to some good friends one day and I was telling them about the house I lived in. The house had the roof of a local supermarket as a balcony and I used it to play soccer on it. When I was telling the story I confused the word roof or 'tetto' with 'tetta' which means boob. So instead of having a large roof balcony, we had a large boob balcony. |
| If time and money were not an issue, where would you travel and why? | If time and money weren't an issue, I wouldn't travel abroad, I would live abroad. There are so many places in the world to see and experience. Better question is if time and money were an issue where would I go? I'd go to China and then probably to New Zealand. I've seen a lot of Europe, and now I would like to see other parts of the world. |
| When and if you ever have children, what would you like to pass on to them? | I want to pass on to them my work ethic, intelligence, selfless service, and responsibility for myself and the environment I live in. |
