Let No One Outwork You Today. I showed up at Harvard as a first year student in August of 1996 with red hair, a reverse mullet, a broken 10-speed bike, and this simple sign with these simple words. In a lot of ways this sign defined who I was. It was the reason I had the chance to attend Harvard. I left Harvard with this same sign in June of 2000, but it had a completely new meaning for me by that time. Learning was no longer work for me. Learning had become not a means to an end for me, but it had become a way of existence. Learning didn’t stop where a book ended and class started, it was constant. And Harvard gave me the gift of being unafraid to learn. To learn constantly, to learn everything. If I did not know something, I would not run away from it, I would run towards it, no matter how daunting. I left here never being afraid of the unknown. In many ways, the unknown stimulated a deeper thirst to know. Every morsel of information was a way to feed my curiosity of all things. If I didn’t know something, I would learn. And I would surround myself with people to help me learn. My experience at Harvard unwrapped this never-ending treasure of opportunity and enrichment. In remembering my athletic experience at Harvard, I really can’t isolate it from the totality of my undergraduate time in Cambridge. It was an incredible and transformative experience. It gave me the platform to define myself as a man on my own terms, and no one else’s. I am thankful to the game of football. I am thankful for Tim Murphy for believing in me. I am blessed to have had his guiding hand in my life. His love and encouragement have always been unwavering. He is a true leader of men. I am so honored and humbled to be entering the Harvard’s Varsity Club Hall of Fame. I accept this honor on behalf of my family, teammates, and my coach at Harvard, Tim Murphy. This journey is nothing if not for you.