Manuel Fonseca:  

the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. (Mark Twain {Samuel Langhornne Clemens} 1835-1910) - Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open. (Sir James Dewar, Scientist 1877-1925) I love and live by this poem: I first heard this poem in 9th or 10th grade, Coach Hays read it to us in the Field House before a game. It was very inspirational: (Man In the Mirror AKA: Man in the Glass: Peter Dale Wimbrow, Jr.) - When you get all you want and you struggle for pelf, and the world makes you king for a day, then go to the mirror and look at yourself and see what that man has to say. For it isn't your mother, your father or wife whose judgment upon you must pass, but the man, whose verdict counts most in your life is the one staring back from the glass. He's the fellow to please, never mind all the rest. For he's with you right to the end, and you've passed your most difficult test if the man in the glass is your friend. You may be like Jack Horner and "chisel" a plum, And think you're a wonderful guy, But the man in the glass says you're only a bum If you can't look him straight in the eye. You can fool the whole world, down the highway of years, and take pats on the back as you pass. But your final reward will be heartache and tears if you've cheated the man in the glass.". More about Manuel:"From San Antonio, joined military in 1987, now working with Corpus Christi Police since Jan 1996 and assigned as as a Gang Investigator since 1998. I remained in the reserves and returned from Iraq (Nov 2008), I have 25 years of service as of March 30, 2012. I am re-married to Maggie Fonseca who is from Donna, Texas (Valley). I have 2 kids from my first marriage (Marina and Lorenzo) and a step-son (Riley) from my marriage to Maggie.".