The fact that I think you sold yourself short in your college estimation doesn't mean you are not at your potential. I have a bias on how tight my friends are and think all of them are fundamentally more capable than what they thought for themselves. You haven't reached my potential for you, but you reached your own standard and that is the key. You didn't expect yourself to be where you are when you were younger. Now that you have gotten your feet wet, you should realize that you can grow forever if you chose to do and that potential is infinite. Opportunities are finite and that is why some people stop achieving, but growth can be forever. Since 2002 when I got derailed, I knew that I wouldn't surpass any personal expectations for a long long time. I may have reached my potential in the eyes of others but not for myself. I think your situation is the opposite. Big Mike respects the camp like Dolphas does you. He said, "Out of all of Tommy's friends, Trotter is the one that he can't get the best of, a little too smart and a little too serious". Verbatim from the Saint Mary's courtyard in 2002.
Dolphas also identified your gift. I don't think I ever told you about that conversation. He said that you had the ability to be yourself in all situations.
I thought it was just stubbornness, but this is different. Your credibility is built within this mechanism. You are what people think you are straight up. I am situationally dependent and the version you get from is determined by my surroundings. Plus I can't speak the way I do with homies at work or in professional situations so that behavior from me is impossible because my life is too much of a duality.
What was considerably impressive was when we went to the Raider game and you drove in player's parking section and you waved off the security guard like we were supposed to be in there. That was tight. The only discrepancy was that I had to duck in the back and stay hidden for that trick to work.
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