Brandon Stanton's Blog, page 414

"I was Defensive Player of the Year."

"I was Defensive Player of the Year."

"I was just talking yesterday about the inspirational thing I...

"I was just talking yesterday about the inspirational thing I was going to say if I ran into you!"
"Well, what is it?"
"I haven’t thought of it yet!"

"I try to always be positive.""When did you find it most...

"I try to always be positive."
"When did you find it most difficult to be positive?"
"My forties."
"What happened then?"
"Struggles in the family… people close to me started dying."
"And so how’d you regain your positivity?"
"I had a faith. And I returned to it."

"If my battery wasn’t low, I’d pop this thing back...

"If my battery wasn’t low, I’d pop this thing back on two wheels right now."

"I remember when I was 16, I was playing one of my first shows...

"I remember when I was 16, I was playing one of my first shows with my band. Everything was going horribly, and this was in Ireland, so people were throwing vegetables at us. So I said into the microphone: ‘We’re having difficulties right now, we’ll be right back.’ And when I walked off the stage, my dad was standing there. And instead of commenting on the show, he said: ‘Great job. You couldn’t have made a more professional exit.’"

"What do you want to be when you grow up?""Something...

"What do you want to be when you grow up?"
"Something that’s sort of interesting, not too hard, and pays pretty well."

"They said I hit a woman. I didn’t hit a woman."

"They said I hit a woman. I didn’t hit a woman."

I’ll be “in conversation” with my friend Adam Braun this Thursday at the Union...

I’ll be “in conversation” with my friend Adam Braun this Thursday at the Union...

Not gonna happen.

Not gonna happen.

"My mother raised eighteen children on a farm in western...

"My mother raised eighteen children on a farm in western Ireland. I’m having trouble raising two."