Booted from school at age 14 as a 5'7", awkward, scrawny blonde kid. Graduated from college at 17 as a 6'4" unstoppable crazy fool, whose only real co ...more Booted from school at age 14 as a 5'7", awkward, scrawny blonde kid. Graduated from college at 17 as a 6'4" unstoppable crazy fool, whose only real competition is himself. I'm really not as arrogant as that makes me seem. It's just that I don't place much value on pure competition with others, and I use it mostly as a yardstick to measure myself against my own rigid standards. I love this form of open competition -- it is incredibly liberating, and I have enjoyed these contests immensely. hide