long before you meet strom thurman. >> mr. stevenson who was my history teacher felt i had potential and he worked with me. mrs. crawford who was my science teacher. i always thrived in the math and sciences in school. i always thrived. but they developed me. mr. wattson. i have never had a sports bone in my body. i have never had athletic. i could never make it like a lot of the athletes today. a he made me manager of the basketball team. i kept the score. it gave me an interest in sports and how life sort of mimics the basketball court in the arena of sports. i learned so much from that. and then bill jones. bill jones was over 4-h. he got me into livestock judging where i would judge swine and cattle. he got mre to becoe to become a speaker where i got into debate and debate forums around the state to the point where i won the contest two years in a row as a sophomore and a junior in high school. then my brother alvin followed 57 and won. these people had a significant impact on my life. the hendersons. i remember when i wa