you buy lottery tickets your whole life we don’t never really plan on you know
we don’t never really plan on you know
we don’t never really plan on you know winning them and that’s kind of what
winning them and that’s kind of what
winning them and that’s kind of what sports are it’s just a lottery I mean I
sports are it’s just a lottery I mean I
sports are it’s just a lottery I mean I grew up in a house that had a doctor for
grew up in a house that had a doctor for
grew up in a house that had a doctor for a mom and a dentist for a dad
a mom and a dentist for a dad
a mom and a dentist for a dad school is obviously you know pretty
school is obviously you know pretty
school is obviously you know pretty important there’s never a great pressure
important there’s never a great pressure
important there’s never a great pressure to get the grades but it was expected
to get the grades but it was expected
to get the grades but it was expected that you always had to work your hardest
that you always had to work your hardest
that you always had to work your hardest and and you know the one thing that was
and and you know the one thing that was
and and you know the one thing that was never accepted was you know laziness or
never accepted was you know laziness or
never accepted was you know laziness or you know kind of a half-assed effort I
you know kind of a half-assed effort I
you know kind of a half-assed effort I think probably he knows that if you put
think probably he knows that if you put
think probably he knows that if you put your mind to it you can do whatever you
your mind to it you can do whatever you
your mind to it you can do whatever you want
want
want basically I but you have to put your
basically I but you have to put your
basically I but you have to put your mind to it no you to what you want have
mind to it no you to what you want have
mind to it no you to what you want have a have a goal and I think he sets
a have a goal and I think he sets
a have a goal and I think he sets himself some goals and he just goes out
himself some goals and he just goes out
himself some goals and he just goes out and doesn’t along the way yeah
he’s undersized by NHL standards and
he’s undersized by NHL standards and he’s a high draft pick he was drafted in
he’s a high draft pick he was drafted in
he’s a high draft pick he was drafted in the 200 somewhere like that the NHL
the 200 somewhere like that the NHL
the 200 somewhere like that the NHL changed they did a rule change that got
changed they did a rule change that got
changed they did a rule change that got away from the physicality and now it’s
away from the physicality and now it’s
away from the physicality and now it’s more skilled but angie was a survivor of
more skilled but angie was a survivor of
more skilled but angie was a survivor of that he’s been 12 years and he’s been
that he’s been 12 years and he’s been
that he’s been 12 years and he’s been undersized and a low draft pick everyone
undersized and a low draft pick everyone
undersized and a low draft pick everyone always said you couldn’t do it and all
always said you couldn’t do it and all
always said you couldn’t do it and all that
that
that the odds are were against and her
the odds are were against and her
the odds are were against and her growing up even into the NHL even after
growing up even into the NHL even after
growing up even into the NHL even after I had played a few years and then H Hall
I had played a few years and then H Hall
I had played a few years and then H Hall I was still very very aware of how I
I was still very very aware of how I
I was still very very aware of how I needed a backup plan and there was that
needed a backup plan and there was that
needed a backup plan and there was that constant you know what if scenario if I
constant you know what if scenario if I
constant you know what if scenario if I busted my knee or or something happened
busted my knee or or something happened
busted my knee or or something happened injury wise or if I didn’t make it
injury wise or if I didn’t make it
injury wise or if I didn’t make it sports are so fickle with how easily
sports are so fickle with how easily
sports are so fickle with how easily things can be over I always had that in
things can be over I always had that in
things can be over I always had that in my back pocket at least that I got I
my back pocket at least that I got I
my back pocket at least that I got I could go back to school and I had the
could go back to school and I had the
could go back to school and I had the grades and you even still now can you
grades and you even still now can you
grades and you even still now can you know have a back up and go and learn
know have a back up and go and learn
know have a back up and go and learn something else
glad to have you Andrew I understand to
glad to have you Andrew I understand to a grad student at MIT I’ll be your guide
a grad student at MIT I’ll be your guide
a grad student at MIT I’ll be your guide and I’ll be showing you some of the
and I’ll be showing you some of the
and I’ll be showing you some of the cooler stuff we’ve got today the
cooler stuff we’ve got today the
cooler stuff we’ve got today the technologies are incredible you know
technologies are incredible you know
technologies are incredible you know absolutely incredible they’re actually
absolutely incredible they’re actually
absolutely incredible they’re actually doing things that most people I hadn’t
doing things that most people I hadn’t
doing things that most people I hadn’t even thought of it was possible and you
even thought of it was possible and you
even thought of it was possible and you see the amount of research that goes
see the amount of research that goes
see the amount of research that goes into building a better battery or
into building a better battery or
into building a better battery or building a better power source and some
building a better power source and some
building a better power source and some of these radical technologies that
of these radical technologies that
of these radical technologies that they’re trying to hit that home run a
they’re trying to hit that home run a
they’re trying to hit that home run a few of them will strike out and there’ll
few of them will strike out and there’ll
few of them will strike out and there’ll be money lost but in order to get that
be money lost but in order to get that
be money lost but in order to get that you know home run you got it you got it
you know home run you got it you got it
you know home run you got it you got it you know take a few swings
hey white or drink the next day I said I
hey white or drink the next day I said I just met like probably a dozen future
just met like probably a dozen future
just met like probably a dozen future billionaires they could change the world
billionaires they could change the world
billionaires they could change the world with some technology that they’re coming
with some technology that they’re coming
with some technology that they’re coming up with you just hope that people can
up with you just hope that people can
up with you just hope that people can make it economical so that people can
make it economical so that people can
make it economical so that people can use it and employ it so that it makes
use it and employ it so that it makes
use it and employ it so that it makes financial sense too if I was done hockey
financial sense too if I was done hockey
financial sense too if I was done hockey tomorrow and I had to jump into
tomorrow and I had to jump into
tomorrow and I had to jump into something right away I think the dream
something right away I think the dream
something right away I think the dream job would be to work on efficiency with
job would be to work on efficiency with
job would be to work on efficiency with companies and different companies
companies and different companies
companies and different companies whether it’s sports arenas or just
whether it’s sports arenas or just
whether it’s sports arenas or just businesses and neighborhoods and
businesses and neighborhoods and
businesses and neighborhoods and communities and cities I mean when you
communities and cities I mean when you
communities and cities I mean when you see technology like that at MIT and some
see technology like that at MIT and some
see technology like that at MIT and some of the developments and then you meet
of the developments and then you meet
of the developments and then you meet certain mayor’s around the country or
certain mayor’s around the country or
certain mayor’s around the country or business owners that are employing these
business owners that are employing these
business owners that are employing these these technologies and really saving a
these technologies and really saving a
these technologies and really saving a lot of money and and also saving energy
lot of money and and also saving energy
lot of money and and also saving energy at the same time I think it’s
at the same time I think it’s
at the same time I think it’s fascinating the average career in the
fascinating the average career in the
fascinating the average career in the NHL is is short if you never make it to
NHL is is short if you never make it to
NHL is is short if you never make it to a hundred games I think you know the
a hundred games I think you know the
a hundred games I think you know the average is next to nothing you’re up for
average is next to nothing you’re up for
average is next to nothing you’re up for you know a cup of coffee and then you’re
you know a cup of coffee and then you’re
you know a cup of coffee and then you’re down in the minor leagues and you might
down in the minor leagues and you might
down in the minor leagues and you might do a couple tours of duty and get a few
do a couple tours of duty and get a few
do a couple tours of duty and get a few games but that’s it and and you know you
games but that’s it and and you know you
games but that’s it and and you know you could be done in your mid-20s
could be done in your mid-20s
could be done in your mid-20s everything’s been a bonus past about six
everything’s been a bonus past about six
everything’s been a bonus past about six years I’m at 13 now and then so
years I’m at 13 now and then so
years I’m at 13 now and then so obviously I’ve been very fortunate but
obviously I’ve been very fortunate but
obviously I’ve been very fortunate but I’m getting older for a hockey world but
I’m getting older for a hockey world but
I’m getting older for a hockey world but you think about it you know if you
you think about it you know if you
you think about it you know if you really take a couple steps back I mean
really take a couple steps back I mean
really take a couple steps back I mean that’s a lot of life left to do
that’s a lot of life left to do
that’s a lot of life left to do something you know like I’m not gonna
something you know like I’m not gonna
something you know like I’m not gonna just go fishing everyday so kind of got
just go fishing everyday so kind of got
just go fishing everyday so kind of got to do something
to do something
to do something andrew is a Bruin but more importantly
andrew is a Bruin but more importantly
andrew is a Bruin but more importantly he’s interested in clean technology and
he’s interested in clean technology and
he’s interested in clean technology and where we’re going
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