“A good leader pushes everybody to their limits so that they feel great,” Michael says. “I want to be great, but I also want everyone around me to be great.”

“I chose specifically to stay out of personal injury law and divorce law primarily because I have a great interest in the business and property fields, and because what I do pairs well with my prior educational experience,” he says. “I like solving problems and I like helping people, so what I do falls into both of those categories.”

“I love taking care of a mother throughout her labor and playing a special role in the delivery process. The goals that I strive to accomplish at work are bonding with my patient, being there for her through every step of the way, and doing what is the safest for her and her baby.”

“I didn’t know anything about running a business—I just knew I was supposed to do it,” Matt says. “I wasn't trying to make a living anymore. I was trying to make a difference.”

“I don’t write conceptual lyrics,” Davidson says. “I sing about real stuff. All those things I’ve seen, felt and experienced with my own being. I write from pain and anguish, but it connects to me other people.”

“We had an upright piano. My sister and I would pick out melodies for hours, then take the bottom panel out and make horror music by raking the strings until our mother told us to stop.”

 “The first thing I did, I rode around until I saw a music store,” Junior laughs. “I bought a cheap, hundred-dollar Lotus guitar. It was hard to play and sounded poor. I was there for 33 days with no TV, no radio. Every night I sat around the pool and played.”

“The only thing I knew how to play at the time was the hymnbook drum-set…you stack hymnbooks up on a pew, you grab ink pens and try your best to disturb everybody around you.”

“I received my diploma by email while going down the interstate in Nebraska or something. I literally graduated on a tour bus.”

“As a kid, my grandfather introduced me to a lot of instrumental music, mostly jazz,” Austin reminisces. “He would show me these amazing artists like Frank Sinatra and Louis Prima and all these famous bands. And in every song, the front man was always the trumpeter, getting to play all the important stuff and adding emotion to the music…”

“My whole family is musically oriented. Even my cousin who plays lead guitar for Backdraft played with Shenandoah.”

“After I was told my career was over, I wanted to quit school,” Tim remembers. “But my uncle reminded me that I’d be the first from our family to graduate from college, and my dad told me that this family doesn’t quit. ..”

“After I was told my career was over, I wanted to quit school,” Tim remembers. “But my uncle reminded me that I’d be the first from our family to graduate from college, and my dad told me that this family doesn’t quit. ..”

“My youth pastor’s wife was my tennis coach and consistently commented about how fast I could get to the ball. The summer before high school, she invited me to join her on some runs.”

“I was in class and nothing was really going on, so I randomly checked my email,” Hannah recalls. “When I saw the coach wanted me to come play for her, I stopped breathing at first. I wanted to scream, but figured I shouldn’t in the middle of class.”

“I was in class and nothing was really going on, so I randomly checked my email,” Hannah recalls. “When I saw the coach wanted me to come play for her, I stopped breathing at first. I wanted to scream, but figured I shouldn’t in the middle of class.”

“If you’ve been here as long as I have, you’ve seen kids grow up from babies and now they are going through college,” Jim says. “I know most people on a first-name basis, but if I don’t know their name, I know their face.”

“I love the grandiose porches of older homes…I love the fact that I can drive through my neighborhood and know the majority of my neighbors. ..”

“With my job, I can have people in the car with me who have never been here. It is nice to work with people wanting to relocate, especially when I can give them a little history of the place.”

…”our goal is for the job to be done correctly the first time and always for our customers to be satisfied with the process and finished product.”