TM: There's a lot to take. The big three things you should take are: One, it's entertainment, so you should take as humor, and laugh at it. Two, I think you should maybe take it as one guy's set of life experiences, that I can learn from, the good and the bad. Third, a lot of college students get told they have to do the same thing everybody else does to succeed, go to the right schools and all that sort of stuff. I'm sure that it's not true. Students can take a non-traditional path, and be very happy and do very well.
CT: You've talked about college students going down the safe route. Why is it important for students to pursue different options? TM: It's a good question. When you're young, you hardly know anything about the world. The way to learn is experience, and if you lock yourself down one path, and you never look anywhere else, you miss a lot of the diversity that goes on around the world, and you miss a lot of life.
What I did, and what I think is a smart thing to do, is experience a lot of different things, and let yourself be open for a lot of different paths. If you do that, you can find the one that's right for you, not the one that other people think you should be on.
CT: How do you see yourself? Do you consider yourself to be a good person?
TM: Of course! I don't know anyone who consciously goes out and says ,"I'm going to do bad things because I'm a bad person." Of course I consider myself a good person.
CT: So no regrets?
TM: Hold on, those are very different questions. Of course I regret some things that I've done. There's no way you can live life and take risks and not have regrets. Just because I regret certain actions doesn't mean I think I'm a bad person. Everyone makes mistakes, just because you make a mistake doesn't mean you're a bad person, it just means you made a mistake. Maybe you'll learn from it, but if you correct it, you can work from it.
CT: So are you excited to come to Blacksburg?
TM: Dude, of course. I've never been to Blacksburg, and I've always wanted to go, and I'm very excited. It should be a great time.
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