“I'm as awkward as it gets, dude, but I embrace the awkward! I embrace the awkward and make everyone else feel awkward”

“So . . . middle school? Awkward. Having a hobby that's different from everyone else's? Awkward. Singing the national anthem on weekends instead of going to sleepovers? More awkward. Braces? Awkward. Gain a lot of weight before you hit the growth spurt? Awkward. Frizzy hair, don't embrace the curls yet? Awkward. Try to straighten it? Awkward!So many phases!”

“This might make for an awkward situation. I have a talent for awkward situations.”

“So much depends not on how awkward destiny is, but rather on how openly it is embraced.”

“Don't get stabbed. It makes everything awkward.”

“My new favorite word is 'awkward.'...The reason we need to be in search of awkward is that awkward is the barrier between us and excellence, between where we are and the remarkable. If it were easy, everyone would have done it already, and it wouldn't be worth the effort.”