 
I definitely got bullied
as a kid, you know.
When they were calling out,
picking the teams for games,
they would get down
to, you know, the kid
with the leg brace and me.
And then they'd argue about
who got the kid with the leg
brace 'cause nobody wanted me.
It was that kind of level.
I was really not athletic.
I was a daydreamer.
If I had to give any
advice to any student
out there who felt isolated,
who felt different,
I'd tell them this, first of
all, yes, you're different.
That's good.
There's - difference is magic.
Difference is wonderful.
Trying to be the same as
everybody else is a strategy
that kind of works in school.
When you get out
into the world, it
is your differences
that make you glorious.
It is your differences that
actually set you apart.
All of the things that you would
change about yourself if you
could when you're
eleven, when you're 14,
are the things that will
turn you into a swan
when you're 25, when
you're 35, when you're 50.
Being different is okay.
Being different is great.
 
