Wolsey sat at the stem more than twenty years.

To stand upon the ramparts and die for our principles is heroic. To sally forth to battle and win for our principles is something more than heroic.

Throughout my life […] I have been fortified in the conclusion that it is much more important for a young man to be a worker, even though not brilliant, than to be brilliant and not a worker. As one looks back at some companions who attended lectures, and follows the records of their lives, one is strengthened in this belief because the facts show that the steady plodders have gone further than have some of those brilliant lads of other days.

He's quite an athlete and can do quadruple jumps with ease.