"As much as you may not want to hear this, my goal never included 'winning.' That was your goal. Mine was to ensure that students who never thought about engineering would consider it; those who have considered it would get excited by it; those who get excited about it would do it; and those who do it would learn to do it better -- all while passing the knowledge and passion to the others. As far as I'm concerned, we've met every goal."

Tracy Cummings              

               Words spoken to the Team after having been eliminated in the finals.