WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.192 --> 00:00:01.025 line:90% (bright music) 2 00:00:01.025 --> 00:00:04.478 line:90% (machine beeping) 3 00:00:04.478 --> 00:00:07.228 line:90% (latch clicking) 4 00:00:12.130 --> 00:00:14.050 line:90% I feel like I've known since I was probably 5 00:00:14.050 --> 00:00:16.870 line:90% in high school, even maybe middle school. 6 00:00:16.870 --> 00:00:18.480 line:90% I wanted to be an orthopedic surgeon 7 00:00:18.480 --> 00:00:22.083 line:90% before I wanted to be a doctor or in medicine in general. 8 00:00:23.660 --> 00:00:26.010 line:90% I had my own injury with a shoulder. 9 00:00:26.010 --> 00:00:27.780 line:90% I went to see a surgeon. 10 00:00:27.780 --> 00:00:32.210 line:90% The thought of mixing the technology with the anatomy 11 00:00:32.210 --> 00:00:34.793 line:90% and that just really inspired something in me. 12 00:00:35.730 --> 00:00:37.230 line:90% You know, I think it was with football, 13 00:00:37.230 --> 00:00:39.590 line:90% in the training room, watching the trainers 14 00:00:39.590 --> 00:00:41.880 line:90% and watching my teammates and my guys rehab 15 00:00:41.880 --> 00:00:44.320 line:90% and wanting to go over there and kind of walk 'em 16 00:00:44.320 --> 00:00:45.680 line:90% through it or encourage 'em through it 17 00:00:45.680 --> 00:00:46.940 line:90% and teach 'em through it. 18 00:00:46.940 --> 00:00:48.850 line:90% I think just watching people wanting to get back 19 00:00:48.850 --> 00:00:50.513 line:90% to the activities that they love. 20 00:00:51.490 --> 00:00:53.240 line:90% What really brought me to orthopedics 21 00:00:53.240 --> 00:00:55.810 line:90% was improving the patient's quality of life, 22 00:00:55.810 --> 00:00:57.243 line:90% not just quantity of life. 23 00:00:58.500 --> 00:01:02.240 line:90% What counts to me is finding a passion 24 00:01:02.240 --> 00:01:03.353 line:90% and a purpose in life. 25 00:01:04.520 --> 00:01:07.193 line:90% For me, that purpose is helping and serving people. 26 00:01:08.930 --> 00:01:10.750 line:90% Coach Shanabeck, he inspired us 27 00:01:10.750 --> 00:01:13.030 line:90% and he always just said, "Do what's right." 28 00:01:13.030 --> 00:01:15.750 line:90% It sounds so simple, but it's something that resonates 29 00:01:15.750 --> 00:01:17.920 line:90% with me every day, especially in medicine, 30 00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:19.380 line:90% just do what's right. 31 00:01:19.380 --> 00:01:21.470 line:90% When you're on call every night and you're sleeping 32 00:01:21.470 --> 00:01:24.590 line:90% at the hospital and you're getting woken up by the pager, 33 00:01:24.590 --> 00:01:27.940 line:90% you just, you find ways to power through it. 34 00:01:27.940 --> 00:01:29.240 line:90% It's one of those things, when you do 35 00:01:29.240 --> 00:01:32.149 line:90% what you're passionate about and you wake up every day 36 00:01:32.149 --> 00:01:35.337 line:90% fulfilling your passion, it's easy. 37 00:01:35.337 --> 00:01:38.278 line:90% (bright music) 38 00:01:38.278 --> 00:01:40.830 line:90% I'm T.J. Ridley, and I'm a Gustie. 39 00:01:40.830 --> 00:01:42.870 line:90% Gustavus Adolphus College. 40 00:01:42.870 --> 00:01:44.123 line:90% Make your life count.