Stolen Valor

I think I maybe deserved one of the belts I was promoted to when I got it, the rest I grew into. I don’t want that for you, I don’t want you to feel at the time of getting your belt that you didn’t deserve it, and I don’t want you to look back in retrospect feeling like it wasn’t earned. I’m stingy with the belts I give out because I don’t want there to be a shadow of a doubt that you earned it. It means something to me when I give out a belt, so if I give one to you it’s because I believe you can carry it. If I don’t think you can carry it, you get to stay the belt that you are.