Mister Crusher? Why aren't you in your dress uniform for Admiral Quinn's farewell dinner?
I didn't think that would be appropriate.
Why not?
I failed, Captain. I didn't get into the Academy. I failed you and I failed the Enterprise.
Ridiculous. Did you do your best?
Yes.
When you test next year, and you will test next year, do you think your performance will improve?
Yes.
Good. The only person you're truly competing against, Wesley, is yourself.
Then you're not disappointed?
Wesley, you have to measure your successes and your failures within, not by anything I or anyone else might think. But, if it helps you to know this, I failed the first time. And you may not tell anyone!
You? You failed?
Yes. But not the second time. Now, you'll do me the courtesy of joining us at dinner. I have to disappoint an old friend.
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