TY - JOUR T1 - Mentoring: Our Obligation … Our Heritage* AU - PellegriniJr., Vincent D. Y1 - 2009/10/01 N1 - 10.2106/JBJS.I.00954 JO - The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery SP - 2511 EP - 2519 VL - 91 IS - 10 N2 - I feel compelled to offer an immediate confession. Never before have I thought so long and so deliberately about anything I was going to say in my entire life. It has been twenty-five years since I first presented a paper to this organization in 1984, and, through that most auspicious association with this group, I am conscious, nearly to the point of complete distraction, of two things as I stand here this morning. I am absolutely humbled by the notion of serving as president of this esteemed organization, and I am acutely aware that you will more likely remember what we have for lunch today than anything of what I say in the next several minutes. SN - 0021-9355 M3 - doi: 10.2106/JBJS.I.00954 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.I.00954 ER -