diff --git a/src/pages/index.astro b/src/pages/index.astro
index 79c4f94..15129aa 100644
--- a/src/pages/index.astro
+++ b/src/pages/index.astro
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ const description =
                 aria-label="Show another motto"
                 data-motto-play
             >
-                Stay humble enough to learn, and confident enough to build.
+                I can explain BGP, but neither of us will enjoy it.
             </button>
         </aside>
 
diff --git a/src/scripts/page-play.ts b/src/scripts/page-play.ts
index ce81223..5d75baf 100644
--- a/src/scripts/page-play.ts
+++ b/src/scripts/page-play.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 const mottos = [
-    "Stay humble enough to learn, and confident enough to build.",
-    "Make it work. Then make it quiet.",
-    "Good systems leave room for people.",
-    "Read the logs before blaming the network.",
+    "I can explain BGP, but neither of us will enjoy it.",
+    "It was DNS. Everyone take a drink.",
+    "The server is not haunted. I checked twice.",
+    "My favorite alert is the one that fixes itself before I get up.",
 ];
 
 const glyphs = "01#@$%&*+<>/\\";