Did you need a Ph.D. to come up with something like that? There's nothing small about me, maybe I am in the "Small Pond" as you call it, but times change, circumstances change.
I suppose being the "Big Fish" around here it must be easy to see everyone as a "Small Fish" but don't worry Blowfish Bob some day you'll be the "Small Fish" once more, but you won't be in a small pond, you'll be being flushed down the toilet once everyone realises that Tyler Vegas is a Shark.