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The Ohio Youth Leadership Forum (YLF) is a four-day leadership training program for 11th and 12th grade high school students with disabilities. Many young people with disabilities now have more options and more challenges than at any other time in our nation's history. By providing a framework of history, awareness, peer support, and an atmosphere of encouragement, the students gain vital access to assistive technology, community support and civil rights. YLF enables students with disabilities to serve as role models in their community and the state of Ohio. It is through the Youth Leadership Forum that students will realize their ability, rights and obligation to pursue meaningful employment and contribute to society.

Tyson Gentry, a former Ohio State University football player who was injured and paralyzed during a practice, speaks to the students about determination and perseverance at a luncheon on the last day of the conference. Additional remarks are given by Jermaine Brown, Chair of the Governor's Council on People with Disabilities.

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00:00:12	>>I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE HERE
00:00:14	TODAY. IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. WE ARE HERE TO
00:00:17	HONOR 51 YOUNG PEOPLE. AND DID I SAY 51 YOUNG
00:00:20	PEOPLE? FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, THIS IS THE
00:00:29	LARGEST Y.L.F. WE'VE EVER HAD HERE IN THE STATE
00:00:32	OF OHIO. SO I WANTED TO COMMEND ALL OF YOU.
00:00:38	IN THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK, I CHALLENGED THE
00:00:45	YOUNG PEOPLE. I SAID, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT
00:00:49	YOU TO DO IS I WANTED YOU TO -- DOES ANYBODY
00:00:51	REMEMBER WHAT I SAID? CARPE DIEM, SEIZE THE DAY.
00:00:54	WHAT I WAS ABLE TO SEE OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS
00:00:58	IS YOUNG PEOPLE DOING EXACTLY THAT.
00:01:02	I WAS ABLE TO SEE THEM FINDING, DISCOVERING WHO
00:01:07	THEY WERE, DEVELOPING A VOICE FOR THEMSELVES.
00:01:11	NOT BEING DEFINED BY THEIR DISABILITY. UNDERSTANDING
00:01:16	THAT THEY ARE SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
00:01:20	UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY HAVE A LOT TO CONTRIBUTE
00:01:23	TO SOCIETY. SO I'M VERY PROUD OF EACH AND EVERY ONE
00:01:26	THAT WAS HERE THIS WEEK. AND I ENJOYED MYSELF.
00:01:35	I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT MENTION A FEW SPECIAL
00:01:38	PEOPLE WHO MADE THIS WEEK EXTREMELY POSSIBLE.
00:01:42	WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING SPEAKER. I WANT TO GIVE HIM
00:01:44	AN OPPORTUNITY TO EAT A LITTLE BIT BEFORE HE GETS UP
00:01:48	HERE. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE
00:01:51	STAFF OF GCPD. IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND, DONNA,
00:01:57	STAND. SHE'S DONE A FANTASTIC JOB. PAM AND SCOTT,
00:02:10	IF YOU COULD ALSO STAND. THERE'S A
00:02:19	GENTLEMAN THAT IS NOT ACTUAL STAFF MEMBER OF GCPD,
00:02:24	BUT HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH Y.L.F. OVER THE LAST
00:02:29	14 YEARS, FAITHFULLY. WHENEVER WE ASK HIM TO STEP IN,
00:02:34	HE'S ALWAYS THERE. HIS NAME IS REGGIE SMITH. WITHOUT
00:02:48	REGGIE, THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE TODAY.
00:02:53	I AM EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I AM EXCITED THAT HE HAD
00:02:55	AGREED TO PARTICIPATE. WE JUST HAD A WONDERFUL TIME.
00:02:59	TYSON, I HATE TO DO THIS TO YOU. IT IS TRADITION WITH
00:03:11	THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP FORUM THAT EVERY YEAR, WE
00:03:14	HAVE TWO YOUNG PEOPLE, OR AT LEAST ONE YOUNG PERSON,
00:03:18	GET UP AND INTRODUCE OUR SPEAKER. I PROMISE I WILL GIVE
00:03:21	YOU TIME TO EAT AFTERWARDS. I GUESS WE HAVE A
00:03:27	PROCLAMATION. DO YOU WANT TO DO IT NOW? OH,
00:03:36	WONDERFUL. WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION. IF THAT'S OKAY,
00:03:42	I WILL STEP ASIDE AND ALLOW REPRESENTATIVE GARLAND TO
00:03:46	PRESENT THAT PROCLAMATION. REPRESENTATIVE GARLAND?
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00:04:03	>>JUST QUICKLY, THIS GOES TO THE YOUNG WOMAN THAT
00:04:07	I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET TODAY, AND I KNOW
00:04:08	SHE'S HAD A WONDERFUL TIME AT THE CONFERENCE AND
00:04:12	THE LEADERSHIP. I KNOW SHE'S GRADUATING AND GOING
00:04:17	TO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS. BIANCA ALLEN, I WOULD
00:04:21	LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS.
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00:04:47	>>AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO THE STAGE
00:04:51	MARY AND CHRISTIAN. THEY WILL INTRODUCE OUR SPEAKER.
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00:05:25	>>ALL RIGHT, MARY.
00:05:27	>>I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP TYSON GENTRY, OHIO STATE
00:05:32	FOOTBALL PLAYER. HIS NUMBER WAS 24. HE'S GOT HIS
00:05:39	BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN SPEECH AND HEARING, GOING TO GET
00:05:56	HIS MASTER'S DEGREE, AND LET'S GIVE A NICE ROUND OF
00:06:05	APPLAUSE FOR TYSON.
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00:06:18	>>THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M NOT
00:06:22	SURE IF EVERYBODY CAN SEE ME. I DON'T WANT TO HIDE
00:06:24	BEHIND THE PODIUM TOO MUCH. I WILL COME FORWARD A
00:06:27	LITTLE BIT. CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME OKAY? GREAT. FIRST
00:06:30	OFF, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ASKING ME TO SPEAK TODAY.
00:06:33	I AM EXTREMELY HONORED. IT IS AMAZING TO SEE SO MANY
00:06:39	SMILING FACES AND PEOPLE OUT THERE WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE
00:06:44	AND GIVE BACK. AGAIN, JUST KIND OF WHAT'S BEEN SAID SO
00:06:49	FAR IS THAT THERE REALLY IS SO MUCH THAT EVERYONE HERE
00:06:56	CAN CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY AND TO PEOPLE IN NEED.
00:06:58	SO I THINK THAT DESERVES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE ALONE.
00:06:59	SO THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR TAKING THE TIME.
00:07:03	BASICALLY TODAY, I JUST KIND OF WANT TO GO OVER A
00:07:11	LOT OF WHAT I'VE LEARNED SINCE MY INJURY. I HONESTLY
00:07:14	HOPE THAT THE MAJORITY OF YOU HERE HAVE ALREADY
00:07:18	HEARD A LOT OF WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY, BECAUSE, AGAIN,
00:07:21	IT IS JUST REENFORCING MESSAGES. IT IS JUST POSITIVE
00:07:26	WORDS THAT YOU SHOULD HEAR ON A DAILY BASIS AND
00:07:29	YOU SHOULD TRULY BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN GIVE BACK
00:07:32	AND HELP ANYBODY THAT NEEDS HELP. AGAIN, IT DOESN'T
00:07:37	MATTER IF YOU HAVE A DISABILITY. THERE ARE SO MANY
00:07:40	THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO. AS YOU CAN SEE, I KNOW
00:07:43	THERE IS AN INTERPRETER NEXT TO ME. I TOOK SIGN LANGUAGE
00:07:46	FOR FOUR QUARTERS AT OHIO STATE, SO I LOVE SIGN LANGUAGE.
00:07:50	IT WAS GREAT LEARNING ABOUT THE CULTURE AND
00:07:53	LEARNING THE LANGUAGE. MY FIANCEE ALSO TOOK FOUR
00:07:54	QUARTERS OF SIGN LANGUAGE AND WANTS TO DO
00:07:56	INTERPRETING DOWN THE ROAD, AS WELL. AS I WAS WRITING
00:08:01	MY SPEECH AND I SAW THE DVD FROM LAST YEAR, THAT
00:08:03	THERE WAS GOING TO BE INTERPRETERS HERE, A SMILE CAME
00:08:07	ACROSS MY FACE. I HAVE TO DO THIS. BUT MY FAVORITE SIGN
00:08:11	IS TURTLE. YES, I JUST LIKE THAT SIGN. IF YOU DON'T KNOW
00:08:15	THE SIGN FOR TURTLE, IT IS ONE OF THE BEST. I JUST THINK
00:08:19	IT'S PERFECT. I HAD TO SAY THAT. OKAY. A LITTLE BACKGROUND
00:08:23	ON MYSELF. I GRADUATED FROM PERKINS HIGH SCHOOL,
00:08:30	WHICH IS IN SANDUSKY OHIO STATE, UP BY CEDAR POINT,
00:08:33	IF YOU AREN'T FAMILIAR. IN 2004. AND I WALKED ON AT
00:08:37	ON OHIO STATE AS A PUNTER IN THE FALL OF 2004.
00:08:41	IT WAS A DREAM COME TRUE. I WAS SO HONORED AND JUST
00:08:46	AMAZED I WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY FOR SUCH
00:08:49	A GREAT UNIVERSITY AND SUCH A GREAT COACH. AGAIN,
00:08:52	IT WAS A DREAM COME TRUE. I WAS ON THE TEAM FROM
00:08:58	2004 THROUGH THE 2008 SEASON. AND I HAD THE PRIVILEGE
00:09:03	OF PLAYING WITH SOME GREAT GUYS. AGAIN, IT WAS AN
00:09:09	AMAZING DREAM COME TRUE. IN THE SPRING OF 2006, IT WAS
00:09:15	MY -- THE END OF MY SOPHOMORE YEAR. WE HAD AN
00:09:19	INTER-SQUAD SCRIMMAGE. THAT'S BASICALLY, THEY JUST
00:09:22	DIVIDE THE TEAM UP, AND WE SCRIMMAGE EACH OTHER.
00:09:28	DURING A PLAY, I WENT UP FOR A CATCH AND WAS
00:09:32	TACKLED IN THE FIELD -- OR ON THE FIELD, AND JUST THE
00:09:38	WAY I HIT THE GROUND, IT WAS KIND OF A FREAK ACCIDENT,
00:09:41	I BROKE MY NECK AND WAS PARALYZED FROM THE NECK
00:09:42	DOWN INSTANTLY. AGAIN, IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT
00:09:44	WAS A DIRTY PLAY OR SOMETHING THAT I HAD ANY ANGER
00:09:48	TOWARDS. IT WAS ACTUALLY KIRK HOLMAN THAT TACKLED
00:09:51	ME. TRUTH BE TOLD, HE FELT WORSE ABOUT THE WHOLE
00:09:57	THING THAN I DID. HE HAD A HARD TIME AFTERWARDS.
00:10:01	RIGHTLY SO. WE ARE ALL TEAMMATES. WE ARE ALL FAMILY.
00:10:06	YOU NEVER WANT TO HURT A FAMILY MEMBER. SO HE WAS
00:10:08	JUST ABSOLUTELY TORN UP. AND HONESTLY, THAT WAS HIS
00:10:13	FRESHMAN YEAR. HE GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL EARLY
00:10:17	AND CAME ONTO THE TEAM SO HE COULD LEARN THE PLAYS,
00:10:20	LEARN THE DEFENSE SO HE WOULD HAVE A CHANCE AT
00:10:23	STARTING AS A FRESHMAN. BUT I HAD ACTUALLY NEVER
00:10:25	EVEN SPOKEN TO HIM UNTIL AFTER MY INJURY. WE JUST
00:10:28	HADN'T HAD A CHANCE TO TALK. SO THE FIRST TIME
00:10:32	WE DID SPEAK WAS AFTER I GOT OUT OF INTENSIVE CARE
00:10:37	AND HE CAME TO MY HOSPITAL ROOM. HE WAS OBVIOUSLY
00:10:41	TORN UP. I TOLD HIM IT WASN'T ANYTHING PERSONAL.
00:10:45	IT WASN'T SOMETHING HE DID ON PURPOSE. I JUST TOLD
00:10:48	HIM IT WAS OKAY AND WE'RE STILL FAMILY AND STILL
00:10:55	TEAMMATES, AND I WANTED THEM TO CONTINUE ON AND
00:10:57	PLAY AS HARD AS HE EVER DOES AND NOT HOLD BACK.
00:11:01	THAT'S WHY OHIO STATE IS AS GOOD AS IT IS, BECAUSE
00:11:04	WE'VE GOT GREAT PLAYERS AND GUYS THAT ARE COMMITTED
00:11:07	TO THE TEAM. SO IT WAS NICE FOR THAT, JUST TO BE ABLE
00:11:11	TO SPEAK TO HIM AND LET HIM KNOW THAT EVERYTHING
00:11:15	WAS FINE. AND I DIDN'T REGRET ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED.
00:11:21	A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON, I GUESS, MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKERS.
00:11:28	I DON'T KNOW IF I CONSIDER MYSELF A MOTIVATIONAL
00:11:30	SPEAKER. I'VE BEEN ASKED IF I DO THIS OFTEN, AND
00:11:31	HONESTLY, I DO IT WHENEVER IT WORKS OUT WITH MY
00:11:37	SCHEDULE. I LOVE BEING ABLE TO GIVE BACK. I LOVE BEING
00:11:41	ABLE TO JUST GIVE A POSITIVE MESSAGE TO THOSE WHO NEED
00:11:47	IT AND THOSE WHO WANT TO HEAR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
00:11:50	BUT I CAN REMEMBER SITTING IN THE AUDITORIUM IN
00:11:53	HIGH SCHOOL WHEN MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKERS WOULD
00:11:54	COME. AND I WOULD JUST SAY TO MYSELF, WHAT DO I NEED
00:11:57	TO BE MOTIVATED FOR? I'M A TEENAGER. MY LIFE IS PRETTY
00:12:01	GOOD. I DON'T REALLY NEED ANY MOTIVATION. IT NEVER
00:12:05	REALLY HIT HOME, THE MESSAGE THAT A LOT OF SPEAKERS
00:12:08	GAVE, AND I KNOW A LOT OF YOU ARE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL
00:12:13	AND MAY FEEL THAT THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF NEED
00:12:19	FOR A MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER, BUT HONESTLY, IF YOU
00:12:23	CAN JUST TAKE ONE THING FROM MY SPEECH, WHATEVER
00:12:26	IT MAY BE, AND INSTILL IT IN YOUR LIFE TO BE ABLE TO
00:12:30	GIVE BACK AND HELP OTHERS, I WOULD CONSIDER MY
00:12:33	BEING HERE TODAY A SUCCESS. AGAIN, I'M EXTREMELY
00:12:35	HONORED AND BLESSED TO BE GIVEN THIS SITUATION
00:12:40	AND TO HAVE SOMETHING SO POSITIVE COME FROM
00:12:50	SOMETHING SO NEGATIVE. ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOTIVATIONAL
00:12:54	SPEAKER MOMENTS WAS MY SUMMER AFTER MY FRESHMAN YEAR
00:12:57	OF COLLEGE, COACH TRESSEL HAD A SPEAKER COME AND TALK
00:13:00	TO THE TEAM, AND HER NAME WAS ROSE MARRY ROSETTI.
00:13:02	SHE WAS A PARAPLEGIC IN A WHEELCHAIR. A TREE FELL
00:13:09	ON HER WHEN SHE WAS RIDING BIKES WITH HER HUSBAND.
00:13:11	IT WAS A FREAK ACCIDENT. SHE WAS PARALYZED FROM THE
00:13:17	CHEST DOWN. AND THROUGH THERAPY AND TIME AND
00:13:22	PRAYER AND EVERYTHING ELSE, SHE WAS ABLE TO SLOWLY
00:13:24	REGAIN LEG FUNCTION, AND SHE COULD WALK WITH
00:13:28	A WALKER AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT, AGAIN, JUST HER
00:13:30	DETERMINATION WAS AMAZING. BUT AT THE END OF HER
00:13:36	TALK, SHE HAD EVERYONE ON THE TEAM, SHE PASSED
00:13:41	OUT PIECES OF CONSTRUCTION PAPER AND HAD EVERYONE
00:13:44	ON THE TEAM WRITE DOWN A SHORT MOTIVATIONAL
00:13:49	MESSAGE TO PEOPLE IN DODD HALL AT OHIO STATE.
00:13:52	THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE I DID MY REHAB. AND BASICALLY,
00:13:57	IT IS JUST PEOPLE WITH BRAIN INJURIES OR SPINAL CORD
00:14:02	INJURIES THAT GO THERE TO DO THEIR REHAB TO TRY TO
00:14:05	GET OUT OF THEIR WHEELCHAIR OR AT LEAST MAKE SOME
00:14:07	PROGRESS TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. I CAN
00:14:09	REMEMBER EXACTLY WHERE I WAS SITTING IN THE
00:14:14	AUDITORIUM WHEN SHE PASSED OUT THE PAPERS. AND
00:14:17	I SAT THERE AND WAS THINKING TO MYSELF, HONESTLY,
00:14:19	WHAT CAN YOU SAY TO SOMEBODY WHO HAS JUST HAD
00:14:23	THEIR LIFE CHANGED COMPLETELY, THAT THEY MAY NEVER
00:14:24	BE THE SAME. WHAT CAN YOU SAY TO THEM TO CHEER
00:14:27	THEM UP AND GIVE THEM MOTIVATION? AFTER A FEW
00:14:31	MINUTES OF THINKING, I CAME UP WITH SOMETHING AND
00:14:33	THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD MESSAGE AND WROTE IT
00:14:36	DOWN. SHE COLLECTED ALL OF THEM AT THE END.
00:14:38	THE PIECES OF PAPER WERE HUNG ON THE WALL AT
00:14:42	DODD HALL SO WHEN PEOPLE WERE GOING BY TO THERAPY
00:14:47	OR JUST PASSING BY IN THE HALLWAY, THEY COULD
00:14:50	READ INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGES FROM THE GUYS ON THE
00:14:53	FOOTBALL TEAM. THAT WAS JUST HER IDEA OF BEING ABLE
00:14:56	TO GIVE BACK AND GIVE THEM SOME MOTIVATION THROUGH
00:14:59	US. FAST FORWARD TO MY SOPHOMORE YEAR, AFTER I BROKE
00:15:04	MY NECK AND I WAS IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT.
00:15:08	ONE OF THE NURSES WHO WAS IN MY ROOM AND ON MY
00:15:12	FLOOR REMEMBERED SEEING MY MESSAGE TO THE
00:15:16	PATIENTS AT DODD HALL. SHE ACTUALLY BROUGHT MY
00:15:21	MESSAGE TO ME, ON MY PAPER, WHEN I WAS STILL IN THE
00:15:28	INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. YOU TALK ABOUT GOD TELLING YOU
00:15:32	THAT EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON, YOU KNOW,
00:15:36	AND THAT HE HAS A PLAN FOR EVERYTHING, IT TRULY
00:15:39	WAS JUST A WAKE-UP CALL TO SAY, THIS IS HIS WAY OF
00:15:42	LETTING ME KNOW THAT THIS WAS MEANT TO HAPPEN
00:15:45	AND EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE OKAY. BUT I STILL HAVE
00:15:47	MY LETTER TODAY. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT
00:15:55	TO PASS IT AROUND OR WHATEVER. I DON'T HAVE A
00:15:57	PROBLEM WITH IT. OR WE CAN SET IT UP ON A TABLE IF
00:16:00	YOU WANT TO SEE IT. BUT I WROTE, NEVER GIVE UP.
00:16:03	NO MATTER HOW MUCH ADVERSITY YOU FACE, YOU CAN
00:16:06	ALWAYS OVERCOME ADVERSITY. A LOT OF PEOPLE BELIEVE
00:16:11	IN YOU. AND I JUST SIGNED IT. AND IT WAS HUNG ON THE
00:16:13	WALL. AGAIN, THAT WAS ONE OF MY THINGS THAT KIND
00:16:16	OF MADE IT OKAY FOR ME, OR REENFORCED TO ME THAT
00:16:22	I COULD LIVE UP TO MY OWN WORDS. IT IS ADVICE THAT
00:16:27	I GAVE THAT IF I DON'T LIVE UP TO MY OWN ADVICE,
00:16:31	WHAT DOES THAT MAKE ME? SO THIS HAS JUST BEEN
00:16:35	REENFORCING FOR ME TO HAVE. AND I HOPE IT GIVES YOU
00:16:39	SOME ENCOURAGEMENT, AS WELL. SO WE CAN PUT THAT
00:16:42	SOMEWHERE OR PASS IT AROUND. OKAY. I'M SURE A LOT
00:16:55	OF YOU WANT TO HEAR ME TALK ABOUT OHIO STATE
00:16:58	FOOTBALL. MY EXPERIENCE THERE WAS AMAZING. I DON'T
00:17:08	REGRET GOING TO OHIO STATE TO WALK ON AND PLAY.
00:17:12	I DON'T REGRET THE FACT I'M IN A WHEELCHAIR. YES,
00:17:15	I'M SURE A LOT OF YOU CAN RELATE THAT IT'S NOT FUN
00:17:20	BEING IN A WHEELCHAIR, BUT MY LIFE IS SO AMAZING NOW
00:17:25	THAT I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY THAT I HAVE AND THE
00:17:29	PERSPECTIVE THAT I HAVE TO BE ABLE TO LOOK BACK
00:17:33	AND REFLECT AND LEARN AND TRULY APPRECIATE THE
00:17:37	THINGS IN MY LIFE THAT ARE IMPORTANT. I CAN HONESTLY
00:17:40	SAY THAT I WOULDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING. IF I COULD BE
00:17:43	OUT OF THE CHAIR, I WOULD. BUT AT THE SAME TIME,
00:17:44	IT GIVES ME OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS TO BE ABLE TO
00:17:48	SPEAK TO AMAZING PEOPLE LIKE YOU. I'M JUST SO PROUD
00:17:51	OF THAT. COACH TRESSEL WAS THERE FOR MY ALL FIVE
00:17:56	YEARS I WAS ON THE TEAM. AND HE IS AND WAS AN
00:18:01	AMAZING COACH. WE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM HIM.
00:18:05	HE JUST INSTILLED SO MUCH POSITIVE MESSAGES, SO MANY
00:18:09	POSITIVE MESSAGES. AND JUST TAUGHT US TO BECOME
00:18:14	MATURE MEN, AND ALWAYS MAKE SURE WE PUT SCHOOL
00:18:17	FIRST. WE WERE ALWAYS STUDENT ATHLETES, NOT ATHLETE
00:18:20	STUDENTS. IT WAS HIS MAIN MESSAGE, THAT WE CAN GIVE
00:18:26	BACK SO MUCH MORE BY STAYING IN CLASS AND DOING
00:18:29	THE RIGHT THINGS. ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED
00:18:34	LATELY WITH HIM RETIRING AND LEAVING THE UNIVERSITY,
00:18:39	I TRULY FEEL IS A TRAGEDY, AND I FEEL BAD THAT HE
00:18:44	STEPPED UP AND DID THE RIGHT THING IN STEPPING
00:18:48	DOWN. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I JUST DON'T PICTURE
00:18:54	HIM AS BEING THE PERSON TO DO THE WRONG THING.
00:18:57	AND, AGAIN, IT IS JUST SAD THAT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED,
00:19:01	BUT LIFE GOES ON. EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON.
00:19:03	AND OHIO STATE FOOTBALL WILL BE FINE. WE WILL BE
00:19:08	BACK. COACH FICKLE IS A GREAT COACH. HE WAS THERE
00:19:12	FOR ALL FIVE YEARS I WAS ON THE TEAM, AS WELL.
00:19:14	AND I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT YOU WILL HAVE THE
00:19:17	GUYS READY FOR THIS FALL AND THEY WILL BE OUT
00:19:20	THERE KICKING BUTT AS USUAL. YOU REALLY SHOULDN'T
00:19:22	HAVE ANY WORRIES. WHEN WE WERE ON THE TEAM,
00:19:26	EVERY MORNING BEFORE PRACTICE, OR WHATEVER
00:19:29	OUR SCHEDULE WAS, WHEN WE WOULD GO IN, BEFORE
00:19:32	MEETINGS WOULD START, EVERYONE HAD WHAT WAS
00:19:36	CALLED A WINNER'S MANUAL. IF ANY OF YOU HAVE
00:19:39	READ COACH TRESSEL'S BOOK, IT'S ACTUALLY CALLED
00:19:43	THE WINNER'S MANUAL. BUT IT'S BASICALLY A BIG
00:19:43	TEXTBOOK, COMPRISED OF INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGES,
00:19:49	DIFFERENT PRAYERS, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE READ
00:19:53	EACH MORNING, JUST TO BE ABLE TO REFLECT ON
00:19:57	HOW PRIVILEGED AND HOW GREAT OF AN HONOR IT
00:20:02	IS TO BE ON THAT TEAM. WE DID THAT EVERY DAY,
00:20:05	TO BE ABLE TO REFLECT AND APPRECIATE WHAT WE
00:20:09	HAD AND PUT THE NEGATIVE THINGS OUT OF OUR
00:20:11	MIND. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I STILL HAVE
00:20:14	TODAY, THAT I'M GLAD THAT HE INSTILLED THAT IN
00:20:17	US TO BE ABLE TO REFLECT AND BE ABLE TO APPRECIATE
00:20:20	WHAT WE HAVE. THE TEAMMATES THAT I WAS ABLE
00:20:26	TO BE ON THE TEAM WITH WERE AMAZING. A LOT OF
00:20:31	THOSE GUYS WERE A LOT OF FUN, AND THEY TAUGHT
00:20:34	ME A LOT, AS WELL. JUST IN HARD WORK, SEEING THEIR
00:20:36	WORK ETHIC, AND THE PAYOFF FOR HOW MUCH WORK
00:20:41	THEY'VE PUT IN TO BE ABLE TO SEE THEM EITHER GO ON
00:20:44	TO THE NFL AND ACHIEVE THEIR GOAL OF PLAYING IN
00:20:47	THE NFL, OR BE BUSINESS OWNERS, OR WHATEVER IT
00:20:52	MAY BE. THAT HARD WORK REALLY DOES PAY OFF.
00:20:56	THAT'S WHAT THIS WHOLE CONFERENCE THIS WHOLE
00:21:00	WEEK HAS BEEN FOR, FOR YOU GUYS, THAT HARD WORK
00:21:05	REALLY DOES PAY O. AND EVEN IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER
00:21:10	EVERYTHING THAT YOU LEARNED THIS WEEK, AS LONG AS
00:21:12	YOU TAKE A FEW THINGS AND INSTILL THEM IN YOUR LIFE
00:21:15	AND BE ABLE TO APPLY THEM TO HELP OTHERS, IT WILL
00:21:18	OPEN DOORS FOR YOU THAT YOU HAVE NO IDEA.
00:21:22	AGAIN, THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT
00:21:24	ARE JUST IN NEED OF INSPIRATION AND IN NEED OF
00:21:28	HELP. A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM ARE GOING TO BE
00:21:31	THOSE PEOPLE, TO STEP UP AND HELP OUT PEOPLE IN NEED.
00:21:34	AS LONG AS YOU ARE AWARE OF THAT, YOU CAN GIVE
00:21:38	BACK AND CONTRIBUTE, IT IS REALLY GOING TO PAY OFF.
00:21:42	YOU WILL BE THANKFUL DOWN THE ROAD THAT YOU HAVE
00:21:45	THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO THIS CONFERENCE AND
00:21:51	LEARN. ALONG THOSE SAME LINES, SETTING GOALS AND
00:21:53	PUTTING IN HARD WORK AND THINGS PAYING OFF, YOU
00:21:57	HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE SET
00:21:59	BACKS IN LIFE. NOT EVERYTHING COMES TO YOU THE FIRST
00:22:02	TRY. I'M SURE A LOT OF YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS. A LOT
00:22:05	OF YOU HAD SET BACKS, WHETHER IT BE HEALTH PROBLEMS
00:22:09	OR FAMILY PROBLEMS, OR PROBLEMS WITH FRIENDS,
00:22:10	PROBLEMS WITH SCHOOL, ANYTHING. YOU HAVE TO BE
00:22:12	PERSISTENT. YOU HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK HARD
00:22:16	TO MATTER WHAT KIND OF SET BACK YOU HAVE.
00:22:20	THE MESSAGE THAT I WROTE ABOUT FACING ADVERSITY,
00:22:25	ADVERSITY IS GOING TO COME WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR
00:22:29	NOT. IT IS JUST A MATTER OF LIFE. AND THE BETTER YOU
00:22:34	CAN DEAL WITH ADVERSITY, THE HARDER YOU CAN PUSH
00:22:37	YOURSELF, THE BETTER OFF YOU'RE GOING TO BE.
00:22:39	THAT'S DEFINITELY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LEARNED
00:22:42	WITH BEING ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM. WE LOST TWO
00:22:44	NATIONAL TITLES BACK TO BACK. THAT WAS REALLY
00:22:47	HARD. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR
00:22:50	US. WE HAD HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR OURSELVES.
00:22:54	BUT IN THE END, WE LOST THOSE TWO GAMES, AND A
00:22:56	LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT THE SEASON WAS A FAILURE
00:22:58	BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WIN THE NATIONAL TITLE.
00:23:00	BUT THE TRUTH IS, WE WON BACK TO BACK OUTRIGHT
00:23:04	BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS. WE STILL HAD A LOT TO BE
00:23:07	THANKFUL FOR AND A LOT THAT WE DID ACCOMPLISH.
00:23:11	MY CLASS WAS THE FIRST CLASS EVER IN OHIO STATE
00:23:14	HISTORY TO BEAT MICHIGAN FIVE YEARS IN A ROAD.
00:23:17	I HAVE FIVE PAIRS OF GOLD PANTS. THERE IS A SILVER
00:23:31	LINING TO EVERYTHING. YOU JUST REALLY HAVE TO
00:23:35	FOCUS ON THE POSITIVE THINGS. YEAH, WE WERE ALL
00:23:38	DISAPPOINTED WE LOST TWO NATIONAL TITLES, BUT,
00:23:45	AGAIN, WE ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH AND PUT IN SO
00:23:50	MUCH WORK, HONESTLY, WE STILL CAME OUT ON
00:23:55	TOP NO MATTER WHICH WAY YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT.
00:23:59	AS FOR THIS CONFERENCE AND WHY A LOT OF YOU ARE
00:24:01	HERE, OBVIOUSLY DISABILITY IS A BIG WORD THAT COMES
00:24:03	INTO PLAY IN MANY OF YOUR LIVES. AND I WANT YOU TO
00:24:04	KNOW THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A DISABILITY, AS
00:24:06	I SAID BEFORE, YOU SHOULD NEVER LET YOUR DISABILITY
00:24:08	DEFINE YOU. JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A DISABILITY IN
00:24:12	ONE AREA DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU HAVE THE ABILITY
00:24:15	IN SO MANY OTHER AREAS THAT YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE
00:24:19	AND HELP OTHER PEOPLE OUT. THAT'S JUST WHAT IT'S
00:24:23	ALL ABOUT. I HAVE A DISABILITY. BUT I'M STILL HERE,
00:24:25	HELPING OUT AND DOING WHAT I CAN TO CONTRIBUTE
00:24:27	AND GIVE BACK TO OTHERS. I THINK THAT'S AMAZING.
00:24:32	I'M SO HONORED AND PRIVILEGED TO BE ABLE TO BE
00:24:35	IN THE SITUATION I AM BECAUSE OF MY DISABILITY.
00:24:38	A LOT OF YOU HERE NEED TO LEARN TO USE YOUR
00:24:40	DISABILITY TO YOUR ADVANTAGE. THERE ARE SO MANY
00:24:44	PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE GOING TO BE WILLING TO
00:24:46	HELP YOU ALONG THE WAY IN YOUR LIFE. JUST BECAUSE
00:24:49	YOU HAVE A DISABILITY DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU
00:24:52	CAN'T ACHIEVE AMAZING THINGS AND BE ON TV, OR BE
00:24:57	IN MOVIES, OR BE WHATEVER YOU WANT TO BE IN LIFE.
00:25:02	THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS YOU CAN DO DESPITE
00:25:06	MINOR THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T DO. SO THAT'S KIND
00:25:10	OF ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT SO THAT'S KIND
00:25:12	OF ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE
00:25:14	THAT YOU TAKE FROM MY SPEECH, IS THAT YOU NEED
00:25:17	TO FIND WHAT YOU CAN DO AND NOT WHAT YOU CANNOT.
00:25:19	ALSO, JUST TAKE PRIDE. JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A
00:25:22	DISABILITY DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T BE PROUD OF
00:25:25	WHO YOU ARE. YOU CAN ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS
00:25:28	OVERCOME AND BEAT YOUR DISABILITY. YOU MAY NOT-
00:25:33	I'M STILL TRYING TO GET OUT OF MY WHEELCHAIR.
00:25:35	JUST BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN A WHEELCHAIR FOR FIVE YEARS
00:25:37	DOESN'T MEAN THAT I STILL CAN'T DO THERAPY AND
00:25:39	WORK HARD AND DO THE THINGS THAT I NEED TO
00:25:43	TO MAKE MYSELF STRONGER. SOME OF YOU MAY
00:25:47	BE IN A WHEELCHAIR. SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE YOUR
00:25:49	DISABILITY YOUR WHOLE LIFE. AGAIN, YOU SHOULDN'T
00:25:53	LET THAT DEFINE YOU. THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST
00:25:54	IMPORTANT THINGS THAT I CAN INSTILL IN YOU.
00:25:57	SINCE MY INJURY, I'VE DEFER FITLY FOUND OUT THAT
00:26:02	ATTITUDE IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS.
00:26:04	I DON'T MEAN ATTITUDE AS IN WHEN YOUR PARENTS
00:26:08	TELL YOU TO DO SOMETHING AND YOU GIVE THEM
00:26:10	ATTITUDE THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT. I MEAN
00:26:13	ATTITUDE AS IN HOW YOU RESPOND TO ADVERSITY.
00:26:16	YOUR ATTITUDE IS THE ONE THING THAT YOU CAN
00:26:19	CONTROL IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY. YOU CAN CHOOSE,
00:26:21	THERE IS A GREAT QUOTE IN THAT MEETING ROOM OUT
00:26:27	THIS DOOR TO THE RIGHT THAT I SAW. IT SAID, WHEN
00:26:28	SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS TO YOU, YOU HAVE ONE OF
00:26:30	THREE OPTIONS. YOU CAN LET IT DEFINE YOU, YOU
00:26:33	CAN LET IT DESTROY YOU, OR YOU CAN LET IT
00:26:35	STRENGTHEN YOU. THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. YOUR
00:26:39	ATTITUDE IS THE ONE THING THAT YOU CAN CONTROL.
00:26:42	IF SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS, YOU CAN CHOOSE TO LOOK
00:26:44	ON THE BRIGHT SIDE AND CHOOSE TO STAY POSITIVE.
00:26:47	THROUGH MY EXPERIENCE, WHEN I DID MY THERAPY AT
00:26:52	DODD HALL, IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE SOME OF THE
00:26:57	PEOPLE THAT WERE DOING THERAPY THERE, AS WELL.
00:27:01	PEOPLE THAT WERE PARALYZED FROM THE NECK DOWN.
00:27:04	I, THANK GOD, WAS ABLE TO GAIN MOVEMENT OF MY
00:27:09	ARMS. DESPITE THE FACT THAT I DON'T HAVE HAND
00:27:12	MOVEMENT, I DON'T HAVE MOVEMENT, I DON'T HAVE
00:27:14	TRICEPS CONTROL, I'M NOT -- I DON'T HAVE FULL
00:27:19	STRENGTH IN MY SHOULDERS OR ANYTHING, BUT JUST
00:27:22	MY BICEPS MOVEMENT MAKES SO MUCH OF A DIFFERENT
00:27:26	IN MY LIFE. I'M SO THANKFUL THAT I HAVE THAT.
00:27:27	SOME PEOPLE AREN'T ABLE TO SAY THEY HAVE THAT.
00:27:31	AND TO ME, PEOPLE THAT ARE COMPLETE QUADRIPLEGICS,
00:27:35	LIKE CHRISTOPHER REEVES, PARALYZED FROM THE NECK
00:27:40	DOWN, I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW STRONG OF PEOPLE THEY ARE
00:27:44	AND HOW POSITIVE A LOT OF THEM STAY, THAT THEY
00:27:48	ARE ABLE TO LOOK ON THE POSITIVE SIDE OF THINGS.
00:27:51	PEOPLE AT DODD HALL THAT HAD BRAIN INJURIES THAT
00:27:54	AREN'T ABLE TO SPEAK AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE JUST
00:27:59	TORN APART BECAUSE THEY REMEMBER THE PEOPLE THAT
00:28:01	THEY ONCE WERE. IT CAN BE VERY DEVASTATING.
00:28:04	IT IS VERY HURTFUL, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, FOR MY
00:28:10	SITUATION, I'M SO THANKFUL THAT I'M HERE TO TALK
00:28:13	ABOUT IT AND HERE TO SHARE MY MESSAGE. MY FAMILY
00:28:18	WAS VERY UPSET OVER MY INJURY, AS WELL. BUT AT
00:28:21	THE SAME TIME, WE'RE STILL ABLE TO BE HERE AND LAUGH
00:28:24	ABOUT THINGS AND JOKE AND STILL HAVE MORE MEMORIES
00:28:29	THAT WE CAN HAVE THROUGHOUT OR LIVES. AGAIN,
00:28:32	THAT'S JUST WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, IS JUST STAYING
00:28:37	POSITIVE AND YOUR ATTITUDE IS WHERE THAT'S-
00:28:42	WHERE THAT ALL COMES FROM. AGAIN, I KIND OF
00:28:46	JUST TOUCHED ON IT WITH SEEING DIFFERENT PATIENTS
00:28:50	AT DODD HALL. YOU REALLY NEED TO HAVE PERSPECTIVE.
00:28:55	SINCE MY INJURY, I HAVE GAINED SO MUCH PERSPECTIVE
00:28:58	ON LIFE THAT, AGAIN, THINGS COULD BE SO MUCH WORSE.
00:29:01	THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'VE ALWAYS SAID WHEN PEOPLE
00:29:06	ASK ME, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS YOUR FEELING AFTER
00:29:08	YOUR INJURY, OR HOW HARD WAS IT, THINGS LIKE
00:29:11	THAT. THE YEAH, IT WAS VERY HARD, AND IT TOOK ME A
00:29:14	WHILE TO BE ABLE TO FULLY ACCEPT THINGS, BUT
00:29:16	DESPITE THAT, THE DAYS WHERE I WAS HAVING A HARD
00:29:18	TIME ABOUT MY INJURY, I WAS STILL THANKFUL FOR
00:29:22	EVERYTHING THAT I DID HAVE. SO HAVING PERSPECTIVE
00:29:26	ON LIFE REALLY HELPS YOU IN BEING ABLE TO BE THANKFUL
00:29:31	FOR WHAT YOU HAVE. SEEING PEOPLE THAT ARE LESS
00:29:36	FORTUNATE THAN YOU, THAT REALLY MAKES YOU
00:29:39	APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO HAVE. PEOPLE THAT ARE
00:29:43	LESS FORTUNATE THAN YOU, YOU BETTER BE THERE TO
00:29:46	HELP THEM OUT IF THEY NEED HELP AT ALL. THAT'S WHAT
00:29:50	LIFE IS ALL ABOUT TO ME, IS BEING ABLE TO HELP OUT
00:29:52	AND HELP THOSE THAT CAN'T HELP THEMSELVES. SO
00:29:55	DESPITE YOUR SITUATION, IF YOU CAN HELP ONE PERSON
00:30:00	IN NEED, THAT'S ALL IT TAKES. AND I'M JUST SO
00:30:02	FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE THAT ARE
00:30:05	LESS FORTUNATE THAN ME. IT JUST REALLY HELPS ME
00:30:08	TO BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT I HAVE. NEVER TAKE YOUR
00:30:13	SITUATION FOR GRANTED. RESILIENCE IS ANOTHER WORD
00:30:16	I'VE LEARNED SINCE MY INJURY. RECENTLY, THE ESPY
00:30:23	AWARDS WERE ON. THE MAN'S NAME WAS
00:30:35	DEWEY BOZALLA. DID ANYBODY SEE HIS STORY?
00:30:40	AMAZING STORY. BASICALLY, HE WAS CONVICTED OF
00:30:44	A CRIME BACK IN THE '80S WHEN HE WAS JUST A
00:30:47	TEENAGER OF KILLING A 90-YEAR-OLD WOMAN.
00:30:52	IF THE END, 2009, SO BASICALLY TWO YEARS AGO, HE
00:30:55	WAS IN JAIL FROM THE '80S, I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY
00:31:00	WHAT YEAR, THROUGH 2009, FOR BEING WRONGFULLY
00:31:02	CONVICTED. THE WHOLE TIME, HE KEPT A POSITIVE
00:31:06	ATTITUDE WHILE IN PRISON, JUST SAYING HE'S NOT
00:31:10	GOING TO LET IT GET HIM DOWN. I DON'T THINK MANY
00:31:14	PEOPLE COULD SAY THAT, THAT BEING WRONGFULLY
00:31:18	CONVICTED IN A STATE PENITENTIARY WITH CONVICTED
00:31:20	MURDERS AND PEOPLE THAT REALLY ARE BAD PEOPLE,
00:31:24	DESPITE ALL OF THAT, HE STAYED POSITIVE AND KNEW
00:31:28	THAT HE WASN'T GUILTY. THE HE KEPT TRYING TO
00:31:33	CHALLENGE HIS VERDICT. HE KEPT TRYING TO TAKE
00:31:39	IT BACK TO COURT AND GET A NEW CASE SO HE COULD
00:31:44	PROVE HIS INNOCENCE. I THINK IN THE '90S SOMETIME,
00:31:47	HE WAS ABLE TO GET A NEW CASE. THEY SAID THAT IF
00:31:51	HE ADMITTED TO THE MURDER, THE TIME HE SERVED
00:31:55	WOULD BE ENOUGH AND THEY WOULD LET HIM OUT
00:31:59	ON PAROLE. SO BASICALLY, HE COULD WALK FREE IF HE
00:32:02	JUST SAID, YEP, I DID IT. THAT WOULD BE IT. IT WOULD
00:32:04	GO ON HIS RECORD, BUT HE COULD GET OUT OF JAIL
00:32:06	THAT DAY. HE DIDN'T DO IT. HE SAID THAT I CANNOT
00:32:09	LIVE MY LIFE WITH YOU TELLING ME THAT I DID
00:32:11	SOMETHING SO HORRIBLE THAT I NEVER DID. AND HE
00:32:14	WENT BACK TO JAIL. JUST LIKE THAT. BECAUSE HIS
00:32:17	HONOR AND HIS PRIDE WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN
00:32:25	HIS FREEDOM. AGAIN, I THINK THE STRENGTH OF GOD
00:32:26	AND SUPPORT FROM WHEREVER HE GOT IT WAS AMAZING.
00:32:29	AND JUST TO GET HIM THROUGH THAT HARD TIME.
00:32:34	BUT EVENTUALLY, IT PAID OFF. HE WAS ABLE TO GET
00:32:37	OUT OF JAIL IN 2009, DESPITE BEING IN -- I THINK THEY
00:32:41	SAID HE WAS 51 WHEN HE GOT OUT. THE MAJORITY OF
00:32:43	HIS LIFE WAS SPENT IN JAIL FOR SOMETHING THAT HE
00:32:46	DIDN'T DO. HIS ATTITUDE WAS AMAZING. IT IS THINGS
00:32:49	LIKE THAT THAT REALLY GIVE ME MOTIVATION TO KNOW
00:32:53	BAD THINGS HAPPEN IN PEOPLE'S LIVES, BUT, AGAIN, YOUR
00:32:58	ATTITUDE IS WHAT CAN GET YOU THROUGH AND WHAT
00:33:02	CAN REALLY PAY OFF FOR YOU IN THE END. SELFLESS IS
00:33:07	ANOTHER WORD THAT IS IMPORTANT TO ME. I ACTUALLY
00:33:12	LOOKED UP THE DEFINITIONS TO SOME OF THESE.
00:33:16	I'VE KIND OF SKIPPED OVER A FEW OF THEM. BUT THE
00:33:19	DEFINITION FOR SELFLESS MEANS CONCERNED MORE
00:33:22	WITH THE NEEDS AND WISHES OF OTHERS THAN WITH
00:33:25	ONE'S OWN. BASICALLY BEING UNSELFISH. TO ME, THAT
00:33:29	IS JUST AMAZING. IF YOU CAN BE A SELFLESS PERSON
00:33:31	AND PUT OTHER PEOPLE'S NEEDS IN FRONT OF YOURS,
00:33:33	THE WORLD WOULD JUST BE SO MUCH OF A BETTER
00:33:36	PLACE. IT WOULD JUST BE AMAZING TO WALK OUT OF
00:33:40	YOUR HOUSE AND KNOW THAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE
00:33:43	GOING TO LOOK AFTER YOU, AND YOU'RE GOING TO
00:33:45	LOOK AFTER OTHER PEOPLE AND GIVE BACK AND
00:33:47	CONTRIBUTE AND HELP PEOPLE THAT ARE IN NEED.
00:33:50	IT IS JUST VERY SAD TO ME THAT THE WORLD TODAY,
00:33:56	PEOPLE DON'T DO THIS. PEOPLE CONSIDER THEMSELVES
00:34:03	FIRST AND DON'T TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION OTHER
00:34:06	PEOPLE'S FEELINGS OR OTHER PEOPLE'S NEEDS.
00:34:09	IT IS JUST REALLY SAD THAT THE WORLD IS SO
00:34:12	SELFISH, BUT EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM CAN HAVE THE
00:34:16	OPPORTUNITY TO BE SELFLESS AND TO GIVE BACK AND
00:34:21	TO HELP PEOPLE THAT ARE IN NEED AND THINGS LIKE
00:34:24	THAT. I JUST THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
00:34:27	THINGS. ALL IT TAKES IS DISCIPLINE. YOU CAN MAKE A
00:34:31	CHOICE. YOU CAN CHOOSE TO PUT PEOPLE IN FRONT
00:34:35	OF YOU. EVEN IF IT MEANS THAT YOU MAY BE
00:34:38	INCONVENIENCED A LITTLE BIT. IF IT PUTS A SMILE ON
00:34:41	SOMEONE ELSE'S FACE AND IT DOESN'T HURT YOU TO
00:34:43	DO THAT, I DON'T SEE WHY YOU SHOULDN'T TAKE THAT
00:34:47	OPPORTUNITY TO HELP SOMEBODY ELSE OUT THAT
00:34:50	TRULY NEEDS IT. SELFLESS IS JUST ONE OF THE WORDS
00:34:54	THAT I LOVE. I LOVE THE DEFINITION, TOO, BECAUSE I
00:34:58	TRULY WOULD LOVE TO SEE A SELFLESS WORLD AND
00:35:03	THAT PEOPLE REALLY DO CARE FOR EACH OTHER
00:35:05	MORE THAN THEMSELVES. TRANSCEND IS ANOTHER
00:35:10	WORD. I WILL GIVE YOU THE DEFINITION TO THAT,
00:35:17	AS WELL. TRANSCEND MEANS TO BE OR GO BEYOND
00:35:19	THE RANGE OR LIMITS OF. BASICALLY, I FEEL TRANSCEND
00:35:24	MEANS TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND IN WHATEVER IT
00:35:30	MAY BE. WHETHER IT BE SCHOOL, STUDYING AND
00:35:34	DOING THE RIGHT THINGS, HELPING OTHERS. WHETHER
00:35:37	IT MAY BE YOUR JOB OR ANYTHING. YOU CAN APPLY IT
00:35:41	TO A LOT OF THINGS IN LIFE. IF YOU GO ABOVE AND
00:35:46	BEYOND, YOU REALLY WILL BE PAID BACK IN FULL FOR
00:35:48	YOUR GOOD DEEDS. PEOPLE WILL BE MORE
00:35:51	RESPONSIVE AND MORE WILLING TO HELP YOU OUT
00:35:53	IF YOU GIVE BACK AND DO GOOD THINGS.
00:35:57	I HONESTLY CAN'T THINK OF ANY SITUATION WHERE
00:36:01	SOMEONE HAS GONE OUT OF THEIR WAY TO HELP ME OUT
00:36:05	AND I JUST TURNED AROUND AND EITHER BRUSHED THEM
00:36:07	OFF OR NOT EVEN SAY THANK YOU, OR TRY AND REPAY
00:36:09	THEM BACK. THERE'S JUST SO MUCH THAT CAN BE SAID
00:36:13	FOR HELPING OTHERS OUT THAT REALLY NEED IT.
00:36:18	BELIEVE IS BASICALLY THE THEME OF MY LIFE SINCE
00:36:30	MY INJURY. YOU TRULY HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT THINGS
00:36:38	WILL BE BETTER AND THAT THINGS CAN BE BETTER AND
00:36:40	THAT YOU CAN DO THE UNTHINKABLE IN ANYTHING.
00:36:48	SOMETHING SIMPLE, SOMETHING COMPLEX. YOU TRULY
00:36:50	HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING.
00:36:55	EVERYONE HERE IN THIS ROOM I BELIEVE KNOWS THAT
00:36:58	AND CAN HELP YOU IN IN WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
00:37:02	YOU JUST HAVE TO ASK. THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF
00:37:06	THE THINGS I WILL GET TO EVENTUALLY, IS ASKING
00:37:08	FOR HELP. SO WHATEVER GOALS YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE
00:37:14	TO BELIEVE YOU CAN SET THEM. YOU JUST HAVE TO SET
00:37:20	A GOAL. IF YOU HAVE NO GOALS IN LIFE, YOU'LL NEVER
00:37:23	ACHIEVE ANYTHING. YOU WILL KIND OF FLOW THROUGH
00:37:28	LIFE AND, AGAIN, NOT BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE OR
00:37:31	ACHIEVE ANYTHING. SO WHATEVER YOUR GOALS MAY
00:37:32	BE, SET THEM. AND THROUGHOUT LIFE, YOU'LL FIND
00:37:33	PEOPLE THAT WILL TELL YOU CAN'T. YOU WILL FIND
00:37:35	PEOPLE THAT WILL TELL YOU, DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME.
00:37:38	IF YOU WANT TO DO IT, DO IT. DON'T WORRY ABOUT
00:37:41	WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY. BUT FOR EVERY ONE PERSON
00:37:47	THAT TELLS YOU THAT YOU CAN'T, TRUST ME,
00:37:48	THERE ARE AT LEAST A HUNDRED OTHER PEOPLE THAT
00:37:50	WILL TELL YOU THAT YOU CAN. IT IS JUST A MATTER
00:37:52	OF CHOOSING WHO YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO.
00:37:54	IF YOU LISTEN TO THE PERSON THAT TELLS YOU CAN'T,
00:37:57	THEN THEY'RE RIGHT, YOU CAN'T. IF YOU LISTEN TO
00:38:02	THE PEOPLE THAT TELL YOU THAT YOU CAN AND YOU
00:38:04	NEVER GIVE UP, THEN ONE DAY, YOU WILL. THAT'S JUST
00:38:09	ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS. A LOT OF YOU
00:38:10	ARE IN HIGH SCHOOL. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS ANY
00:38:12	MIDDLE SCHOOLERS HERE. BUT I'M SURE THROUGHOUT
00:38:16	YOUR LIFETIME, YOU'VE EXPERIENCED SOMEBODY BEING
00:38:19	MEAN TO YOU, WHETHER IT BE BECAUSE OF YOUR
00:38:24	DISABILITY OR ANYTHING. MAYBE BECAUSE OF HOW
00:38:26	MUCH MONEY YOUR PARENTS MAKE, OR THE CLOTHES
00:38:30	THAT YOU WEAR, OR SOMETHING THAT YOU DID.
00:38:32	KIDS ARE EXTREMELY MEAN. I DON'T SAY THAT TO BE
00:38:34	FUNNY. FOR WHATEVER REASON, KIDS CAN BE NICE,
00:38:39	BUT KIDS CAN ALSO BE VERY MEAN. HIGH SCHOOL CAN
00:38:42	BE TOUGH FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. AND IT IS EXTREMELY
00:38:48	SAD THE SUICIDE RATE THAT HIGH SCHOOL KIDS HAVE.
00:38:50	THERE ARE A LOT OF KIDS THAT WILL COMMIT SUICIDE
00:38:53	BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIFE IS TOO ROUGH AND THEY
00:38:58	WON'T AMOUNT TO ANYTHING, BECAUSE PEOPLE TELL
00:39:00	THEM THAT THEIR WHOLE LIVES. AS YOU GET OLDER
00:39:05	AND MATURE AND THOSE PEOPLE AROUND YOU
00:39:07	MATURE, YOU WILL FIND THAT PEOPLE WILL BECOME
00:39:08	A LOT NICER. YOU JUST HAVE TO STICK IT OUT.
00:39:12	DON'T WORRY ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE MEAN
00:39:17	TO YOU, BECAUSE IN THE END, THEY WILL HAVE WHAT'S
00:39:19	COMING TO THEM. UNLESS THEY DECIDE TO CHANGE
00:39:21	THEIR ATTITUDE AND TO START BEING NICER, TRUST
00:39:24	ME, EVERYONE WILL GET WHAT COMES TO THEM IN
00:39:28	THE END. JUST BEING NICE IS, TO ME, THE SIMPLEST
00:39:31	THING, THE SIMPLEST ACT THAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP
00:39:36	PEOPLE OUT. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DON'T WORRY
00:39:43	ABOUT PEOPLE THAT ARE MEAN TO YOU. ESPECIALLY IF
00:39:47	YOU ARE IN HIGH SCHOOL. AGAIN, THINGS WILL GET A
00:39:50	LOT EASIER AS YOU GROW OLDER, AS YOU MATURE, AND
00:39:54	YOU CAN CHOOSE THE PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR
00:39:58	LIFE. BEING IN HIGH SCHOOL IS KIND OF HARD TO TELL
00:40:00	CLASSMATES TO NOT COME AROUND YOU OR TO NOT BE
00:40:02	MEAN TO YOU AND HAVE THEM LISTEN. BUT AS AN ADULT,
00:40:05	YOU CAN TAKE MORE RESPONSIBILITY AND YOU CAN MAKE
00:40:07	THE CHOICE OF WHO YOU WANT IN YOUR LIFE AND WHO
00:40:09	YOU DON'T WANT IN YOUR LIFE. DID WE SWITCH
00:40:11	INTERPRETERS? I DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE. YOU ARE VERY
00:40:14	SNEAKY. ALL RIGHT. THE THEME OF EVERYTHING,
00:40:25	CHALLENGE AND ADVERSITY. I'D LIKE TO READ THOSE
00:40:27	DEFINITIONS TO YOU, AS WELL. CHALLENGE IS A TASK
00:40:31	OR SITUATION THAT TESTS SOMEONE'S ABILITIES DESPITE
00:40:37	WHAT IS COMMONLY ACCEPTED AS TRUE. ADVERSITY IS
00:40:40	BASICALLY JUST DIFFICULTIES OR MISFORTUNE.
00:40:45	SO THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE, YOU WILL EXPERIENCE
00:40:47	ADVERSITY. YOU WILL EXPERIENCE CHALLENGES.
00:40:49	IT IS JUST A MATTER OF HOW YOU RESPOND TO THEM.
00:40:53	YOU REALLY CAN'T DETERMINE WHAT KIND OF CHARACTER
00:40:56	YOU HAVE UNTIL YOU ARE TESTED. I WOULDN'T KNOW
00:41:00	HOW STRONG I AM. MY FAMILY WOULDN'T KNOW HOW
00:41:02	STRONG THEY ARE UNLESS I BROKE MY NECK AND ENDED
00:41:04	UP IN A WHEELCHAIR. IF YOU NEVER TEST YOURSELF AND
00:41:07	NEVER CHALLENGE YOURSELF, HOW CAN YOU EVER
00:41:13	DETERMINE WHAT YOU'RE CAPABLE OF? I THINK THAT'S
00:41:20	JUST A GREAT MESSAGE TO GIVE TO KIDS AND GIVE TO
00:41:23	ANYBODY, EVEN ADULTS. THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE
00:41:25	GONE THEIR WHOLE LIFE THAT MAYBE HAVE NEVER
00:41:27	CHALLENGED THEMSELVES OR NEVER STEPPED OUTSIDE
00:41:30	THE BOX TO REALLY FIND OUT WHAT THEY'RE CAPABLE OF.
00:41:33	AGAIN, IF YOU DO CHALLENGE YOURSELF, YOU WILL
00:41:35	FIND OUT YOU MAY FAIL THE FIRST TIME. YOU MAY FAIL
00:41:38	10 TIMES. BUT AS LONG AS YOU KEEP TRYING, YOU WILL
00:41:42	EVENTUALLY SUCCEED. THAT'S JUST, TO ME, WHAT
00:41:46	CHALLENGE AND ADVERSITY IS ALL ABOUT, IS TO BE
00:41:48	ABLE TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU ARE CAPABLE OF.
00:41:50	AND IT IS OKAY TO ALSO BACK DOWN, AS WELL.
00:41:53	IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT SCARES YOU OR SOMETHING
00:41:57	YOU ARE NOT READY TO DO, DON'T WORRY ABOUT SAYING
00:42:01	NO AND BACKING OFF. JUST KEEP IT IN THE BACK OF
00:42:04	YOUR MIND THAT YOU ARE CAPABLE OF A LOT OF THINGS
00:42:06	THAT YOU MAY NOT THINK YOU ARE. ASKING FOR HELP.
00:42:10	I HAD MENTIONED THAT BEFORE. SINCE MY INJURY, I'VE
00:42:12	HAD TO LEARN TO ASK FOR HELP. AND IT'S SOMETHING
00:42:16	THAT -- IT'S NOT THAT I WAS AFRAID TO DO BEFORE MY
00:42:21	INJURY OR ANYTHING, BUT IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS
00:42:24	THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALLY DO. THEY'RE AFRAID
00:42:30	TO ASK FOR HELP. THEY'RE AFRAID TO REACH OUT.
00:42:35	THE THING IS, THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT WANT
00:42:37	TO HELP AND THAT CAN HELP. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
00:42:39	ASK. FOR ME AND MY SITUATION, I HAVE TO ASK FOR HELP
00:42:43	ALL THE TIME. IT IS JUST SOMETHING I'VE HARD TO LEARN.
00:42:46	BUT I'VE FOUND THAT IT MAKES MY LIFE SO MUCH
00:42:49	EASIER IF ALL I DO IS ASK. I'VE GOT AMAZING PEOPLE IN
00:42:52	MY LIFE THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR ME AND ARE
00:42:57	WILLING TO HELP ME OUT JUST BECAUSE I ASK.
00:43:00	EVEN WHEN I DON'T ASK, THEY'RE THERE TO HELP ME.
00:43:03	SO DON'T BE AFRAID TO ASK FOR HELP.
00:43:06	THERE ARE SO MANY RESOURCES. I'M NOT SURE WHERE
00:43:08	HE IS, SCOTT LISSNER. IS HE AROUND? SCOTT?
00:43:15	HE WAS AT OHIO STATE AND HELPED ME A LOT THROUGH
00:43:18	THE OFFICE OF DISABILITY SERVICES IN CLASS AND
00:43:21	EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. THE I NEEDED TO FIND OUT
00:43:23	HOW TO DO THINGS. THAT'S WHAT THIS WEEK HAS BEEN
00:43:27	ABOUT, IS GIVING YOU RESOURCES AND TEACHING YOU
00:43:30	THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO ASK AND WHAT TO DO WITH
00:43:32	CERTAIN SITUATIONS. AGAIN, IT IS REALLY NOT THAT
00:43:35	HARD TO ASK FOR HELP. AGAIN, IF YOU DON'T ASK,
00:43:41	YOU'RE STUCK IN THE SITUATION THAT YOU ARE.
00:43:43	IF YOU DO ASK, SOMEBODY IS THERE TO HELP PICK YOU
00:43:45	UP AND GET YOU THROUGH WHATEVER YOU MAY NEED.
00:43:48	ASKING FOR HELP IS AMAZING. COMMUNICATION.
00:43:51	COMMUNICATION, THERE IS A VERY FAMOUS SAYING
00:43:57	THAT GOES WITH THAT. IT PRETTY MUCH GOES,
00:43:59	COMMUNICATION IS THE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM,
00:44:02	AND THE PROBLEM SO THE ANSWER. IF YOU THINK
00:44:06	ABOUT IT, IT MAKES ABSOLUTE SENSE. IF YOU DON'T
00:44:10	COMMUNICATE, YOU WON'T ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING.
00:44:12	IF YOU SIT THERE AND KEEP THINGS TO YOURSELF AND
00:44:15	DON'T TELL SOMEBODY WHAT'S WRONG OR CONVEY
00:44:20	WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, HOW CAN YOUR SITUATION
00:44:22	IMPROVE? SO AS LONG AS YOU COMMUNICATE AND
00:44:28	MAKE AN EFFORT TO TRY AND MAKE THE SITUATION
00:44:29	RIGHT, NOTHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN. SO MAKE SURE
00:44:31	IN ANY SITUATION DOWN THE ROAD THAT YOU ALWAYS
00:44:34	COMMUNICATE, ASK FOR HELP, AND HELP WILL BE
00:44:38	PROVIDED. CHANGE IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN BIG
00:44:43	IN MY LIFE, AS WELL. OBVIOUSLY I'VE HAD TO CHANGE
00:44:46	A LOT OF THINGS IN MY LIFE. FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE,
00:44:49	CHANGE IS SOMETHING I'VE HAD TO ACCEPT.
00:44:54	IT IS SOMETHING YOU SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID OF.
00:44:57	SOMETIMES CHANGE CAN BE A BAD THING, BUT ALSO
00:45:02	SOMETIMES CHANGE CAN BE A GOOD THING.
00:45:05	YOU JUST HAVE TO KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN AND KEEP
00:45:09	ON PUSHING AND KEEP ON FIGHTING, NO MATTER
00:45:12	WHETHER THE CHANGE IS GOOD OR BAD, IN THE END,
00:45:15	YOU CAN MAKE CHANGE BE A POSITIVE THING FOR YOU.
00:45:19	AGAIN, IN MY SITUATION, SINCE MY INJURY, I'VE HAD
00:45:22	TO CHANGE THE WAY I STUDY. I'M NOT ABLE TO USE
00:45:25	MY HANDS. I'M NOT ABLE TO TYPE. I'VE HAD TO
00:45:30	CHANGE THE WAY I WRITE PAPERS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
00:45:33	AGAIN, IT IS JUST A MATTER OF ADAPTING TO LIFE
00:45:36	AND MOVING ON. YOU NEVER WANT TO GIVE UP AND
00:45:39	SHUT DOWN BECAUSE LIFE IS JUST TOO PRECIOUS AND
00:45:44	TOO VALUABLE. YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU
00:45:48	ALWAYS KEEP TRYING. ONE OF THE LAST THINGS THAT
00:45:54	I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS JUST THE WORD REMEMBERED.
00:45:56	THE DEFINITION FOR THAT IS, BE ABLE TO BRING TO
00:46:00	ONE'S MIND AN AWARENESS OF SOMEONE OR SOMETHING
00:46:03	THAT ONE HAS SEEN, KNOWN, OR EXPERIENCED IN THE
00:46:08	PAST. AND BASICALLY, IT CAN KIND OF MEAN DIFFERENT
00:46:13	THINGS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE. TO ME, I WANT TO BE
00:46:17	REMEMBER THE FOR BEING ABLE TO GIVE BACK AND
00:46:23	FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING AND FOR HELPING OTHERS.
00:46:26	NOBODY EVER WANTS TO BE REMEMBERED FOR DOING BAD
00:46:30	THINGS OR FOR NOT HELPING OUT OR BEING MEAN.
00:46:34	AND I THINK ONE OF THE EASIEST WAYS TO BE
00:46:35	REMEMBERED IS TO HELP OUT AND TO CONTRIBUTE.
00:46:38	THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY PEOPLE IN MY LIFE THAT
00:46:39	HAVE STEPPED UP AND HELPED ME IN A TIME OF NEED
00:46:47	THAT I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER. TO ME, THAT JUST MAKES
00:46:49	ME WANT TO GIVE BACK TO THEM AND TO HELP THEM
00:46:52	OUT WHENEVER THEY NEED IT. IT IS JUST SOMETHING
00:46:54	SIMPLE LIKE THAT THAT CAN REALLY HELP YOU AND
00:46:56	HELP OTHERS. BASICALLY IT IS JUST A MATTER OF, IF
00:47:00	YOU HAVE THE ABILITY OR THE MEANS TO HELP
00:47:03	SOMEONE, YOU SHOULD. I WILL SAY THAT AGAIN.
00:47:06	IF YOU HAVE THE ABILITY OR THE MEANS TO HELP
00:47:10	SOMEONE IN NEED, YOU SHOULD. THERE SHOULD
00:47:13	NEVER BE A SITUATION IN YOUR LIFE WHERE YOU SEE
00:47:17	SOMEBODY IN NEED, WHETHER IT BE SOMEBODY
00:47:20	THAT NEEDS A LITTLE MONEY TO GET BY, SOMEBODY
00:47:23	THAT NEEDS HELP PICKING UP THEIR BOOKS THAT
00:47:27	THEY DROPPED IN THE HALLWAY, ANYTHING. IF YOU
00:47:31	HAVE THE ABILITY TO HELP SOMEBODY OUT, TAKE
00:47:36	THE TIME AND DO IT. YOU WILL BE REWARDED GREATLY.
00:47:38	JUST WHETHER THEY SAY THANK YOU.
00:47:39	EVEN IF THEY DON'T SAY THANK YOU, THEY MAY NOT
00:47:41	EXPECT SOMEBODY TO HELP THEM OUT, WHATEVER IT
00:47:43	MAY BE. AGAIN, IT IS JUST VERY REWARDING TO HELP
00:47:47	OUT AND TO GIVE BACK. SO BASICALLY THOSE ARE
00:47:51	THE MAIN THINGS THAT I'VE LEARNED SINCE MY INJURY.
00:47:54	AND I'M JUST SO FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO SHARE MY
00:47:57	MESSAGE AND SHARE WITH YOU WHAT I'VE LEARNED IN
00:48:00	THE FACE OF ADVERSITY, AND JUST TO BE ABLE TO
00:48:07	TURN MY NEGATIVE SITUATION INTO SOMETHING
00:48:09	POSITIVE. THE AND TO MEET ALL OF YOU WONDERFUL
00:48:11	PEOPLE AND TO BE HERE TODAY. AGAIN, I AM SO
00:48:13	THANKFUL. I THANK GOD. GOD JUST GIVES ME SO
00:48:16	MUCH STRENGTH. I REALLY HOPE THAT A LOT OF YOU,
00:48:19	WHETHER YOU TURN TO GOD OR TURN TO FAMILY OR
00:48:23	FRIENDS FOR HELP, DO WHATEVER IT TAKES, BECAUSE
00:48:25	LIFE REALLY IS WORTH LIVING. IT IS JUST PEOPLE LIKE
00:48:30	YOU THAT ARE AMAZING AND CAN HELP OUT AS MUCH
00:48:34	AS ANYBODY ELSE. DON'T EVER FORGET THAT YOU
00:48:37	ARE ALL VALUABLE AND YOU CAN ALL CONTRIBUTE
00:48:41	IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:48:45	IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING, I WOULD
00:48:47	BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. GOD BLESS YOU.
00:48:53
00:48:59
00:49:01	>>COULD WE TAKE QUESTIONS?
00:49:03	DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
00:49:07	>>THAT WAS ME. SORRY. NO QUESTIONS?
00:49:09	EVEN OHIO STATE STUFF. I DON'T CARE.
00:49:15
00:49:16	>>O-H.
00:49:18	>>I-O.
00:49:22	>>ALSO, IF ANYBODY WANTS ME TO SIGN PICTURES OR
00:49:29	ANYTHING, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO SO, AS WELL, AFTER.
00:49:30	>>FANTASTIC. THANK YOU, TYSON.
00:49:36	NOW WE WILL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO EAT.
00:49:40	>>THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:49:46
00:49:52
00:49:52	>>AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO, THIS OPPORTUNITY
00:49:57	NOW HAS PRESENTED ITSELF TO GIVE THE YOUNG
00:50:00	PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE
00:50:03	EXPERIENCED. THIS IS MY FAVORITE TIME DURING THE
00:50:08	WHOLE PROCESS. ACTUALLY, LAST YEAR, CRIED A LOT.
00:50:13	I HOPE NOT TO DO THAT THIS YEAR. BUT I WANT TO PASS
00:50:18	THE MIKE AROUND. CAN WE GET SOMEONE TO DO THAT?
00:50:21	>>WE WILL PASS IT.
00:50:27
00:50:30	>>ALL RIGHT, HEATHER.
00:50:33	>>THEY'RE GOING TO WALK THE MIKE AROUND, GIVE
00:50:35	YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE
00:50:38	HERE AT Y.L.F. AND WHAT THIS WEEK HAS MEANT FOR YOU.
00:50:44
00:50:50
00:50:52	>>OKAY. SO I'M MAGGIE. OH, MY GOD, THERE'S A VIDEO
00:50:56	CAMERA. OKAY. SORRY. THIS EXPERIENCE AT Y.L.F.
00:51:02	HAS CHANGED MY LIFE A LOT. THERE HAS BEEN FANTASTIC
00:51:08	FRIENDS. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF INSPIRING LEADERS AND
00:51:13	STUFF WHO HAVE INSPIRED ME A LOT. AND THEY ALSO
00:51:18	TAUGHT ME TO ACCEPT TO HAVE A DISABILITY AND STUFF.
00:51:24	SO I ACCEPTED MINE. YEP. THIS -- YEP.
00:51:33
00:51:41
00:51:47
00:51:53
00:51:59
00:52:05
00:52:06	>>HI. I'M CAROLINE. THIS EXPERIENCE HAS GIVEN ME A
00:52:09	REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE. AND IT WAS A LOT OF FUN
00:52:12	DOING THIS AND KNOWING A LOT OF THIS STUFF WAS A
00:52:15	LOT OF FUN TO DO. SO IT'S BEEN A GOOD PROGRAM, AND
00:52:19	I WOULD WANT TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR AND BECOME A STAFF.
00:52:25
00:52:37	>>HI. I'M JUSTIN. I HAVE LEARNED A LOT FROM Y.L.F.
00:52:45	NOT ONLY ABOUT MY OWN DISABILITY, BUT ABOUT THE
00:52:49	FRIENDS HERE, THEIR DISABILITIES, AND THE FRIENDS
00:52:55	THAT I HAVE BACK HOME WITH THEIR DISABILITIES.
00:53:00	AND THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SHARED THE LIFE, THE
00:53:10	DISABILITY LIKE CHANGING THEIR LIFE AND THAT,
00:53:13	THAT IS GOING TO MAKE A WHOLE IMPACT ON MY LIFE,
00:53:15	BECAUSE I KNOW HOW THEY DID IT. AND I CAN GO AND
00:53:20	APPLY IT TO MY LIFE, AND WITH MY OWN DISABILITY THAT
00:53:25	I HAVE AND MAKE THAT SAME CHANGE THAT THEY DID.
00:53:31
00:53:37
00:53:43
00:53:51
00:53:52	>>HI. I'M OLGA CASTRO. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME EVER AT Y.L.F.
00:53:59	SO FAR, I HAD THE GREATEST TIME OF MY LIFE HERE.
00:54:02	HAVING A DISABILITY IS GREAT. AND BEING HERE, I HAVE
00:54:06	MADE A LOT OF FRIENDS. AND I HAVE SHOWN MY ARTWORK
00:54:12	TO EVERYBODY. AND IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE AND FEEL
00:54:19	APPRECIATED BY EVERYBODY. SO THANK YOU, Y.L.F. STAFF
00:54:23	AND EVERYBODY. I'VE HAD THE GREATEST TIME OF MY LIFE.
00:54:29
00:54:35
00:54:41
00:54:42	>>MY NAME'S CHRISTIAN. ACTUALLY, I FIRST CAME HERE,
00:54:47	I WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS. THEN IT TURNED OUT TO BE OKAY.
00:54:49	I HAD A REALLY GREAT TIME. I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL
00:54:54	OF THE STAFF. I MET A LOT OF PEOPLE, TOO. IT WAS NICE
00:54:59	TO MEET A LOT OF PEOPLE. I JUST ENJOY HANGING OUT
00:55:02	WITH YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. I LOVE YOU GUYS.
00:55:08
00:55:13	>>IS THIS MIKE ON? MY NAME IS EVAN. WHAT I REALLY
00:55:17	LEARNED FROM THIS EXPERIENCE AT Y.L.F. IS I LEARNED
00:55:20	NOT TO TREAT MY DISABILITY AS A BARRIER BUT PERHAPS
00:55:23	SOMETHING I CAN LEARN FROM, HOW TO ACCEPT IT AND
00:55:27	MAKE IT PART OF MY LIFE. AND I'VE ALSO MET SOME
00:55:33	PRETTY GOOD PEOPLE HERE. I REALLY LIKE THE ACTIVITIES.
00:55:36	I HOPE TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR AS A STAFF VOLUNTEER.
00:55:42
00:55:48	>>I'M BETHIE. I'VE MET A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE HERE AT
00:55:52	Y.L.F. I LIKED THE ACTIVITIES THEY HAD. AND I FEEL LIKE
00:55:58	I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT MYSELF AND OTHER PEOPLE.
00:56:05	AND THAT I CAN ACHIEVE MY DREAMS, TOO.
00:56:11
00:56:17
00:56:20	>>HI. MY NAME IS CORRINE. AND OF COURSE, HAVING
00:56:25	A DISABILITY HAS BEEN HARD THING ON MY LIFE
00:56:27	SOMETIMES, BUT MY MOM, SHE TAUGHT ME NOT TO
00:56:29	USE MY DISABILITY AS A CRUTCH. THAT'S BASICALLY
00:56:32	WHAT I'VE RELEARNED HERE. I'VE LEARNED A WHOLE LOT
00:56:41	HERE. I LEARNED ABOUT SOME RESOURCES THAT CAN
00:56:42	HELP ME OUT. Y.L.F. IS VERY GREAT AND IT HAS TAUGHT
00:56:47	ME A WHOLE LOT. I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE. IT'S
00:56:58	BEEN A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE FOR ME.
00:57:04
00:57:10
00:57:14	>>HELLO, EVERYONE. I'M JOHN, IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME
00:57:15	BY NOW. THIS HAS BEEN MY ONE OF THE MOST GREATEST
00:57:18	EXPERIENCES FOR ME, BECAUSE THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR
00:57:21	HERE. I LEARNED A LOT. I LEARNED TO BE A BETTER
00:57:26	LEADER, EVEN THOUGH I FEEL LIKE I AM BEING A BETTER
00:57:29	LEADER, JUST KEEP GETTING BETTER AND BETTER.
00:57:31	I LEARNED NOT TO LEAVE ANYONE ALONE. JUST HELP
00:57:36	THEM OUT IF THEY NEED HELP. I'M REALLY BLESSED TO
00:57:40	HAVE KNOWN STEPHEN, JACKIE, AND EVERYONE HERE.
00:57:44	AND THE DANCE WAS EVEN GREAT. I'M GOING TO TRY
00:57:48	BACK AS STAFF NEXT YEAR. I REALLY DON'T KNOW.
00:57:50	WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. THANK YOU, AND HAVE A
00:57:54	GOOD REST OF THE DAY.
00:58:00
00:58:06
00:58:10	>>HI, EVERYBODY. IS THIS MIKE ON? AWESOME.
00:58:17	MY TIME HERE AT THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP FORUM HAS
00:58:21	ACTUALLY BEEN PRETTY AWESOME. I MET A LOT OF
00:58:25	PEOPLE THAT CHANGED THE WAY I LOOK AT LIFE.
00:58:29	AND ESPECIALLY IT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE I ACTUALLY
00:58:31	LEARNED A LOT ABOUT MYSELF AND OTHERS AND
00:58:33	HOW IT CAN BECOME A BETTER LEADER. MY EXPERIENCE
00:58:35	HERE HAS ACTUALLY HELPED ME LEARN HOW TO BE
00:58:39	HONEST AND A BETTER MAN. BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE
00:58:41	THINGS THAT I VALUE THE MOST IN OTHERS. THANK YOU.
00:58:47
00:58:53
00:58:57	>>HI. MY NAME'S MICHAEL MOTLEY. I JUST WANT TO
00:58:59	THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING HERE, STUFF LIKE THAT,
00:59:02	BECAUSE -- AND THANKING THE OSU SWIM TEAM AND
00:59:05	ALL THOSE PEOPLE. AND THE GREAT STAFF THAT CAME
00:59:08	HERE. IT KEPT ME OUT OF TROUBLE FOR ONCE AND
00:59:10	THAT'S A HARD THING TO DO. BUT EVEN SO, WE'RE STILL
00:59:14	ORNERY, HAVING A LOT OF FUN.
00:59:16	BUT, YEAH, THANKS, EVERYONE. NEXT?
00:59:22
00:59:28
00:59:33	>>HELLO. I AM PETER JAMES. AND, WELL, I FOUND
00:59:36	THAT THIS FORUM HAS HELPED ME UNDERSTAND MORE
00:59:40	ABOUT MYSELF, AND I'VE ACTUALLY FOUND OUT THERE
00:59:48	ARE A LOT MORE PEOPLE WITH THE SAME DISABILITIES,
00:59:52	OR EVEN WORSE DISABILITIES THAN I HAVE. AND I DIDN'T
00:59:55	KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE DISABILITIES IN THE
00:59:58	WORLD. I SHARE A LOT OF THE SENTIMENTS OF THE
01:00:00	PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPOKEN BEFORE, INCLUDING THAT
01:00:05	I DO HOPE TO BECOME A STAFF MEMBER AT SOME POINT.
01:00:10	BUT I HAVE ENJOYED MY TIME HERE. AND I REALLY HOPE
01:00:14	TO BE SEEING THIS PLACE AGAIN.
01:00:20
01:00:26
01:00:27	>>MY NAME IS TYLER. AND I HAD FUN HERE WITH
01:00:29	THE STAFF AND WITH SOME FRIENDS I MADE. AND IT
01:00:34	WAS MUCH FUN BEING HERE. NEXT YEAR,
01:00:37	I WISH I COULD COME BACK AS STAFF.
01:00:43
01:00:55
01:00:58	>>HI. I'M DANTE. I HAD A WONDERFUL WEEK HERE.
01:01:02	I MET A LOT OF NEW FRIENDS. HI, CHELSEA. I HAD A
01:01:07	WONDERFUL WEEK. I JUST LOVE HOW WE ALL GOT
01:01:12	TOGETHER AS ONE. WE DIDN'T CARE ABOUT WHO SAID
01:01:15	WHAT. WE JUST HAD A WONDERFUL, BLESSED WEEK.
01:01:19	I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS TO YOU GUYS.
01:01:25
01:01:29	>>HI. I'M JIMMY. MY EXPERIENCE HERE AT Y.L.F.
01:01:31	HAS BEEN FUN. I'M GOING TO TRY NOT TO CRY,
01:01:34	BUT I HOPE TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR AS STAFF.
01:01:38	AND I LOVE EVERYBODY HERE THAT I'VE MET THIS
01:01:46	WEEK. BYE.
01:01:52
01:01:57	>>HI. I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE STAFF AND ALL
01:02:02	OF THE VOLUNTEERS FOR PUTTING THIS THING ON.
01:02:03	IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. I CAN'T WAIT TO COME
01:02:05	BACK NEXT YEAR AS A STAFF PERSON.
01:02:11
01:02:14	>>HELLO. MY NAME IS DEVON MARCUM.
01:02:17	AND I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE
01:02:20	HERE. WELL, I FIRST WAS NOMINATED BY MY SPECIAL
01:02:26	ED TEACHER, NAMED MISS KIMBERLY REGGIE.
01:02:30	I'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN WHAT SHE'S DONE
01:02:34	FOR ME AND HOW SHE HAS IMPROVED MY LIFE.
01:02:38	I FEEL LIKE SHE'S MY MOTHER, BASICALLY. AND I
01:02:42	WAS SO HAPPY, I CRIED, ACTUALLY, WHEN I GOT
01:02:47	CONSIDERED. AND THEN THE REAL CRYING STARTED
01:02:51	WHENEVER I GOT ACCEPTED. SO I BALLED.
01:02:59	I BALLED, SERIOUSLY. AND THIS EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN
01:03:05	SO NEW FOR ME. IT'S BEEN SO ORIGINAL. THE SEE, I'M
01:03:12	NOT THE MOST SOCIAL PERSON, I GUESS. BECAUSE,
01:03:19	LIKE, YOU KNOW, I'D RATHER STAY AT HOME THAN GO
01:03:24	OUT WITH MY FRIENDS OR SOMETHING. AND I MET SO
01:03:30	MANY NEW PEOPLE HERE, AND SPECIAL PEOPLE.
01:03:35	AND I KNOW THAT WE'LL STAY FRIENDS FOR LIFE.
01:03:38	BECAUSE WITH WE ALL HAVE THE SAME CONNECTION.
01:03:41	AND IT IS A SPECIAL CONNECTION. I LEARNED THAT MY
01:03:45	DISABILITY IS NOTHING OTHER THAN OPPORTUNITY.
01:03:49	AND THOSE LOOKS THAT I GET, THEY'RE NOTHING MORE
01:03:55	THAN PEOPLE JUST BEING JEALOUS OF THE WAY I HAVE
01:04:02	THIS OPPORTUNITY AND I CAN DO GREAT THINGS.
01:04:08
01:04:14
01:04:18	>>HI. MY NAME IS BIANCA. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT
01:04:21	I MET A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE HERE AND I HAD A GREAT
01:04:24	TIME AND I ENJOYED MEETING A LOT OF PEOPLE.
01:04:26	I LIKE THE STAFF HERE, AS WELL. AND I WOULD LIKE
01:04:33	TO COME HERE NEXT YEAR.
01:04:39
01:04:45
01:04:50	>>HI. MY NAME IS ARNETRA. I'M KIND OF NERVOUS,
01:04:57	YOU KNOW. SINCE I CAME TO THIS PROGRAM, I WAS
01:05:00	KIND OF NERVOUS, BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW NOBODY,
01:05:05	OR THAT MANY PEOPLE. THIS PROGRAM OPENED ME UP.
01:05:09	I FEEL LIKE I HAD A GOOD OPPORTUNITY OF BEING
01:05:13	HERE. I LOVE EVERYBODY HERE EQUALLY.
01:05:17	I JUST WANT TO THANK THE STAFF MEMBERS FOR
01:05:22	DOING THIS FOR ME AND GIVING ME A GOOD
01:05:26	OPPORTUNITY. I HAD FUN BEING HERE. AND FOR THOSE
01:05:33	THAT ENCOURAGE US TO PUSH OURSELF AND TO BE
01:05:38	POSITIVE AND ALL THAT. I JUST HAD A GOOD EXPERIENCE
01:05:41	HERE. I HAD FUN BEING HERE. I WOULD LIKE TO COME
01:05:50	BACK AS A STAFF MEMBER, IF I CAN, IF I GOT THE
01:05:56	OPPORTUNITY. BECAUSE I JUST GRADUATED HIGH
01:06:01	SCHOOL, AND I'M GOING TO COLLEGE AND STUFF.
01:06:05	SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU Y'ALL FOR EVERYTHING.
01:06:11
01:06:17
01:06:19	>>HELLO. MY NAME IS NATHAN. PERSONALLY FOR Y.L.F.,
01:06:25	IT HAS REALLY CHANGED MY EXPERIENCE, AS FAR AS
01:06:29	SHOWING LEADERSHIP, SHOWING YOUR ADVOCACY SKILLS,
01:06:33	AND GETTING TO MEET NEW PEOPLE HERE.
01:06:37	FIRST THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS I WANT TO
01:06:39	THANK THE STAFF FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB WITH
01:06:42	THE PROGRAM. THIS HAS REALLY BEEN A LIFE CHANGING
01:06:45	EXPERIENCE FOR ME. AND I HAVE TO THANK EACH AND
01:06:49	EVERY ONE OF THE DELEGATES FOR BEING SUCH GOOD
01:06:53	PEOPLE, GOOD FRIENDS. THERE IS ALWAYS A SPECIAL
01:06:56	PLACE RIGHT HERE. THIS IS SOMETHING I WILL NEVER
01:07:00	FORGET, EVER. BUT -- HOLD ON. BUT FINALLY, THOUGH,
01:07:03	I REALLY HAVE TO SAY THIS, THOUGH. NEVER, EVER LET
01:07:13	A DISABILITY PUT YOU DOWN FOR WHO YOU ARE. YOU
01:07:17	CAN ALWAYS DO WHAT OTHER PEOPLE CAN DO IN LIFE.
01:07:21	THANK YOU.
01:07:27
01:07:33
01:07:33	>>HELLO. MY NAME IS JANIKA. EVER SINCE I CAME TO
01:07:38	Y.L.F., I'VE JUST LIKED BEING HERE. I'VE BEEN HERE
01:07:44	BEFORE WHEN MY PARENTS DROPPED OFF MY SISTER.
01:07:48	AND SO I APPLIED FOR THIS YEAR, AND I GOT IN.
01:07:52	AND I WAS GLAD. IF I MAY MAKE A SUGGESTION,
01:07:59	THAT Y.L.F. SHOULD BE INFORMED TO ALL HIGH SCHOOLS.
01:08:09	BECAUSE THE SCHOOL THAT I WAS AT, THEY NEVER
01:08:12	BROUGHT UP Y.L.F. SO I THINK IF THEY WOULD PUT IT
01:08:17	AROUND TO SCHOOLS FOR PEOPLE THAT HAS DISABILITIES,
01:08:23	WE CAN SET A NEW RECORDS, FOR ONE THING.
01:08:27	AND THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE DISABILITIES THAT COME
01:08:32	TO Y.L.F. WILL FEEL BETTER ABOUT THEMSELVES.
01:08:37	THEY CAN BE A GOOD PERSON, AND THEY CAN BE
01:08:39	SOMEBODY, NO MATTER HOW HARD PEOPLE FUN OF
01:08:43	THEM. WE'RE NOT FREAKS. WE'RE NORMAL PEOPLE.
01:08:47	WE'RE ONE AND THE SAME.
01:08:53
01:08:59
01:09:03	>>MY NAME IS STEVE MEYER. THE EXPERIENCE HAS
01:09:16	BEEN GOOD. I WANT TO COME BACK FOR NEXT YEAR.
01:09:31	I WILL HELP TO PUT THE FIRE OUT. I WILL BE LEADER
01:10:05	WITH THE BOY SCOUTS.
01:10:11
01:10:35
01:10:41	>>ANYONE ELSE? I'VE GOT THE MICROPHONE NOW.
01:10:45	YOU'RE NOT GETTING IT BACK. ABOUT 14 YEARS AGO,
01:10:53	TWO PEOPLE FROM THE GOVERNOR'S COUNCIL WENT
01:10:55	TO CALIFORNIA TO CHECK OUT THIS CALIFORNIA YOUTH
01:10:58	LEADERSHIP FORUM. THEY SAID, THIS PROGRAM'S
01:11:02	REALLY AWESOME, WE NEED TO BRING THIS TO OHIO.
01:11:05	WE HAVE NO MONEY. NO PLACE TO DO IT.
01:11:07	AND NO STAFF. LET'S DO IT ANYWAYS. THOSE TWO
01:11:15	PEOPLE, DR. BILL BAUER, AND MAUREEN FITZGERALD,
01:11:21	SAID, ALL RIGHT, WE WILL BRING IT BACK TO GOVERNOR'S
01:11:24	COUNCIL. WE WILL MAKE IT WORK. JUST MAKE IT WORK.
01:11:27	DR. BILL BAUER WROTE A LETTER FOR THE DELEGATES,
01:11:32	SINCE HE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE, AND HE HAS
01:11:37	ASKED IN HE TO READ IT. I WILL DO MY BEST TO DO
01:11:39	BILL'S LETTER JUSTICE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW
01:11:44	BILL. THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T, YOU WILL GET TO
01:11:47	KNOW HIM A LITTLE BIT. WHO GUARANTEES TOMORROW?
01:11:50	JUST DO IT. AFTER LISTENING TO THAT CATCHY NIKE
01:11:54	SLOGAN FOR YEARS, I HAVE COME TO THE DETERMINATION
01:12:01	THAT THIS SLOGAN REALLY DOES WORK. MANY TIMES AS
01:12:05	A STUDENT, A FORMER COMPETITIVE SWIMMER, AND AN
01:12:09	ADVOCATE, I HAVE USED THAT SLOGAN TO FORCE ME
01:12:14	TO DO THINGS WITHOUT PROCRASTINATION.
01:12:16	AND I HAVE BEEN ONE TO PROCRASTINATE FOR YEARS.
01:12:21	THE Y.L.F. PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO GIVE ALL OF YOU
01:12:28	DELEGATES WITH A DISABILITY THE TOOLS YOU NEED
01:12:30	TO BE BETTER ADVOCATES FOR YOURSELF.
01:12:34	WE NEED EACH OTHER NOW MORE THAN EVER.
01:12:38	WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS UNFORGETTABLE FORUM, YOU
01:12:40	NEED TO START YOUR DREAM. NOT IN THE NEAR OR
01:12:46	DISTANT FUTURE. NOW. NOT TOMORROW.
01:12:51	YOU'VE GAINED THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND
01:12:56	FRIENDSHIP WEEK THAT MANY OF US OLDER -- OLDER
01:13:02	THAN ME -- OLDER PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WISH WE
01:13:04	HAD WHEN WE WERE YOUNGER. THE Y.L.F.
01:13:09	FORUM STARTED IN 1999 WITH 20 DELEGATES.
01:13:11	VERY, VERY SMALL, NOTHING LIKE THIS. I PROMISE YOU,
01:13:14	IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE THIS. AND FROM ALL OVER OHIO.
01:13:21	THE FORUM WAS RELYING ON VOLUNTEERS. YES, THE
01:13:25	PEOPLE IN THE GRAY VOLUNTEER TO BE HERE WITH
01:13:29	YOU. WE DO NOT GET PAID. FROM DONATIONS AND
01:13:35	SUPPORT FROM LOCAL AND STATE AGENCIES. THANK YOU
01:13:38	R.S.C. TO TRAIN MORE THAN 200 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
01:13:44	WITH DISABILITIES TO DATE. AS YOU SIT HERE, TAKE THE
01:13:48	TIME NOW TO SHOW YOUR APPRECIATION TO A DELEGATE
01:13:54	OR STAFF MEMBER AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT THIS
01:13:56	WEEK MEANT TO YOU. TAKE FIVE MINUTES TO DO THIS.
01:14:01	IF NOT NOW, WHEN? WHO GUARANTEES TOMORROW?
01:14:07	JUST DO IT. PEACE, LOVE, HAPPINESS.
01:14:12	DR. BILL AND MAUREEN FROM AFAR.
01:14:18
01:14:30
01:14:33	>>WHAT IS LEFT TO SAY? IT'S BEEN A FANTASTIC WEEK.
01:14:39	I AM SO TIRED OF THAT. BUT IT WILL BE WITH ME FOR
01:14:46	THE REST OF MY LIFE, SO I BETTER EMBRACE IT.
01:14:49	I WANT TO LEAVE SOMETHING WITH YOU. AND IT IS A
01:14:53	POEM. BECAUSE I WAS THINKING ABOUT ALL OF THE
01:14:56	THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WEEK. I WAS
01:14:58	THINKING ABOUT HOW WE SPOKE ABOUT HAVING YOUR
01:15:03	OWN VOICE AND MAKING SURE THAT IF YOU HAPPEN TO
01:15:08	BE THE ONLY PERSON IN THE ROOM WITH A DISABILITY,
01:15:13	WHETHER IT IS SEEN OR UNSEEN, THAT YOU MAKE SURE
01:15:17	THAT VOICE IS HEARD. I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH A
01:15:20	POEM THAT I LEARNED WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE.
01:15:22	I HOPE I CAN STILL REMEMBER IT, BECAUSE FOR
01:15:24	THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, I'M GETTING KIND OF OLD.
01:15:27	BUT IT GOES LIKE THIS. IF YOU THINK YOU'RE BEAT,
01:15:31	YOU ARE. IF YOU LIKE TO WIN, YOU CAN'T,
01:15:39	IF YOU THINK YOU'LL LOSE YOU'VE LOST. FOR OUT
01:15:44	IN THE WORLD YOU WILL FIND, SUCCESS BEGINS
01:15:49	WITH A PERSON'S WILL. IT IS ALL IN THE STATE OF MIND.
01:15:53	IF YOU THINK YOU'LL LOSE YOU'VE LOST. IF YOU THINK
01:15:56	YOU'RE BEATER YOU ARE. YOU'VE GOT TO THINK HOW
01:15:58	TO RISE. YOU'VE GOT TO BE SURE OF YOUR SELF BEFORE
01:16:00	YOU CAN EVER WIN A PRIZE. LIFE'S BATTLES DON'T
01:16:04	ALWAYS GO TO THE STRONGER NOR FASTER MAN,
01:16:07	BUT SOONER OR LATER, THE ONE WHO WILL WIN IS
01:16:09	THE ONE WHO THINKS THEY CAN. DO YOU THINK
01:16:13	YOU CAN WIN? CAN I WIN? SAY IT, I CAN WIN.
01:16:18	>>I CAN WIN.
01:16:20	>>I AM PROUD OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU HERE
01:16:21	TODAY. I WISH YOU COULD STAY WITH ME FOREVER.
01:16:23	I THINK WE HAVE A DIFFICULT ROAD AHEAD OF US.
01:16:29	WE HAD ABOUT 50 PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO COME
01:16:31	BACK AS STAFF. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN ACCOMMODATE
01:16:32	YOU ALL. BUT IT SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
01:16:35	I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU. I WANT YOU TO HAVE A
01:16:39	WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. YOU STILL HAVE TIME TO MIX
01:16:42	AND MINGLE. WE HAVE TYSON HERE THAT HAS GRACIOUSLY
01:16:44	STAYED WITH US AND HAD A CHANCE TO FINALLY EAT. I
01:16:50	YOU THINK YOU'RE OPEN TO SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS, HE SAID.
01:16:55	>>ABSOLUTELY.
01:16:57	>>HE IS GOING TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH US.
01:16:59	SO DO THAT. CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY.
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