(難しい 高校生・大学生, Make an Impact | Rick Rigsby | Youtubeのスピーチ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1CSrD5kbQA ) The wisest person / I ever met in my life / a third-grade dropouts. "Wisest" and "Dropout" /in the same sentence / is rather oxymoronic(矛盾表現の), / like jumbo shrimp(大きな小エビ). ( mm-hmm .) Like fun run / ain't nothing fun / about it . And it's not oxymoronic for me / to say third grade and dropout. That third grade dropout, / the wisest person / I ever met in my life / who taught me / to combine knowledge and wisdom / to make an impact , / was my father. A simple cook , wisest man / I ever met in my life. Just a simple cook / left school in the third grade / to help out on the family farm. But just because he left school / doesn't mean /his education stopped. Mark Twain once said , "I've never allowed my schooling / to get in the way / of my education." My father taught himself / how to read , taught himself / how to write. Decided in the midst(真っ只中) of Jim Crowism(黒人の蔑称=人種差別主義) , As America was breathing / the last gasp(最後のあえぎ) / of the Civil War(ここでは南北戦争). (gonna = going to ) My father decided/ he was gonna stand / and be a man . not a black man , not a brown man , not a white man , but a man. He literally challenged himself / to be the best / that he could , all the days of his life . A third grade dropout daddy / who was quoting Michelangelo , saying to us . "Boys , I won't have a problem / if you aim high(目的を高く設定する) and miss(失敗する) , but I'm gonna have a real issue / if you aim low(目的を低く設定する) and hit(目的を達成する). I learned that /from a third grade drop. Simple lessons , lessons like these. "Son , you'd rather be an hour early / than a minute late." We never knew / what time it was / at my house / cuz the clocks were always ahead. My mother said , for nearly 30 years , my father left the house / at 3:45 in the morning. One day she asked him/ "Why daddy?" He said , "Maybe one of my boys will catch me / in the act of excellence." I want to share two things with you. Aristotle said , "You are what you repeatedly do." Therefore , excellence ought to(しなくてはならない) be a habit / not an act. Don't ever forget that. I know you're tough. I know you're seaworthy(波に対して耐性がある). But always remember / to be kind, always. Don't ever forget that. Never embarrass mama. (mm-hmm.) If mama ain't happy , ain't nobody happy. If daddy ain't happy , don't nobody care. But you know, I'm tell you. Next lesson. Son make sure / your servants towel / is bigger than your ego. Ego is the anesthesia / that deadens the pain / of stupidity. You all might have a relative in mind / you want to send that to. Let me say it again. Ego is the anesthesia / that deadens the pain of stupidity. Pride is the burden / of a foolish person. John Wooden coached basketball / at UCLA for a living , But his calling was the impact people , and with all those national championships , guess what he was found doing / in the middle of the week? Going into the cupboard(用具置き場),/ grabbing a broom(ほうき) / and sweeping his own gym floor. You want to make an impact? Find your broom. Every day of your life / you find your broom. You grow your influence that way. That way , you're attracting people / so that you can impact them. Final lesson. "Son , if you're gonna do a job , do it right." I've always been told / how average I can be. Always been criticized / about being average. But I want to tell you something. I stand here before you , before all of these people , not listening to those words , but telling myself every single day / to shoot for the stars , to be the best that I can be. Good enough isn't good enough / if it can be better. And better isn't good enough / if it can be best. Let me close / with a very personal story / that I think will bring all this / into focus. Wisdom will come to you / in the unlikeliest of sources(しそうにないところから) , a lot of times through failure. I'm not worried / that you'll be successful. I'm worried / that you won't fail / from time to time. (gets up off the canvas {リングの}キャンバスからたちあがる) The person / that gets up off the canvas / and keeps growing / that's the person / that will continue / to grow their influence. To help me / make this point, / let me introduce you / to someone. I met the finest woman / I'd ever met in my life. (Mm-hmm.) This woman was the finest woman / I'd ever seen / in my life. There was just one little problem. Back then , ladies didn't like big old linemen. "The Blind Side" hadn't come out yet. They liked quaterbacks and running backs. Any former quaterbacks or running backs here ? Raise your hands. A couple of you. Punks(しょうもないね). Anyway, so. We're at this dance , and I find out / her name is Trina Williams / from Lompoc, California. And I decide / in the middle of dancing with her / that I would ask her for a phone number. She Trina was the first one , Trina was the only woman in college / who gave me her real telephone number. The next day, we walked / to Baskin and Robbins ice cream parlor. My friends couldn't believe it. This has been 40 years ago / and my friend still can't believe it. We go on a second date / and a third date / and a fourth date. (Mm-hmm.) We drive from Chico to Vallejo / so that she could meet my parents. My father meets her. My daddy, my hero, he meets her, / pulls me to the side / and says , "Is she psycho?" But anyway , we go together / for a year, two years, three years, four years. By now Trina's a senior in college. So now, it's time to propose , so I talk to her girlfriends / and she said, "Yes." That was the key. I married the most beautiful woman / I've ever seen in my life. You all ever been to a wedding / and even before the wedding starts , / you hear this. "How in the world." And it was coming / from my side of the family. We get married. We have a few children. Our lives are great. One day , Trina finds a lump(しこり、塊) / in her left breast. Breast cancer. Six years after that diagnosis , me and my two little boys walked up / to mommy's casket. And for two years , my heart didn't beat. If it wasn't / for my faith in God , I wouldn't be standing here today. If it wasn't / for those two little boys, / there would have been no reason / for which to go on. I was completely lost. That was rock bottom. You know what sustained me? The wisdom of a third grade dropout. We're at the casket. And I'm right behind my father / about to see her / for the last time / on this earth. And my father shared three words with me / to change my life / right there at the casket. It would be the last lesson / he would ever teach me. He said / "Son, just stand , you keep standing." "You keep stand. No matter how rough the sea , you keep standing." "And I'm not talking about just water." "You keep standing." "No matter what, you don't give up." I learned that lesson / from a third grade dropout. I ask you all / one question. A question / that I was asked all my life / by a third grade dropout. How you live in? How you live in ? Everyday ask yourself that question. How you live in. Here's what a cook / would suggest you to live , this way. That you'd not judge. That you'd show up early. That you'd be kind. That you'd make sure that / servants towel is huge and used. That if you're gonna do something / you do it the right way. That cook would tell you this , That it's never wrong / to do the right thing. That how you do anything is / how you do everything. And in that way , you will grow your influence / to make an impact. And in that way , / you will honor / all those who have gone before you / who've invested in you. Look in those unlikeliest places / for wisdom. Enhance your life every day / by seeking that wisdom. And asking yourself / every night , "How am I living ?" May God richly bless you all. Thank you for having me here.