懂你英语 Level 7 Unit 2 Part 1【Never, ever give up 4】

But the truth is, all those orations that I had practiced, just to get myself through some training swims as motivation -- it wasn't like that.

It was a very real moment, with that crowd, with my team.

We did it. I didn't do it. We did it.

And we'll never forget it. It'll always be part of us.

The three things I did sort of blurt out when we got there, was first: Never, ever give up.

I live it. What's the phrase from today from Socrates ?

To be is to do.

So I don't stand up and say, "Don't ever give up."

I didn't give up. There was action behind these words.

The second is: You can chase your dreams at any age; you're never too old.

Sixty-four; that no one at any age, any gender, could ever do has done it.

And there's no doubt in my mind that I am at the prime of my life today.

And the third thing I said on that beach was, it looks like the most solitary endeavor in the world, and in many ways, of course, it is.

And in other ways, and the most important ways, it's a team. And if you think I'm a badass , you want to meet Bonnie.

The Henry David Thoreau quote goes, "When you achieve your dreams, it's not so much what you get as who you have become in achieving them."

And yeah, I stand before you now.

In the three months since that swim ended, I've sat down with Oprah, and I've been in President Obama's Oval Office ;

I've been invited to speak in front of esteemed groups such as yourselves; I've signed a wonderful major book contract.

All of that's great, and I don't denigrate it.

I'm proud of it all, but the truth is, I'm walking around tall because I am that bold, fearless person,

and I will be, every day, until it's time for these days to be done.

Thank you very much and enjoy the conference.