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University of Texas at Austin 2014 Commencement Address - Admiral William H. McRaven
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Thank you very
much. Thank
you. Well, thank you, President
Powers, Provost Fenves, deans, members
of the faculty, family, and friends, and
most importantly, the class of 2014. It
is it is indeed an honor for me to be
here tonight. It's been almost 37 years
to the day that I graduated from UT. I
remember a lot of things about that day.
I remember I had a throbbing headache
from a party the night
before. I remember I had a serious
girlfriend who I later
married. That's important to remember,
by the way. And I remember I was getting
commissioned in the Navy that day. But
of all the things I remember, I don't
have a clue who the commencement speaker
was. and I certainly don't remember
anything they said. So, acknowledging
that fact, if I can't make this
commencement speech memorable, I will at
least try to make it
short. So, the university slogan is what
starts here changes the world. Well,
I've got to admit, I kind of like it.
What starts here changes the world.
Tonight, there are almost
8,000 students or there are more than
8,000 students graduated from UT. So
that great paragon of analytical rigor,
ask.com says that the average American
will meet 10,000 people in their
lifetime. 10,000 people. That's a lot of
folks. But if every one of you changed
the lives of just 10 people and each one
of those people changed the lives of
another 10 people and another 10, then
in five generations, 125 years, the
class of
2014 will have changed the lives of
800 million people. 800 million
people. Think about it. Over twice the
population of the United States. Go one
more generation and you can change the
entire population of the world. 8
billion people. If you think it's hard
to change the lives of 10 people, change
their lives forever, you're wrong. I saw
it happen every day in Iraq and
Afghanistan. A young army officer makes
a decision to go left instead of right
down a road in
Baghdad, and the 10 soldiers with him
are saved from a close-in ambush. In
Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, a
non-commission officer from the female
engagement team senses that something
isn't right and directs the infantry
platoon away from a 500 lb IED, saving
the lives of a dozen
soldiers. But if you think about it, not
only were those soldiers saved by the
decisions of one person, but their
children were saved and their children's
children. Generations were saved by one
decision, one person.
But changing the world can happen
anywhere and anyone can do it. So what
starts here can indeed change the world.
But the question
is what will the world look like after
you change it? Well, I'm confident that
it will look much, much better. But if
you'll humor this old sailor for just a
moment, I have a few suggestions that
might help you on your way to a better
world. And while these lessons were
learned during my time in the military,
I can assure you that it matters not
whether you ever served a day in
uniform. It matters not your gender,
your ethnic or religious background,
your orientation, or your social status.
Our struggles in this world are similar,
and the lessons to overcome those
struggles and to move forward changing
ourselves and changing the world around
us will apply equally to all.
I've been a Navy Seal for 36 years, but
it all began when I left UT for basic
SEAL training in Coronado, California.
Basic SEAL training is six months of
long torturous runs in the soft sand,
midnight swims in the cold water off San
Diego, obstacle courses, unending
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