史上最勵志演講 美國海軍上將：改變人生，我從海豹部隊學到的10堂課｜威廉·麥克雷文 William H. McRaven

Thank you very much. [applause] Thank you. [applause] Well, thank you, President Powers, Provost Fenves, deans, members of the faculty, family, and friends, and most importantly, the class of 2014. It is [cheering] 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. [cheering] I remember I had a serious girlfriend who I later married. [cheering] 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. [cheering] 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