"I felt the tug on my sleeve and looked down to find him standing motionless. His mouth was moving but I couldn’t make out his words. His quiet body in the noisy room caught me off guard. I bent down to find his voice."
"Tears-pouring-down-my-face, couldn't-talk-couldn't-breathe kind of laughing. Screaming laughing. So hard that I was sobbing because I couldn't get it together."
Many a commencement speech has made America laugh, cry, reflect and introspect—but few have left a mark on our generation quite like this man's 10-minute dose of pure wisdom delivered at California State University Maritime Academy.
