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2015 quote of the year. Can you remember yours? The winning quote. >> Yeah. The quote was, "None of us get out
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of life alive." So, be gallant, be great, be gracious, and be grateful for the opportunities that you have.
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>> October 29, 2015, you got this cancer diagnosis. And the speech that we're
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talking about that went viral, that was on November 4, so like a week later and day three of your chemotherapy.
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>> Yeah, correct. I was so incredibly sick at that time. I' sort of been throwing
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up in the car on the way there. I've been throwing up in the wings on side of
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stage. I basically just felt that I wanted to finish the year as strong as I'd started. I felt like I owed it to
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those young guys that I'd had the privilege of leading over the course [music] of that year.
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>> Was the hucker at the end that you got from your classmate. That's powerful, isn't it?
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>> It was honestly still to this day probably the most powerful thing I've
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ever experienced. It was incredibly powerful. >> [screaming]