So they shipped me off to the army, and lo and behold, many years later, I'm considered one of the greatest sons the City College of New York has ever had. (Laughter) So, I tell young people everywhere, it ain't where you start in life, it's what you do with life that determines where you end up in life, and you are blessed to be living in a country that, no matter where you start, you have opportunities so long as you believe in yourself, you believe in the society and the country, and you believe that you can self-improve and educate yourself as you go along.
I tako su me poslali u vojsku, kad - gle! - mnogo godina kasnije, smatraju me jednim od najvećih sinova njujorškog City Collegea ikad. (Smijeh) Zato, uvijek mladima govorim, nije važno gdje ste se rodili, važno je što činite sa životom i to određuje gdje ćete u životu završiti, a vi ste blagoslovljeni time što živite u zemlji koja vam, bez obzira gdje ste se rodili, pruža prilike sve dok vjerujete u sebe, dok vjerujete u društvo i u zemlju, i dok vjerujete da se možete razvijati i obrazovati tijekom života.