1:30 in the morning, March 11th, 1993. I was on my knees crying profusely, broken. I was in an ad saying in state prison, California.I had just gotten caught for possession of methamphetamine for distribution of being hive. I was nine months to my I was nine years in on my life sentence and three months to my first parole board hearing where I was going to ask you to let me go. In that moment, every bit of my being felt my life was over.But that wasn't to be the case. You see in that moment I stepped back. ...

I hand the gun back and walk away. That moment take five seconds. But it's safe.Let me take you back. At 16 years old, my life was all control. I lost my dad to the justice system.a cousin in jail and my best friend shot just weeks early. I was angry and tired of being overlooked. Then one night a put a gun in my hand.He said, "If you want respect, this is how you get it." I still remember how core and heavy that gun was. And even now, I can still feel it. He was about to let a store.And for a moment it fel ...

I was 30 years old and standing at the top of the stairs in the house that I had bought from my first marriage. My husband had just done something awful. But not the kind of awful that explodes loudly. At least not this time, but the kind that quietly corrods you from the inside. But as I gazed into my reflection that night, I couldn't see anything good. No beauty, no tight, no intelligence, no light. What I can remember the most is this feeling of heaviness. So heavy that my feet pressed into the carpet be ...

When when did we choose collectibly that we had to be replaced. Not by someone, but by something. Not just in what we do, but in who we are.When did we lose faith in ourselves. Well, I don't have an answer to that, but I do have an answer of when I did lose faith. It was a warm summer morning here in beautiful Florida.We were walking outside. I was holding her hand. If she turns around, looks at me and says, "Tork, I don't love you." And I froze after 5 years and ringing a finger.I couldn't move. I couldn't ...

That night, I went to play a tournament knowing I was going to lose. Even though I was a much better player than my opponents, I had signed up with a lower level partner. It had been a long time since the good players wanted to play with me. And this clearly limited my ability to compete. So I started warming up like I always did under the artificial lights. And when the match started, the very first ball I touch, which was a return, I hit it out. And the return is one of the easiest shots in the game. But ...

When I was a child, I wanted to be president of the United States. I wanted to fly to outer space. I want to play the guitar like Prince. I want to catch a touchdown in the Super Bowl.Now, all of these things may seem disconnected, but underneath all of them lies a desire. a desire for influence, a desire for exploration, a desire for performance under pressure, a desire for competitive uh creative expression. But something happens to all of us.There's this tension, this invisible line between the child tha ...

And as you know I'm a doctor. So if you live 70 years then your heart has beat 2.5% billion times. That is a complexity of being human being.If you laid open your blood vessel and join together, it will encircle Earth four times. Our circulatory system is 60,000 miles. That is a complexity of human system in our body. We have got 7 into if you multiply 7 by 27 zeros that is the number of atoms in our body. And the number of atoms in our body, they are more than the number of stars you can see in the univers ...

I'm staring at my burger. See, if I look over across the table in this crowded deer at my confidant, I'm gonna start crying. Kai used to work for me at Disney.I was his mentor, but today I really need Kai's help. Okay, here goes. Kai, my career is over.He doesn't say anything, so I steal a peak. He's stifling a laugh. Kai, what the Larry, I thought you were gonna die.You I thought you were going to tell me you're dying. Now he's got me laughing with him. Yes, I am dying in an industry that's obsessed with t ...

A few years ago, I would overhear my children talking about me. And I have to admit, I was easedropping a little, you know, like us moms will do. And I heard one of them ask, "What does mom do? does she even have a job? And the other one said, "Well, you know, mom, if it doesn't cost millions and it's never been done before, she's not interested in doing it." I think it was a compliment. You see, I had done a lot of projects. Some had been successful, some had not. But there would be one particular project ...

Good morning dear students. I'm so happy to see you all. I hope my speech also will be fruitful and insightful and helpful at the same time.So, so let us start. So today I'm going to talk about the they changed everything. Uh in the beginning I want to draw your attention to that family photo.So here you see you can see my family, my dad, my mom and as you can guess in the middle that's me and uh please look at my mom. So what you see beautiful smart gorgeous lady but it's pity that uh it is hard to claim t ...