True success is measured in how you play the game of life — that you honor those that have come before you by playing the game with great integrity, with honor and class.
Mike Tomlin
St. Vincent College Commencement 2008, 2008
Video starts at 12:15 — the moment this quote was spoken
The Story Behind This Quote
Tomlin challenged the graduates to think beyond the 'ever-looming scoreboard' of fame, fortune, and conventional measures of success. He told them they had an obligation to give back to their communities and make the world a better place for their children and their children's children. While those contributions might not register on life's scoreboard, he said, they represented the truest measure of a life well played.
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