where. to be prepared for war. the work ahead is difficult, the choices we will face are complex. in years ahead. times. weapon and the issues are now more complicated than ever. without freedom, nothing else has value. americans are still prepared to pay the price of freedom. when we fight, we will only fight to win. those shrill voices that would have us believe the defenders of our nation are in how the enemies of peace are false as they are shrill. we are americans, our destiny is never written for us, it is written by us. the era of self doubt is over, we rediscovered how much there is to love in this blessed land. the love of liberty, draws our national heart beat. throughout our history when duty called the men and women of westpoint have never failed us, i speak for all americans when i say, i know you never will. good evening thank you for joining us for this year s independence day, and eve reasoning celebration. you have the weekend morning
look mom we did it no hands. i m just telling you this because you are a deer and long term friend of mine. i can t think of anyone better to do this than you. i can t think of anyone better prepared to do it. the first day that i had to show i was a nervous wreck and i was barely breathing in my bpm was probably 145 a minute, but you are a cool customer you say that and i mean a pass out in a minute. but for the audience at home that may not know. who was incredibly a brilliant choice by the bosses here, but also i m just so excited to watch. you chris, i am excited and thrilled and it feels so right that i get to take the reins from you my friend. for so many years i m so honored to share the stage with you and thank you for everything. all right, i m gonna go watch. enough thank you chris. i am thrilled to be here and honored to have this hour every night tuesday through friday s to spend with you. like most of you watching right now, i ve been a longtime v
that s it. new ball. shots are 2-2. got by him. comes back with it! you try to put your entire being mentally and physically on automatic pilot while you re playing tennis. everything is concentrated on the razor s edge and you forget the score. you forget where you are. you forget what your name is. i feel like my body s floating within myself. the game of tennis is a symphony in white. players in white suits hitting a white ball back and fort. in all white country clubs but a new, young player has come along and he is one of the greatest we have ever produced and he is not white. i sense confusion in what an athlete should be, especially an african american context. does still persist in the world about black athletes because we tend to do disproportionately well in athletes. i like to fight the myth. there are lots of us who can think as well as run, jump, hit tennis balls, dunk basketballs. and the challenge now is to convince young black athletes that the
coworker, politics did not come up, we were too busy investigating and prosecuting real crime, we knew then that politics ruins whatever it touches. religion, education, sports, and our justice system. now we are trying to reconcile competing realities, prosecutors like to ask question, who, what, where, when and how. and the evidence. what does the law say. we focus on the law because we re a nation of laws. no one is above the law. but no one is beneath it either. fairness, impartiality, equality should mean something, the best way to prove their meaning is by applying them equal to friend and foe, lead justice is blindfolded for a reason. the competing reality we confront is the past 6 years of watching the department of justice and fbi, they are seen as extensions. the political parties now, we were jim comey s press of conference. we remember the fbi agent who desmirched a republican presidential candidate, yet put in charge of investigating that same candidate. we remem
coworker, politics did not come up, we were too busy investigating and prosecuting real crime, we knew then that politics ruins whatever it touches. religion, education, sports, and our justice system. now we are trying to reconcile competing realities, prosecutors like to ask question, who, what, where, when and how. and the evidence. what does the law say. we focus on the law because we re a nation of laws. no one is above the law. but no one is beneath it either. fairness, impartiality, equality should mean something, the best way to prove their meaning is by applying them equal to friend and foe, lead justice is blindfolded for a reason. the competing reality we confront is the past 6 years of watching the department of justice and fbi, they are seen as extensions. the political parties now, we were jim comey s press of conference. we remember the fbi agent who desmirched a republican presidential candidate, yet put in charge of investigating that same candidate. we remem