1 00:00:05,672 --> 00:00:06,539 >>> FUNDING FOR THIS PROGRAM WAS 2 00:00:06,539 --> 00:00:07,207 PROVIDED BY COMMUNITY TRUST 3 00:00:07,207 --> 00:00:08,475 BANK, SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF 4 00:00:08,475 --> 00:00:09,642 NORTH LOUISIANA, TEXAS AND 5 00:00:09,642 --> 00:00:11,244 MISSISSIPPI FOR MORE THAN A 6 00:00:11,244 --> 00:00:11,845 CENTURY. 7 00:00:11,845 --> 00:00:13,613 COMMUNITY TRUST BANK IS A PROUD 8 00:00:13,613 --> 00:00:21,721 PARTNER OF LPB'S "LOUISIANA 9 00:00:21,721 --> 00:00:23,690 LEGENDS." 10 00:00:23,690 --> 00:00:25,892 >>> 200 YEARS AGO, LOUISIANA 11 00:00:25,892 --> 00:00:28,061 JOINED THE UNITED STATES OF 12 00:00:28,061 --> 00:00:30,630 AMERICA ADDING AN 18th STAR TO 13 00:00:30,630 --> 00:00:32,465 HER FLAG AS WELL AS A LAND 14 00:00:32,465 --> 00:00:35,001 BLESSED WITH ABUNDANT NATURAL 15 00:00:35,001 --> 00:00:36,503 RESOURCES AND EXTRAORDINARY 16 00:00:36,503 --> 00:00:37,070 PEOPLE. 17 00:00:37,070 --> 00:00:40,507 FOR MORE THAN 36 YEARS, LPB HAS 18 00:00:40,507 --> 00:00:42,208 SHARED THESE STORIES AND HONORED 19 00:00:42,208 --> 00:00:45,211 OVER 100 "LOUISIANA LEGENDS." 20 00:00:45,211 --> 00:00:46,913 TONIGHT FIVE MORE WILL BE 21 00:00:46,913 --> 00:00:49,049 RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING 22 00:00:49,049 --> 00:00:50,383 ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THE GLORY 23 00:00:50,383 --> 00:00:53,753 THEY HAVE BROUGHT OUR STATE. 24 00:00:53,753 --> 00:00:56,489 >> I ASK YOU TO NAME TEN 25 00:00:56,489 --> 00:00:58,258 GREATEST ATHLETES IN AMERICA, 26 00:00:58,258 --> 00:01:01,461 I'LL BET YOU NINE OUT OF TEN 27 00:01:01,461 --> 00:01:04,297 CHARLES BARKLEY, JACK NICKLAUS, 28 00:01:04,297 --> 00:01:10,603 SHAQUILLE O'NEAL, BO JACKSON. 29 00:01:10,603 --> 00:01:13,606 >> RICHARD POURED HIS HEART AND 30 00:01:13,606 --> 00:01:15,975 HIS COMPANIES INTO ASSISTING THE 31 00:01:15,975 --> 00:01:18,244 POOR PEOPLE OF NEW ORLEANS WHO 32 00:01:18,244 --> 00:01:25,285 WERE SO DEVASTATED. 33 00:01:25,285 --> 00:01:27,921 >> TO THINK THAT AN 34 00:01:27,921 --> 00:01:29,289 AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN FROM SUCH 35 00:01:29,289 --> 00:01:32,225 HUMBLE BEGINNINGS WOULD MAKE 36 00:01:32,225 --> 00:01:39,065 SUCH AN IMPACT ON THE WORLD 37 00:01:39,065 --> 00:01:42,602 MAKES HER A LEGENDS. 38 00:01:42,602 --> 00:01:44,404 >> VERY, VERY HIGH INTEGRITY. 39 00:01:44,404 --> 00:01:54,948 HE WILL TAKE NOTHING LESS. 40 00:01:54,948 --> 00:01:56,749 [SINGING] 41 00:01:56,749 --> 00:01:58,351 >> A MAN WHO DOESN'T HAVE HIS 42 00:01:58,351 --> 00:02:00,019 FIRST NUMBER ONE HIT UNTIL HE 43 00:02:00,019 --> 00:02:01,087 WAS 38 YEARS OLD. 44 00:02:01,087 --> 00:02:03,123 HE KNEW WHAT IT WAS TO STRUGGLE. 45 00:02:03,123 --> 00:02:04,724 HE KNEW WHAT IT WAS TO FILE. 46 00:02:04,724 --> 00:02:07,227 >> IT ISN'T WHAT WHERE YOU COME 47 00:02:07,227 --> 00:02:08,595 FROM, WHAT YOU HAVE, HE JUST 48 00:02:08,595 --> 00:02:09,762 WANTS TO BE YOUR FRIEND. 49 00:02:09,762 --> 00:02:13,166 >> HE WILL BE ONE OF TRUE 50 00:02:13,166 --> 00:02:13,766 LEGENDS. 51 00:02:13,766 --> 00:02:14,868 >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME 52 00:02:14,868 --> 00:02:18,872 TO THE 2012 "LOUISIANA LEGENDS" 53 00:02:18,872 --> 00:02:20,640 GALA. 54 00:02:20,640 --> 00:02:22,242 >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. 55 00:02:22,242 --> 00:02:23,843 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT 56 00:02:23,843 --> 00:02:27,013 TO HONOR THESE FIVE EXCEPTIONAL 57 00:02:27,013 --> 00:02:28,815 INDIVIDUALS WHOSE OUTSTANDING 58 00:02:28,815 --> 00:02:29,949 CONTRIBUTIONS IN THEIR FIELDS 59 00:02:29,949 --> 00:02:31,351 AND IN THEIR COMMUNITIES 60 00:02:31,351 --> 00:02:33,620 REPRESENT THE VERY BEST OF 61 00:02:33,620 --> 00:02:34,154 LOUISIANA. 62 00:02:34,154 --> 00:02:35,588 JIM, WE COULDN'T HAVE PICKED A 63 00:02:35,588 --> 00:02:37,657 BETTER PLACE FOR THE 64 00:02:37,657 --> 00:02:39,292 BICENTENNIAL EDITION OF 65 00:02:39,292 --> 00:02:40,660 "LOUISIANA LEGENDS" THAN THE OLD 66 00:02:40,660 --> 00:02:41,694 STATE CAPITOL. 67 00:02:41,694 --> 00:02:43,796 ONE OF LOUISIANA'S MOST HISTORIC 68 00:02:43,796 --> 00:02:44,964 AND BELOVED SITES. 69 00:02:44,964 --> 00:02:46,599 WE'RE PROUD TO CELEBRATE 200 70 00:02:46,599 --> 00:02:48,902 YEARS OF STATE HOOD AND THE 71 00:02:48,902 --> 00:02:51,237 ACHIEVEMENTS THAT THESE FIVE 72 00:02:51,237 --> 00:02:52,705 EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE THAT HAVE 73 00:02:52,705 --> 00:02:54,107 ENRICHED OUR STATE AND LEFT 74 00:02:54,107 --> 00:02:55,742 THEIR MARK ON ITS HISTORY. 75 00:02:55,742 --> 00:02:58,011 >> THE PAIRING OF THE "LOUISIANA 76 00:02:58,011 --> 00:03:00,313 LEGENDS" GALA AND OUR STATE'S 77 00:03:00,313 --> 00:03:01,781 BICENTENNIAL MAKE THIS YEAR'S 78 00:03:01,781 --> 00:03:04,284 EVENT EVEN MORE SPECTACULAR. 79 00:03:04,284 --> 00:03:06,886 THE GALA WAS CREATED IN 1990 TO 80 00:03:06,886 --> 00:03:08,855 HONOR THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR 81 00:03:08,855 --> 00:03:10,390 STATE'S BEST AND BRIGHTEST. 82 00:03:10,390 --> 00:03:13,660 THE PREVIOUS HONOREES ARE HAVE 83 00:03:13,660 --> 00:03:17,463 INCLUDED PIEWLTS ARE AWARD 84 00:03:17,463 --> 00:03:21,000 WINNERS, ALL OF -- HALL OF FAME 85 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,069 ATHLETES, MUSIC LEGENDS LIKE 86 00:03:23,069 --> 00:03:24,604 ROCK 'N' ROLL HALL OF FAMER 87 00:03:24,604 --> 00:03:28,208 JAMES BURTON, GRAMMY AWARD 88 00:03:28,208 --> 00:03:28,841 WINNERS. 89 00:03:28,841 --> 00:03:29,809 TONIGHT FIVE MORE INDIVIDUALS 90 00:03:29,809 --> 00:03:31,511 RECEIVE THIS PRESTIGIOUS HONOR. 91 00:03:31,511 --> 00:03:34,914 >> THAT'S A WONDERFUL LIST. 92 00:03:34,914 --> 00:03:36,182 NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE 93 00:03:36,182 --> 00:03:40,253 ARE PLEASED TO INTRODUCE TO YOU 94 00:03:40,253 --> 00:03:43,523 LPB'S 2012 "LOUISIANA LEGENDS." 95 00:03:43,523 --> 00:03:45,792 WORLD RENOWNED ORTHOPEDIC 96 00:03:45,792 --> 00:03:49,329 SURGEON DR. JAMES ANDREWS. 97 00:03:49,329 --> 00:03:55,134 [APPLAUSE] 98 00:03:55,134 --> 00:03:57,537 >> BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY 99 00:03:57,537 --> 00:04:04,978 LEADERS, RICHARD RICHARD 100 00:04:04,978 --> 00:04:07,780 ZIRINGUE. 101 00:04:07,780 --> 00:04:10,717 >> LYNN DAN THOMAS. 102 00:04:10,717 --> 00:04:12,852 [AUDIO NOT UNDERSTANDABLE] 103 00:04:12,852 --> 00:04:15,321 >> UNITED STATES OLYMPIC 104 00:04:15,321 --> 00:04:20,526 WEIGHT-LIFTING COACH GALE HATCH. 105 00:04:20,526 --> 00:04:22,729 >> SIX TIME ACADEMY OF COUNTRY 106 00:04:22,729 --> 00:04:29,702 MUSIC AWARDS WINNER MICKEY 107 00:04:29,702 --> 00:04:32,071 GILLY. 108 00:04:32,071 --> 00:04:34,841 >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OUR 109 00:04:34,841 --> 00:04:39,545 2012 LPB "LOUISIANA LEGENDS." 110 00:04:39,545 --> 00:04:43,716 [APPLAUSE] 111 00:04:43,716 --> 00:04:45,685 >> THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT 112 00:04:45,685 --> 00:04:47,787 DR. JAMES ANDREWS IS ONE OF THE 113 00:04:47,787 --> 00:04:49,022 WORLD'S TOP AUTHORITIES IN THE 114 00:04:49,022 --> 00:04:51,557 FIELD OF SPORTS MEDICINE. 115 00:04:51,557 --> 00:04:54,494 HIS SUCCESS BEGAN WHILE ROAMING 116 00:04:54,494 --> 00:04:55,728 THE HALLS OF LSU. 117 00:04:55,728 --> 00:05:10,443 LET'S TAKE A LOOK. 118 00:05:16,349 --> 00:05:18,685 BORN IN THE SMALL TOWN OF HOMER, 119 00:05:18,685 --> 00:05:20,953 LOUISIANA, WORLD RENOWNED 120 00:05:20,953 --> 00:05:22,722 ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON DR. JAMES 121 00:05:22,722 --> 00:05:24,257 ANDREWS DECIDED EARLY ON TO 122 00:05:24,257 --> 00:05:27,427 JUMP-START HIS CAREER, A 123 00:05:27,427 --> 00:05:29,929 PROMISING SEC CHAMPION POLE 124 00:05:29,929 --> 00:05:31,698 VAULTER AT LSU HE GAVE UP 125 00:05:31,698 --> 00:05:33,266 ATHLETICS IN 1963 TO WORK HIS 126 00:05:33,266 --> 00:05:37,603 WAY THROUGH MEDICAL SCHOOL 127 00:05:37,603 --> 00:05:41,174 OBTAINING AN M.D. FROM LSU AND 128 00:05:41,174 --> 00:05:46,179 OR THE PEAD ICK DEGREE 129 00:05:47,747 --> 00:05:49,615 >> HE'S THE HARDEST WORKING 130 00:05:49,615 --> 00:05:54,053 PERSON I EVER MET. 131 00:05:54,053 --> 00:05:56,356 HE SETS REALLY LOFTY GOALS AND 132 00:05:56,356 --> 00:05:58,491 ALWAYS MAKES SURE HE REACHES 133 00:05:58,491 --> 00:05:59,225 THEM. 134 00:05:59,225 --> 00:06:01,728 HE NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME. 135 00:06:01,728 --> 00:06:04,864 >> I FOLLOWED HIM FROM THE TIME 136 00:06:04,864 --> 00:06:07,667 HE WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL. 137 00:06:07,667 --> 00:06:09,702 HE'S A MASTER AT EVERYTHING. 138 00:06:09,702 --> 00:06:12,372 HE'S THE FINEST ORTHOPEDIC 139 00:06:12,372 --> 00:06:14,273 SURGEON I THINK IN THE WORLD. 140 00:06:14,273 --> 00:06:17,577 >> AN ACCOMPLISHED SURGEON WITH 141 00:06:17,577 --> 00:06:18,778 UNPARALLELED BEDSIDE MANNER AND 142 00:06:18,778 --> 00:06:20,480 GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR DR. ANDREWS 143 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:22,915 HAS LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK ON 144 00:06:22,915 --> 00:06:25,551 THE FIELD OF SPORTS MEDICINE. 145 00:06:25,551 --> 00:06:27,787 CO-FOUNDER OF SEVERAL LEADING 146 00:06:27,787 --> 00:06:29,622 MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES IN 147 00:06:29,622 --> 00:06:31,457 ALABAMA AND FLORIDA HIS 148 00:06:31,457 --> 00:06:33,025 CONTRIBUTIONS TO INJURY 149 00:06:33,025 --> 00:06:35,061 PREVENTION AND TREATMENT ARE 150 00:06:35,061 --> 00:06:35,628 PROFOUND. 151 00:06:35,628 --> 00:06:37,630 FOSTERING CUTTING EDGE RESEARCH, 152 00:06:37,630 --> 00:06:39,132 MENTORING HUNDREDS OF FELLOWS 153 00:06:39,132 --> 00:06:41,234 AND CHAMPIONING INJURY 154 00:06:41,234 --> 00:06:42,335 PREVENTION FOR CHILDREN. 155 00:06:42,335 --> 00:06:43,669 HE'S DEDICATED HIS LIFE 156 00:06:43,669 --> 00:06:45,405 ADVANCING MEDICINE AND CARING 157 00:06:45,405 --> 00:06:47,607 FOR OTHERS. 158 00:06:47,607 --> 00:06:50,176 >> I THINK HE'S TOPS. 159 00:06:50,176 --> 00:06:51,778 IT DIDN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE IF 160 00:06:51,778 --> 00:06:54,881 IT WAS A 70-YEAR-OLD LADY OR A 161 00:06:54,881 --> 00:06:56,749 HIGH CALIBER ATHLETE. 162 00:06:56,749 --> 00:07:01,254 >> HE HAS EXCELLED 24/7. 163 00:07:01,254 --> 00:07:02,789 IF YOU'RE A PATIENT YOU CAN CALL 164 00:07:02,789 --> 00:07:03,656 HIM ANY TIME. 165 00:07:03,656 --> 00:07:05,224 >> IF I ASKED YOU TO NAME THE 166 00:07:05,224 --> 00:07:07,660 TEN GREATEST ATHLETES IN 167 00:07:07,660 --> 00:07:10,029 AMERICA, YOU NAMED THEM, I'LL 168 00:07:10,029 --> 00:07:11,831 BET NINE OUT OF TEN HE'S 169 00:07:11,831 --> 00:07:12,432 TREATED. 170 00:07:12,432 --> 00:07:14,700 >> CHARLES BARKLAY, JACK 171 00:07:14,700 --> 00:07:16,536 NICKLAUS, SHAQUILLE O'NEAL, BO 172 00:07:16,536 --> 00:07:17,069 JACKSON. 173 00:07:17,069 --> 00:07:20,273 THE GREATEST ATHLETES IN THE 174 00:07:20,273 --> 00:07:20,807 WORLD. 175 00:07:20,807 --> 00:07:22,041 ALL SPORTS. 176 00:07:22,041 --> 00:07:23,976 >> HE'S A GO-GO-GO. 177 00:07:23,976 --> 00:07:25,545 HARD TO KEEP UP WITH JIMMY MOST 178 00:07:25,545 --> 00:07:27,513 OF THE TIME BECAUSE HE'S GOT SO 179 00:07:27,513 --> 00:07:28,514 MUCH GOING ON. 180 00:07:28,514 --> 00:07:30,483 THERE WAS ONE TIME WHEN HE FLEW 181 00:07:30,483 --> 00:07:33,920 TO A GAME AT AUBURN, GOT ON HIS 182 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:37,790 PLANE, FLEW TO ATLANTA TO WATCH 183 00:07:37,790 --> 00:07:41,427 ALABAMA PLAY, THEN FLEW BACK TO 184 00:07:41,427 --> 00:07:43,029 DALLAS BECAUSE THE REDSKINS WERE 185 00:07:43,029 --> 00:07:44,764 PLAYING THE COWBOYS. 186 00:07:44,764 --> 00:07:46,532 THAT'S ALL IN ONE DAY. 187 00:07:46,532 --> 00:07:48,668 >> WHILE HE'S ALWAYS ON CALL, 188 00:07:48,668 --> 00:07:49,836 DR. ANDREWS NEVER FAILS TO BE 189 00:07:49,836 --> 00:07:52,271 THERE FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. 190 00:07:52,271 --> 00:07:54,707 FOR DESPITE HIS HIGH PROFILE 191 00:07:54,707 --> 00:07:56,442 CLIENTELE AND MANY ACCOLADES, 192 00:07:56,442 --> 00:07:57,910 SUCCESS HAS NOT CHANGED HIM. 193 00:07:57,910 --> 00:08:00,279 A PRACTICAL JOKESTER, AVID 194 00:08:00,279 --> 00:08:02,181 SAILOR AND WINNER OF NUMEROUS 195 00:08:02,181 --> 00:08:04,450 YACHT RACING OFFSHORE REGATTAS 196 00:08:04,450 --> 00:08:06,085 HE REMAINS A DEDICATED FAMILY 197 00:08:06,085 --> 00:08:08,855 MAN WITH SIX CHILDREN, SIX 198 00:08:08,855 --> 00:08:12,024 GRANDCHILDREN, AND COUNTING. 199 00:08:12,024 --> 00:08:14,126 >> HE IS SO -- DAD. 200 00:08:14,126 --> 00:08:14,894 SO LOUISIANA. 201 00:08:14,894 --> 00:08:17,730 SO COUNTRY BOY WHO LOVES FRIED 202 00:08:17,730 --> 00:08:20,166 CHICKEN ADD CATSUP. 203 00:08:20,166 --> 00:08:21,334 >> HE'S HUMBLE ABOUT EVERY 204 00:08:21,334 --> 00:08:22,668 PLAYER THAT WALKS THROUGH THE 205 00:08:22,668 --> 00:08:23,269 DOOR. 206 00:08:23,269 --> 00:08:25,104 HE REALLY DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE 207 00:08:25,104 --> 00:08:27,940 IMPACT HE'S MADE THAT HE REALLY 208 00:08:27,940 --> 00:08:31,010 IS A LEGEND IN A LOT OF PEOPLE'S 209 00:08:31,010 --> 00:08:32,078 EYES. 210 00:08:32,078 --> 00:08:33,746 >> DR. JAMES ANDREWS. 211 00:08:33,746 --> 00:08:43,789 [APPLAUSE] 212 00:08:43,789 --> 00:08:46,292 >> MY GOODNESS. 213 00:08:46,292 --> 00:08:47,860 I THINK SURGERY IS A LITTLE 214 00:08:47,860 --> 00:08:50,596 EASIER THAN THIS. 215 00:08:50,596 --> 00:08:52,064 [LAUGHTER] 216 00:08:52,064 --> 00:08:55,268 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AND FELLOW 217 00:08:55,268 --> 00:08:57,803 HONOREES, TO BE HONORED BY MY 218 00:08:57,803 --> 00:09:01,173 HOME STATE AND ITS PUBLIC 219 00:09:01,173 --> 00:09:02,241 BROADCASTING COMPANY AS A 220 00:09:02,241 --> 00:09:04,477 LOUISIANA LEGEND MEANS ALL THE 221 00:09:04,477 --> 00:09:05,478 WORLD TO ME. 222 00:09:05,478 --> 00:09:08,347 PROBABLY MORE THAN YOU CAN 223 00:09:08,347 --> 00:09:11,083 IMAGINE. 224 00:09:11,083 --> 00:09:13,286 IN ACCORDANCE I AM TRULY BLESSED 225 00:09:13,286 --> 00:09:15,855 AND HUMBLED TO ACCEPT THIS 226 00:09:15,855 --> 00:09:16,389 AWARD. 227 00:09:16,389 --> 00:09:17,490 I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO 228 00:09:17,490 --> 00:09:19,625 CONGRATULATE ALL OF THIS YEAR'S 229 00:09:19,625 --> 00:09:21,761 OTHER HONORED INDUCTEES AND SOME 230 00:09:21,761 --> 00:09:23,262 FROM THE PAST. 231 00:09:23,262 --> 00:09:26,966 THANKS TO BETH COURTNEY, THE CEO 232 00:09:26,966 --> 00:09:29,735 OF LOUISIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING 233 00:09:29,735 --> 00:09:31,103 , FOR SUCH A 234 00:09:31,103 --> 00:09:33,339 FLATTERING INTRODUCTION. 235 00:09:33,339 --> 00:09:35,841 BY THE WAY, AS I LISTENED TO 236 00:09:35,841 --> 00:09:37,743 THAT INTRODUCTION AND AS I 237 00:09:37,743 --> 00:09:40,947 ACCEPT THIS HONOR, IT SEEMS 238 00:09:40,947 --> 00:09:43,950 APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO CONSIDER 239 00:09:43,950 --> 00:09:46,218 THE QUOTE, THE OLDER I GET THE 240 00:09:46,218 --> 00:09:47,520 BETTER I WAS. 241 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:48,087 [LAUGHTER] 242 00:09:48,087 --> 00:09:51,591 IF YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I MEAN. 243 00:09:51,591 --> 00:09:52,725 ACTUALLY WHEN I WAS FIRST 244 00:09:52,725 --> 00:09:54,527 CONTACTED BY THIS HONOR I WAS 245 00:09:54,527 --> 00:09:56,762 REALLY TAKEN BACK BY THE WORD 246 00:09:56,762 --> 00:09:57,263 LEGEND. 247 00:09:57,263 --> 00:09:58,864 I ACTUALLY LOOKED UP THE WORD IN 248 00:09:58,864 --> 00:10:02,268 THE DICTIONARY TO SEE WHERE IT 249 00:10:02,268 --> 00:10:05,504 APPEARS, AND I ACTUALLY WAS, AND 250 00:10:05,504 --> 00:10:08,107 HOW IT APPLIED TO ME. 251 00:10:08,107 --> 00:10:09,875 AS I DISCOVERED THERE ARE THREE 252 00:10:09,875 --> 00:10:11,043 TYPES OF LEGENDS. 253 00:10:11,043 --> 00:10:12,778 FIRST IS THE RENEGADE, THE 254 00:10:12,778 --> 00:10:15,381 REBEL, THE TROUBLEMAKER. 255 00:10:15,381 --> 00:10:18,517 THE OUTLAW SUCH AS JESSE JAMES. 256 00:10:18,517 --> 00:10:20,052 I RULED THAT OUT FOR ME HOWEVER 257 00:10:20,052 --> 00:10:21,954 IN MY EARLY DAYS I WAS SOMEWHAT 258 00:10:21,954 --> 00:10:26,258 OF A FUN-LOVING RULES BREAKER. 259 00:10:26,258 --> 00:10:27,827 EVEN TODAY SOME OF MY CLOSEST 260 00:10:27,827 --> 00:10:29,962 FRIENDS THINK OF ME AS BEING 261 00:10:29,962 --> 00:10:31,664 THAT TYPE OF LEGEND. 262 00:10:31,664 --> 00:10:33,532 THE NEXT TYPE OF LEGEND IS A 263 00:10:33,532 --> 00:10:37,069 LEGEND IN YOUR OWN MIND. 264 00:10:37,069 --> 00:10:37,570 [LAUGHTER] 265 00:10:37,570 --> 00:10:39,639 I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT I'M HUMBLE 266 00:10:39,639 --> 00:10:42,074 AND THAT DESCRIPTION DOESN'T FIT 267 00:10:42,074 --> 00:10:42,508 ME. 268 00:10:42,508 --> 00:10:43,876 AS THIS HONOR DICTATES, THE 269 00:10:43,876 --> 00:10:45,678 THIRD TYPE OF LEGEND IS AN 270 00:10:45,678 --> 00:10:47,613 INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS GIVEN BACK TO 271 00:10:47,613 --> 00:10:49,382 HIS ROOTS IN LOUISIANA AND 272 00:10:49,382 --> 00:10:51,784 ADVANCED OUR STATE IN SOCIETY. 273 00:10:51,784 --> 00:10:53,753 I'M VERY PROUD AND AGAIN HUMBLED 274 00:10:53,753 --> 00:10:55,154 TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT 275 00:10:55,154 --> 00:10:59,025 DEFINITION IN THAT CATEGORY. 276 00:10:59,025 --> 00:11:00,726 ON THE SOFT SIDE, ONE OF THE 277 00:11:00,726 --> 00:11:03,195 THINGS I HAVE LEARNED IS THAT WE 278 00:11:03,195 --> 00:11:05,531 SHOULD NEVER TAKE OURSELVES AND 279 00:11:05,531 --> 00:11:08,868 OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS TOO SERIOUS. 280 00:11:08,868 --> 00:11:11,804 ALSO MY WIFE JANELLE FREQUENTLY 281 00:11:11,804 --> 00:11:13,139 REMINDS ME IF YOU'RE STILL 282 00:11:13,139 --> 00:11:14,407 TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU DID 283 00:11:14,407 --> 00:11:15,841 YESTERDAY YOU'RE NOT DOING MUCH 284 00:11:15,841 --> 00:11:16,375 TODAY. 285 00:11:16,375 --> 00:11:17,576 JUST TO TELL YOU ABOUT HER 286 00:11:17,576 --> 00:11:19,412 DEDICATION I HAVE COUNTED UP ONE 287 00:11:19,412 --> 00:11:21,313 YEAR AND YOU KNOW FOOTBALL IN 288 00:11:21,313 --> 00:11:23,349 THE SOUTH A LITTLE BIT IN 289 00:11:23,349 --> 00:11:26,018 LOUISIANA, I UNDERSTAND, IS 290 00:11:26,018 --> 00:11:26,485 KING. 291 00:11:26,485 --> 00:11:27,687 THAT PARTICULAR YEAR SHE 292 00:11:27,687 --> 00:11:29,588 ACCOMPANIED ME TO 55 FOOTBALL 293 00:11:29,588 --> 00:11:31,457 GAMES WHEN I WAS ON THE FIELD 294 00:11:31,457 --> 00:11:33,659 AND LEFT HER UP IN THE 295 00:11:33,659 --> 00:11:34,326 GRANDSTANDS. 296 00:11:34,326 --> 00:11:36,328 THAT'S REAL DEDICATION. 297 00:11:36,328 --> 00:11:37,763 ALSO I'M OFTEN ASKED ABOUT MY 298 00:11:37,763 --> 00:11:40,066 DESIRES FOR RETIREMENT. 299 00:11:40,066 --> 00:11:43,002 DO I FEEL OLD. 300 00:11:43,002 --> 00:11:44,570 MY ANSWER IS THE ONLY TIME I 301 00:11:44,570 --> 00:11:46,639 FEEL OLD IS WHEN I LOOK IN THE 302 00:11:46,639 --> 00:11:48,941 MIRROR, SO I QUICK LOOKING IN 303 00:11:48,941 --> 00:11:51,210 THE DAMN MIRROR! 304 00:11:51,210 --> 00:11:51,711 [LAUGHTER] 305 00:11:51,711 --> 00:11:53,079 I FREQUENTLY GIVE INTERVIEWS AND 306 00:11:53,079 --> 00:11:55,581 I'M FREQUENTLY ASKED HOW MANY 307 00:11:55,581 --> 00:11:57,450 SURGERIES HAVE I DONE IN MY 308 00:11:57,450 --> 00:11:57,917 CAREER? 309 00:11:57,917 --> 00:11:59,051 I HAVE AN ANSWER. 310 00:11:59,051 --> 00:12:00,720 IT'S TOO MANY TO COUNT AND NOT 311 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:02,755 ENOUGH TO QUIT. 312 00:12:02,755 --> 00:12:05,291 THAT SHUTS THEM UP REAL QUICKLY. 313 00:12:05,291 --> 00:12:08,894 ON A SERIOUS NOTE, THANK YOU, 314 00:12:08,894 --> 00:12:09,462 LOUISIANA. 315 00:12:09,462 --> 00:12:10,663 CERTAINLY MY ROOTS ARE HERE IN 316 00:12:10,663 --> 00:12:11,864 LOUISIANA AND BECAUSE OF THAT 317 00:12:11,864 --> 00:12:14,100 I'M SIMPLY A SMALL TOWN SOUTHERN 318 00:12:14,100 --> 00:12:16,068 MAN FROM NORTH LOUISIANA EVEN 319 00:12:16,068 --> 00:12:17,703 THOUGH I WAS BORN IN NEW ORLEANS 320 00:12:17,703 --> 00:12:19,739 I CAN CLAIM BOTH SIDES OF THIS 321 00:12:19,739 --> 00:12:21,607 COIN IN THIS STATE. 322 00:12:21,607 --> 00:12:23,175 AS A KID I GREW UP IN A 323 00:12:23,175 --> 00:12:24,410 CONSERVATIVE NORTH LOUISIANA 324 00:12:24,410 --> 00:12:26,746 SMALL TOWN OF HOMER WHERE MY 325 00:12:26,746 --> 00:12:28,881 GRANDADDY PLANTED A SEED, BY THE 326 00:12:28,881 --> 00:12:30,416 WAY IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO PLANT 327 00:12:30,416 --> 00:12:32,284 SEEDS FOR YOUR YOUNG GIDDINGS, 328 00:12:32,284 --> 00:12:34,086 YOUR GRANDKIDS AND YOUR OWN 329 00:12:34,086 --> 00:12:34,620 KIDS. 330 00:12:34,620 --> 00:12:35,855 HE PLANTED A SEED WHEN HE USED 331 00:12:35,855 --> 00:12:37,556 TO ROCK ME ON HIS KNEE AND TOLD 332 00:12:37,556 --> 00:12:40,392 ME ONE DAY I WOULD BE HIS YOUNG 333 00:12:40,392 --> 00:12:40,860 DOCTOR. 334 00:12:40,860 --> 00:12:44,096 MY GRANDMOTHER WAS ALSO A 335 00:12:44,096 --> 00:12:45,798 SPECIAL BREED AND ACTUALLY 336 00:12:45,798 --> 00:12:48,868 GRADUATED FROM NORMAL TEACHERS 337 00:12:48,868 --> 00:12:50,736 COLLEGE IN NACOGDOCHES. 338 00:12:50,736 --> 00:12:53,806 MY MOTHER, BLESS HER SOUL, WAS A 339 00:12:53,806 --> 00:12:55,608 TEACHER, AND SHE AND HER 340 00:12:55,608 --> 00:12:57,777 BROTHERS ALL GRADUATED FROM LSU. 341 00:12:57,777 --> 00:12:59,712 MY FATHER PLAYED FOOTBALL IN 342 00:12:59,712 --> 00:13:01,413 NORTHWESTERN STATE, SO SPORTS 343 00:13:01,413 --> 00:13:02,481 WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME 344 00:13:02,481 --> 00:13:05,217 THROUGHOUT MY LIFE. 345 00:13:05,217 --> 00:13:07,953 ATHLETICS IN THIS STATE PROVIDED 346 00:13:07,953 --> 00:13:10,122 ME WITH A FREE UNDERGRADUATE 347 00:13:10,122 --> 00:13:11,657 EDUCATION AND LATER THE SAME AT 348 00:13:11,657 --> 00:13:13,692 LSU MEDICAL SCHOOL. 349 00:13:13,692 --> 00:13:16,428 FOR THAT I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL 350 00:13:16,428 --> 00:13:17,797 AND INDEBTED. 351 00:13:17,797 --> 00:13:20,800 AS I HAVE ALLUDED TO IN MY 352 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,002 CAREER, IT'S NEVER BEEN AN I 353 00:13:23,002 --> 00:13:25,571 SITUATION BUT A WE SITUATION. 354 00:13:25,571 --> 00:13:26,772 EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE EVER 355 00:13:26,772 --> 00:13:28,140 ACCOMPLISHED IN LIFE WAS BUILT 356 00:13:28,140 --> 00:13:30,442 AROUND THE TEAM CONCEPT 357 00:13:30,442 --> 00:13:33,679 DEVELOPED BY SPORTS. 358 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:34,947 THANK YOU TO ALL MY FAMILY 359 00:13:34,947 --> 00:13:36,448 MEMBERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND 360 00:13:36,448 --> 00:13:38,751 THANK YOU, JANELLE, FOR HELPING 361 00:13:38,751 --> 00:13:40,886 ME GET MY LIFELONG PRIORITIES IN 362 00:13:40,886 --> 00:13:41,353 ORDER. 363 00:13:41,353 --> 00:13:43,756 NUMBER ONE, MY FAMILY AND FAITH; 364 00:13:43,756 --> 00:13:47,660 NUMBER TWO, THE PASSION FOR 365 00:13:47,660 --> 00:13:48,127 WORK. 366 00:13:48,127 --> 00:13:50,830 AS I CLOSE, HOW CAN I SAY THANKS 367 00:13:50,830 --> 00:13:52,198 TO ALL OF YOU? 368 00:13:52,198 --> 00:13:54,500 SO I'LL QUOTE LATE GREAT COACH 369 00:13:54,500 --> 00:13:57,403 JOHN WOOTEN WHEN HE SAID, 370 00:13:57,403 --> 00:13:59,371 ALTHOUGH THANKS IS A RATHER 371 00:13:59,371 --> 00:14:01,807 SIMPLE ONE SYLLABLE WORD THAT IS 372 00:14:01,807 --> 00:14:03,943 TOO OFTEN USED WITHOUT TRUE 373 00:14:03,943 --> 00:14:06,145 FEELING, BUT WHEN USED WITH 374 00:14:06,145 --> 00:14:08,214 SINCERITY NO COLLECTION OF WORDS 375 00:14:08,214 --> 00:14:10,583 CAN BE MORE MEANINGFUL OR 376 00:14:10,583 --> 00:14:11,217 EXPRESSIVE. 377 00:14:11,217 --> 00:14:12,585 SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU TO THE 378 00:14:12,585 --> 00:14:14,987 STATE OF LOUISIANA AND FOR THIS 379 00:14:14,987 --> 00:14:16,455 PRESTIGIOUS HONOR. 380 00:14:16,455 --> 00:14:19,325 THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 381 00:14:19,325 --> 00:14:30,970 [APPLAUSE] 382 00:14:30,970 --> 00:14:33,672 >>> WE ALL KNOW RICHARD ZIRINGUE 383 00:14:33,672 --> 00:14:35,507 IS A THE FOUNDER OF ACAD YAIN 384 00:14:35,507 --> 00:14:37,042 AMBULANCE AND FOR THE INCREDIBLE 385 00:14:37,042 --> 00:14:40,112 ROLE IT PLAYED IN THE AFTERMATH 386 00:14:40,112 --> 00:14:41,213 OF HURRICANE KATRINA. 387 00:14:41,213 --> 00:14:43,449 FOR OVER 40 YEARS HE'S 388 00:14:43,449 --> 00:14:44,583 ENTHUSIASTICALLY SERVED HIS 389 00:14:44,583 --> 00:14:46,518 COMMUNITY AND THIS STATE BOTH AS 390 00:14:46,518 --> 00:14:50,522 A BUSINESS LEADER AND GENEROUS 391 00:14:50,522 --> 00:14:51,190 PHILANTHROPIST. 392 00:14:51,190 --> 00:14:57,630 LET'S TAKE A LOOK. 393 00:15:08,474 --> 00:15:10,409 >>> PENNSYLVANIA NATIVE RICHARD 394 00:15:10,409 --> 00:15:11,844 ZIRINGUE CAME AS A 395 00:15:11,844 --> 00:15:14,079 COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEER FOR 396 00:15:14,079 --> 00:15:15,814 WESTINGHOUSE, MARRIED A KAY 397 00:15:15,814 --> 00:15:17,182 JUDGE GIRL AND MADE LOUISIANA 398 00:15:17,182 --> 00:15:17,783 HIS HOME. 399 00:15:17,783 --> 00:15:19,051 A GRADUATE OF THE CAPITAL 400 00:15:19,051 --> 00:15:20,252 INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY HE WAS A 401 00:15:20,252 --> 00:15:22,821 BORN LEADER AT HIS BEST DURING A 402 00:15:22,821 --> 00:15:23,489 CRISIS. 403 00:15:23,489 --> 00:15:25,457 LAFAYETTE FUNERAL HOMES 404 00:15:25,457 --> 00:15:26,592 DISCONTINUED THEIR AMBULANCE 405 00:15:26,592 --> 00:15:28,727 SERVICES DUE TO NEW FEDERAL 406 00:15:28,727 --> 00:15:30,429 REGULATIONS HE ANSWERED THE 407 00:15:30,429 --> 00:15:32,765 CALL, CO-FOUNDING ACADIAN 408 00:15:32,765 --> 00:15:34,300 AMBULANCE IN 1971. 409 00:15:34,300 --> 00:15:37,469 >> RICHARD IN MY JUDGMENT IS AN 410 00:15:37,469 --> 00:15:39,872 EXAMPLE FOR SO MANY OF US. 411 00:15:39,872 --> 00:15:42,074 RICHARD CAME TO THE LAFAYETTE 412 00:15:42,074 --> 00:15:45,044 COMMUNITY AND PLUNGED HIMSELF 413 00:15:45,044 --> 00:15:47,579 WHOLLY AND WHOLEHEARTEDLY INTO 414 00:15:47,579 --> 00:15:49,281 THE ENDEAVORS OF THIS COMMUNITY, 415 00:15:49,281 --> 00:15:52,251 ENDEAVORS THAT WOULD REACH OUT 416 00:15:52,251 --> 00:15:54,520 AND HELP. 417 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:57,323 >> HE AND MY MOM TAUGHT US THE 418 00:15:57,323 --> 00:15:58,691 IMPORTANCE OF BEING GENEROUS. 419 00:15:58,691 --> 00:16:00,693 THEY ARE GREAT ROLE MODELS. 420 00:16:00,693 --> 00:16:03,529 HE'S ALWAYS TAUGHT US THAT 421 00:16:03,529 --> 00:16:05,164 THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN'T 422 00:16:05,164 --> 00:16:08,100 OBTAIN, THAT NO GOAL IS 423 00:16:08,100 --> 00:16:08,801 UNACHIEVABLE. 424 00:16:08,801 --> 00:16:09,835 I THINK THAT'S BEAN REALLY 425 00:16:09,835 --> 00:16:11,737 IMPORTANT TO MY TWO BROTHERS AND 426 00:16:11,737 --> 00:16:13,539 I TO SHOOT FOR THE MOON. 427 00:16:13,539 --> 00:16:17,476 >> SERIOUSLY, RICHARD IS A 428 00:16:17,476 --> 00:16:17,977 WORKAHOLIC. 429 00:16:17,977 --> 00:16:19,979 WE GREW UP TOGETHER SORT OF LIKE 430 00:16:19,979 --> 00:16:21,146 A FRATERNITY. 431 00:16:21,146 --> 00:16:23,215 >> WHAT STARTED SOMEWHAT BY 432 00:16:23,215 --> 00:16:24,950 ACCIDENT HAS EVOLVED INTO A 433 00:16:24,950 --> 00:16:27,987 CORPORATE FAMILY OF NEARLY 3,000 434 00:16:27,987 --> 00:16:30,289 EMPLOYEES CARING FOR MORE THAN 435 00:16:30,289 --> 00:16:33,525 1250 PATIENTS EVERY SINGLE DAY. 436 00:16:33,525 --> 00:16:35,594 ACADIAN COMPANIES MEDICAL, 437 00:16:35,594 --> 00:16:36,795 SAFETY, TRANSPORTATION AND 438 00:16:36,795 --> 00:16:39,365 EDUCATIONAL SERVICES HAVE 439 00:16:39,365 --> 00:16:40,599 REVOLUTIONIZED PRE-HOSPITAL 440 00:16:40,599 --> 00:16:43,202 EMERGENCY CARE IN LOUISIANA AND 441 00:16:43,202 --> 00:16:43,702 BEYOND. 442 00:16:43,702 --> 00:16:47,172 SAVING COUNTLESS LIVES. 443 00:16:47,172 --> 00:16:50,275 >> HE NEVER BACKS DOWN FROM A 444 00:16:50,275 --> 00:16:50,776 CHALLENGE. 445 00:16:50,776 --> 00:16:52,511 HE'S ALWAYS SURROUNDED HIMSELF 446 00:16:52,511 --> 00:16:55,414 WITH GOOD PEOPLE THAT CAN HELP 447 00:16:55,414 --> 00:16:57,583 HIM MAKE QUICK DECISIONS IN A 448 00:16:57,583 --> 00:16:58,017 HURRY. 449 00:16:58,017 --> 00:16:59,385 HE'S REALLY GOOD UNDER THE GUN 450 00:16:59,385 --> 00:17:00,753 AND CAN TURN A SITUATION AROUND 451 00:17:00,753 --> 00:17:05,791 IN A MATTER OF MOMENTS. 452 00:17:05,791 --> 00:17:07,459 >> NEVER WAS THAT MORE EVIDENT 453 00:17:07,459 --> 00:17:08,927 THAN IN THE AFTERMATH OF 454 00:17:08,927 --> 00:17:09,828 HURRICANE KATRINA. 455 00:17:09,828 --> 00:17:11,697 >> LIKE DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO 456 00:17:11,697 --> 00:17:12,865 GET THEM OUT. 457 00:17:12,865 --> 00:17:16,068 >> SLASHING THROUGH RED TAPE THE 458 00:17:16,068 --> 00:17:18,404 HEROIC STAFF CAME TO THE RESCUE, 459 00:17:18,404 --> 00:17:21,707 CONSTRUCTING MAKESHIFT HELL I 460 00:17:21,707 --> 00:17:24,043 PADS. 461 00:17:24,043 --> 00:17:24,576 STRETCHERS. 462 00:17:24,576 --> 00:17:27,579 USING EVERY OUNCE OF ENERGY AND 463 00:17:27,579 --> 00:17:29,581 INGENUITY THEY HAD TO EVACUATE 464 00:17:29,581 --> 00:17:31,817 THOUSANDS. 465 00:17:31,817 --> 00:17:33,719 >> RICHARD POURED HIS HEART AND 466 00:17:33,719 --> 00:17:37,222 HIS COMPANY SO VERY MUCH INTO 467 00:17:37,222 --> 00:17:39,458 ASSISTING THE POOR PEOPLE OF NEW 468 00:17:39,458 --> 00:17:43,162 ORLEANS THAT WERE SO DEVASTATED. 469 00:17:43,162 --> 00:17:44,463 TREMENDOUSLY DEVASTATED. 470 00:17:44,463 --> 00:17:47,633 HE WAS SO MOVED BY THEIR 471 00:17:47,633 --> 00:17:48,133 SUFFERING. 472 00:17:48,133 --> 00:17:49,501 >> HE CARES ABOUT EVERYONE FROM 473 00:17:49,501 --> 00:17:50,869 HIS CHILDREN TO HIS EMPLOYEES TO 474 00:17:50,869 --> 00:17:52,171 THE PEOPLE HE SERVES. 475 00:17:52,171 --> 00:17:54,273 I CERTAINLY THINK THERE ARE MANY 476 00:17:54,273 --> 00:17:56,008 PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES HE HAS SAVED 477 00:17:56,008 --> 00:17:58,110 WHO WOULD ATTEST TO THE FACT 478 00:17:58,110 --> 00:18:01,180 THAT HE'S A LOUISIANA LIVING 479 00:18:01,180 --> 00:18:02,114 LEGEND. 480 00:18:02,114 --> 00:18:08,220 >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, RICHARD 481 00:18:08,220 --> 00:18:11,857 ZIRINGUE. 482 00:18:11,857 --> 00:18:13,926 CONGRATULATIONS. 483 00:18:13,926 --> 00:18:14,593 [APPLAUSE] 484 00:18:14,593 --> 00:18:16,528 >> YOU KNOW, ABRAHAM LINCOLN 485 00:18:16,528 --> 00:18:18,063 SAID, MOST PEOPLE ARE ABOUT AS 486 00:18:18,063 --> 00:18:19,498 HAPPY AS THEY MAKE UP THEIR 487 00:18:19,498 --> 00:18:20,432 MINDS TO BE. 488 00:18:20,432 --> 00:18:22,701 WELL, I'M ONE HAPPY INDIVIDUAL 489 00:18:22,701 --> 00:18:23,268 TONIGHT. 490 00:18:23,268 --> 00:18:24,470 AND I WANT TO THANK BETH 491 00:18:24,470 --> 00:18:26,038 COURTNEY AND THE BOARD OF 492 00:18:26,038 --> 00:18:28,340 DIRECTORS OF LPB FOR THIS GREAT 493 00:18:28,340 --> 00:18:28,841 HONOR. 494 00:18:28,841 --> 00:18:30,275 I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL 495 00:18:30,275 --> 00:18:32,277 THE OTHER DISTINGUISHED LEDGE 496 00:18:32,277 --> 00:18:33,812 ENDZONE THAT ARE BEING HONORED 497 00:18:33,812 --> 00:18:34,880 HERE THIS EVENING. 498 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:36,215 I ALWAYS THOUGHT YOU HAD TO BE 499 00:18:36,215 --> 00:18:39,218 BORN IN LOUISIANA TO BE A 500 00:18:39,218 --> 00:18:39,818 LEGEND. 501 00:18:39,818 --> 00:18:41,019 SO I WAS PRETTY EXCITED WHEN 502 00:18:41,019 --> 00:18:42,221 THEY CALLED TO LET ME KNOW THAT 503 00:18:42,221 --> 00:18:44,456 I WOULD BE THE RECIPIENT OF THIS 504 00:18:44,456 --> 00:18:46,058 VERY PRESTIGIOUS AWARD. 505 00:18:46,058 --> 00:18:47,826 I WAS BORN IN PENNSYLVANIA AND I 506 00:18:47,826 --> 00:18:50,562 HAVE WORKED HERE FOR THE LAST 42 507 00:18:50,562 --> 00:18:51,063 YEARS. 508 00:18:51,063 --> 00:18:52,331 I'M VERY PROUD TO RECEIVE THIS 509 00:18:52,331 --> 00:18:54,633 AWARD TONIGHT FROM LPB, AND I 510 00:18:54,633 --> 00:18:57,870 APPRECIATE WHAT THEY DO FOR THE 511 00:18:57,870 --> 00:18:59,304 EDUCATION AND EXCELLENT 512 00:18:59,304 --> 00:19:01,173 PROGRAMMING IN OUR STATE. 513 00:19:01,173 --> 00:19:03,876 LPB IS CERTAINLY A LEADER OF 514 00:19:03,876 --> 00:19:05,144 EDUCATION TELEVISION AND I THANK 515 00:19:05,144 --> 00:19:06,812 THEM FOR ALL THEY DO FOR THE 516 00:19:06,812 --> 00:19:08,747 GREAT STATE OF LOUISIANA. 517 00:19:08,747 --> 00:19:10,549 IN 1970 WHEN I GRADUATED FROM 518 00:19:10,549 --> 00:19:12,284 ENGINEERING SCHOOL IN 519 00:19:12,284 --> 00:19:14,319 WASHINGTON, I WENT TO WORK FOR 520 00:19:14,319 --> 00:19:16,021 WESTING HOUSE DEFENSE CENTER IN 521 00:19:16,021 --> 00:19:18,790 BALTIMORE AND MY BOSS WAS 522 00:19:18,790 --> 00:19:21,627 RICHARD FUSELIR, FROM LOUISIANA. 523 00:19:21,627 --> 00:19:23,729 HE GRADUATED FROM LSU. 524 00:19:23,729 --> 00:19:25,430 HE KEPT TELLING ME HE WANTED ME 525 00:19:25,430 --> 00:19:27,466 TO COME TO LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, 526 00:19:27,466 --> 00:19:29,168 FOR A ONE-YEAR FIELD ASSIGNMENT. 527 00:19:29,168 --> 00:19:30,502 I DIDN'T WANT TO COME. 528 00:19:30,502 --> 00:19:32,004 HE WORKED HARD GETTING ME 529 00:19:32,004 --> 00:19:33,238 CONVINCED TO COME DOWN, EVEN 530 00:19:33,238 --> 00:19:34,673 TOLD ME AFTER I GOT TO LOUISIANA 531 00:19:34,673 --> 00:19:37,142 I WOULD PROBABLY QUIT 532 00:19:37,142 --> 00:19:38,777 WESTINGHOUSE TO STAY DOWN HERE. 533 00:19:38,777 --> 00:19:40,512 I THOUGHT THAT WAS ALL A BIG 534 00:19:40,512 --> 00:19:42,247 GIMMICK TO GET ME DOWN HERE. 535 00:19:42,247 --> 00:19:43,815 COMING DOWN TO LOUISIANA WAS A 536 00:19:43,815 --> 00:19:45,851 DIFFICULT TRANSITION FOR ME 537 00:19:45,851 --> 00:19:47,619 BECAUSE THE PEOPLE SPOKE A FUNNY 538 00:19:47,619 --> 00:19:48,921 LANGUAGE, THE MOSQUITOES WERE AS 539 00:19:48,921 --> 00:19:51,423 BIG AS WHAT THE HOUSES WERE -- 540 00:19:51,423 --> 00:19:55,494 THEY HAD MONSOON RAINS AND I HAD 541 00:19:55,494 --> 00:19:57,196 DISS INTERRI FOR SIX MONTHS 542 00:19:57,196 --> 00:19:58,764 BECAUSE OF THE HIGHLY SEASONED 543 00:19:58,764 --> 00:19:59,264 FOODS. 544 00:19:59,264 --> 00:20:01,233 I WORKED AT MY JOB THAT FIRST 545 00:20:01,233 --> 00:20:03,035 YEAR AND BEGAN TO FALL IN LOVE 546 00:20:03,035 --> 00:20:05,771 WITH THE WAY OF LIFE HERE IN 547 00:20:05,771 --> 00:20:06,371 LOUISIANA. 548 00:20:06,371 --> 00:20:07,806 RICHARD WAS RIGHT. 549 00:20:07,806 --> 00:20:10,709 I DID QUIT WESTINGHOUSE AND I 550 00:20:10,709 --> 00:20:12,844 WAS FORTUNATE TO FOUND ACADIAN 551 00:20:12,844 --> 00:20:14,880 AMBULANCE WITH MY TWO PARTNERS 552 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:16,682 IN 1971. 553 00:20:16,682 --> 00:20:19,251 WE STARTED WITH JUST TWO 554 00:20:19,251 --> 00:20:22,454 AMBULANCES AND EIGHT VIETNAM 555 00:20:22,454 --> 00:20:22,921 MEDICS. 556 00:20:22,921 --> 00:20:23,989 THE REST IS HISTORY. 557 00:20:23,989 --> 00:20:26,592 I LIKE TO TELL MY EMPLOYEES FROM 558 00:20:26,592 --> 00:20:29,461 TIME TO TIME THEY TOOK A DAMN 559 00:20:29,461 --> 00:20:31,129 YANKEE TO COME SOUTH AND 560 00:20:31,129 --> 00:20:32,798 ORGANIZE ALL THESE SOUTHERNS. 561 00:20:32,798 --> 00:20:35,133 ONE OF MY GOOD FRIENDS LIKES TO 562 00:20:35,133 --> 00:20:37,302 SAY, ENOUGH SOUTHERNERS MADE YOU 563 00:20:37,302 --> 00:20:38,270 SOME MONEY. 564 00:20:38,270 --> 00:20:39,271 LET ME SAY THIS. 565 00:20:39,271 --> 00:20:40,606 WE DID MAKE SOME MONEY. 566 00:20:40,606 --> 00:20:42,708 WE PUT IT BACK INTO SAVING LIVES 567 00:20:42,708 --> 00:20:47,646 AND WE CREATED GREATLY ENHANCED 568 00:20:47,646 --> 00:20:49,448 RETIREMENT OF ALL OUR EMPLOYEES. 569 00:20:49,448 --> 00:20:53,852 IN 1993 WE FORMED A 30% ESOP, 570 00:20:53,852 --> 00:20:56,388 AND IN 1938 WHEN MY PARTNERS 571 00:20:56,388 --> 00:20:57,856 EXITED THE BUSINESS WE CONTINUED 572 00:20:57,856 --> 00:20:59,925 AND NOW 80% OF THE COMPANY IS 573 00:20:59,925 --> 00:21:02,194 OWNED BY THE EMPLOYEES AND I 574 00:21:02,194 --> 00:21:04,963 RETAIN THE OTHER 20% WITH MY 575 00:21:04,963 --> 00:21:05,464 FAMILY. 576 00:21:05,464 --> 00:21:07,566 IN THE BEGINNING WE TRANSPORTED 577 00:21:07,566 --> 00:21:09,401 EIGHT PATIENTS A DAY. 578 00:21:09,401 --> 00:21:11,436 NOW ACADIAN AMBULANCE TRANSPORTS 579 00:21:11,436 --> 00:21:13,005 APPROXIMATELY 1400 PATIENTS A 580 00:21:13,005 --> 00:21:16,174 DAY IN LOUISIANA, TEXAS AND 581 00:21:16,174 --> 00:21:16,742 MISSISSIPPI. 582 00:21:16,742 --> 00:21:18,076 FROM THE ORIGINAL EIGHT MEDICS 583 00:21:18,076 --> 00:21:19,611 OUR COMPANY NOW EMPLOYS JUST 584 00:21:19,611 --> 00:21:22,414 UNDER 4,000 PEOPLE IN FIVE 585 00:21:22,414 --> 00:21:22,948 DIVISIONS. 586 00:21:22,948 --> 00:21:24,149 THE AMBULANCE DIVISION, THE 587 00:21:24,149 --> 00:21:25,684 SAFETY AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 588 00:21:25,684 --> 00:21:28,220 DIVISION, MOBILE MONITORING 589 00:21:28,220 --> 00:21:30,389 DIVISION, NATIONAL EMS ACADEMY 590 00:21:30,389 --> 00:21:33,091 DIVISION AND THE AIR AMBULANCE 591 00:21:33,091 --> 00:21:33,592 DIVISION. 592 00:21:33,592 --> 00:21:34,860 OUR GROWTH OVER THE PAST 40 593 00:21:34,860 --> 00:21:37,129 YEARS HAS TRULY BEEN A TEAM 594 00:21:37,129 --> 00:21:37,663 EFFORT. 595 00:21:37,663 --> 00:21:38,997 SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE CONTRIBUTED 596 00:21:38,997 --> 00:21:40,766 TO OUR SUCCESS AND I'M SO 597 00:21:40,766 --> 00:21:41,833 APPRECIATIVE OF OUR LOCAL 598 00:21:41,833 --> 00:21:44,703 GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, OUR 599 00:21:44,703 --> 00:21:46,538 LEGISLATORS, FINANCIAL 600 00:21:46,538 --> 00:21:47,606 INSTITUTIONS, THE HEALTHCARE 601 00:21:47,606 --> 00:21:49,074 COMMUNITY AND ESPECIALLY THE 602 00:21:49,074 --> 00:21:49,541 MEDIA. 603 00:21:49,541 --> 00:21:51,943 I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO ALL OF 604 00:21:51,943 --> 00:21:52,444 THEM. 605 00:21:52,444 --> 00:21:54,112 I WOULD LIKE TONIGHT TO THANK 606 00:21:54,112 --> 00:21:55,113 OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM. 607 00:21:55,113 --> 00:21:57,015 MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN WITH ME 608 00:21:57,015 --> 00:21:59,117 FROM THE VERY BEGINNING AND I'M 609 00:21:59,117 --> 00:22:01,053 BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO SURROUND 610 00:22:01,053 --> 00:22:02,754 MYSELF WITH THESE OUTSTANDING 611 00:22:02,754 --> 00:22:04,656 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE HELPED MAKE 612 00:22:04,656 --> 00:22:06,091 ACADIAN AMBULANCE WHAT IT IS 613 00:22:06,091 --> 00:22:06,625 TODAY. 614 00:22:06,625 --> 00:22:08,193 THE THINGS THAT MAKE IT SPECIAL 615 00:22:08,193 --> 00:22:10,462 ARE THE SAME PRINCIPLES AND 616 00:22:10,462 --> 00:22:12,798 IDEALS THAT SET LOUISIANA APART. 617 00:22:12,798 --> 00:22:15,233 THE FAMILY CULTURE, THE WORK 618 00:22:15,233 --> 00:22:18,637 ETHIC, THE COMMITMENT TO HELPING 619 00:22:18,637 --> 00:22:19,404 OTHERS. 620 00:22:19,404 --> 00:22:21,773 IN LOUISIANA MORE THAN ANYWHERE 621 00:22:21,773 --> 00:22:25,544 ELSE FAMILY COMES FIRST. 622 00:22:25,544 --> 00:22:27,045 FAMILY IN MAKING SURE ALL THE 623 00:22:27,045 --> 00:22:28,447 MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY ARE TAKEN 624 00:22:28,447 --> 00:22:30,615 CARE OF IS WHAT DROVE TO US SET 625 00:22:30,615 --> 00:22:34,019 UP AN EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP 626 00:22:34,019 --> 00:22:34,986 PROGRAM. 627 00:22:34,986 --> 00:22:36,955 IN THAT COMPANY, IN THAT SUCCESS 628 00:22:36,955 --> 00:22:38,623 STORY I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD 629 00:22:38,623 --> 00:22:40,225 OF WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. 630 00:22:40,225 --> 00:22:43,362 THE ESOP BENEFIT FROM THEIR OWN 631 00:22:43,362 --> 00:22:45,364 HARD WORK AND FEW PLACES HAVE A 632 00:22:45,364 --> 00:22:46,898 WORK ETHIC LIKE LOUISIANA. 633 00:22:46,898 --> 00:22:54,106 WE MIGHT BE NONFOR LAY SAY BON 634 00:22:54,106 --> 00:22:56,708 DON ROULET, BUT WE WORK HARDER 635 00:22:56,708 --> 00:22:57,876 THAN WE PLAY. 636 00:22:57,876 --> 00:22:59,611 MY PARENTS TAUGHT ME HARD WORK 637 00:22:59,611 --> 00:23:00,946 WAS ESSENTIAL AND FROM THE TIME 638 00:23:00,946 --> 00:23:02,914 I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL I ALWAYS 639 00:23:02,914 --> 00:23:05,517 HAD TWO OR THREE PART-TIME JOBS. 640 00:23:05,517 --> 00:23:07,853 I INSTILLED THAT WORK ETHIC IN 641 00:23:07,853 --> 00:23:09,788 MY OWN CHILDREN AND IT'S ONE OF 642 00:23:09,788 --> 00:23:12,157 THE CORE VALUES OF OUR COMPANY. 643 00:23:12,157 --> 00:23:14,092 THAT COMES NATURALLY AND IS A BY 644 00:23:14,092 --> 00:23:15,427 PRODUCT OF THE LOUISIANA CULTURE 645 00:23:15,427 --> 00:23:19,131 AND HERITAGE. 646 00:23:19,131 --> 00:23:20,399 WE EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF 647 00:23:20,399 --> 00:23:22,367 REACHING OUT, OF GIVING BACK. 648 00:23:22,367 --> 00:23:23,702 LOUISIANA EMPLOYEES ALREADY KNOW 649 00:23:23,702 --> 00:23:24,870 HOW TO DO THAT. 650 00:23:24,870 --> 00:23:26,872 IT'S IN THE HEART OF OUR 651 00:23:26,872 --> 00:23:28,173 EMPLOYEES, IN THE HEART OF EVERY 652 00:23:28,173 --> 00:23:30,275 PERSON WHO CALLS LOUISIANA HOME. 653 00:23:30,275 --> 00:23:32,711 YOU CAN SEE IN GOOD TIMES AND 654 00:23:32,711 --> 00:23:37,549 BAD, SIMPLE EVERYDAY JOY 655 00:23:37,549 --> 00:23:38,817 DEVIVRE, THE NATURAL DISASTERS 656 00:23:38,817 --> 00:23:41,219 THAT BRING OUT OUR BEST IN THE 657 00:23:41,219 --> 00:23:42,187 WORST OF TIMES. 658 00:23:42,187 --> 00:23:44,589 THIS IS WHAT MAKES LOUISIANA A 659 00:23:44,589 --> 00:23:45,524 SPECIAL PLACE. 660 00:23:45,524 --> 00:23:47,592 THIS IS WHY I LOVE OUR STATE, 661 00:23:47,592 --> 00:23:49,027 LOUISIANA, MY HOME. 662 00:23:49,027 --> 00:23:50,262 I'M GRATEFUL TO THE MEN AND 663 00:23:50,262 --> 00:23:51,997 WOMEN OF ACADIAN AMBULANCE. 664 00:23:51,997 --> 00:23:53,365 I'M ALWAYS THE ONE WHO RECEIVES 665 00:23:53,365 --> 00:23:54,733 ALL THE CREDIT AND THEY DO ALL 666 00:23:54,733 --> 00:23:55,734 THE WORK. 667 00:23:55,734 --> 00:23:57,335 I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SURROUND 668 00:23:57,335 --> 00:23:59,104 MYSELF WITH GOOD PEOPLE WHO CARE 669 00:23:59,104 --> 00:24:00,672 ABOUT THEIR PATIENTS, CUSTOMERS 670 00:24:00,672 --> 00:24:02,874 AND COMMUNITIES IN WHICH WE LIVE 671 00:24:02,874 --> 00:24:04,910 AND THEY HAVE GONE OUT AND 672 00:24:04,910 --> 00:24:06,411 ATTRACTED OTHER GOOD AND CARING 673 00:24:06,411 --> 00:24:08,079 PEOPLE TO WORK FOR OUR 674 00:24:08,079 --> 00:24:08,613 ORGANIZATION. 675 00:24:08,613 --> 00:24:10,182 I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ALL THE 676 00:24:10,182 --> 00:24:12,484 EMPLOYEES OF ACADIAN AMBULANCE 677 00:24:12,484 --> 00:24:14,653 TO STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED 678 00:24:14,653 --> 00:24:15,554 TONIGHT. 679 00:24:15,554 --> 00:24:22,661 [APPLAUSE] 680 00:24:22,661 --> 00:24:25,697 DAVID PIERCE IS THE ROCK OF 681 00:24:25,697 --> 00:24:26,298 GIBRALTAR. 682 00:24:26,298 --> 00:24:27,265 HE'S BEEN MY FRIEND AND 683 00:24:27,265 --> 00:24:29,067 COLLEAGUE FOR 40 YEARS AND HE 684 00:24:29,067 --> 00:24:30,535 HAS HELPED PUT TOGETHER AN 685 00:24:30,535 --> 00:24:31,703 ORGANIZATION TO LEAD THIS GREAT 686 00:24:31,703 --> 00:24:33,038 TEAM WHICH I CONSIDER THE BEST 687 00:24:33,038 --> 00:24:33,972 IN THE SOUTH. 688 00:24:33,972 --> 00:24:35,607 I'M GRATEFUL TO OUR MANAGEMENT 689 00:24:35,607 --> 00:24:37,676 AND ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES FOR 690 00:24:37,676 --> 00:24:40,712 THEIR LOYALTY AND HARD WORK IN 691 00:24:40,712 --> 00:24:43,982 CREATING THIS THE UKSES OF 692 00:24:43,982 --> 00:24:45,083 ACADIAN AMBULANCE. 693 00:24:45,083 --> 00:24:47,552 I ALSO THANK MY WIFE ELAINE, MY 694 00:24:47,552 --> 00:24:49,254 BRIDE OF SOME 36 YEARS. 695 00:24:49,254 --> 00:24:51,256 TOGETHER WE HAVE RAISED THREE 696 00:24:51,256 --> 00:24:53,091 WONDERFUL CHILDREN, LARA, BETH 697 00:24:53,091 --> 00:24:54,159 AND BLAZE. 698 00:24:54,159 --> 00:24:56,194 THUS FAR I HAVE ONE GRANDCHILD, 699 00:24:56,194 --> 00:24:59,064 AND I HAVE A GRANDSON ON THE 700 00:24:59,064 --> 00:24:59,564 WAY. 701 00:24:59,564 --> 00:25:01,466 I LOVE ALL OF YOU, AND I LOVE 702 00:25:01,466 --> 00:25:04,069 YOUR SPOUSES, MONICA AND ROSS, 703 00:25:04,069 --> 00:25:06,638 AND I THANK YOU, ELAINE, FOR ALL 704 00:25:06,638 --> 00:25:09,007 YOUR PATIENCE AND YOUR PATIENCE 705 00:25:09,007 --> 00:25:13,178 AND YOUR PATIENCE. 706 00:25:13,178 --> 00:25:14,679 YOU HAVE BEEN THE ONE THAT HAS 707 00:25:14,679 --> 00:25:16,848 KEPT ME WELL GROUNDED AND ON 708 00:25:16,848 --> 00:25:18,683 TRACK AND I THANK YOU VERY MUCH 709 00:25:18,683 --> 00:25:22,454 FOR YOUR LOVE AND YOUR SUPPORT. 710 00:25:22,454 --> 00:25:25,423 ERIC HOVER, THE 20th CENTURY 711 00:25:25,423 --> 00:25:26,791 CONTEMPORARY WRITER SAID, I 712 00:25:26,791 --> 00:25:29,394 QUOTE, THE HARDEST ARITHMETIC TO 713 00:25:29,394 --> 00:25:31,530 MASTER IS THAT WHICH ENABLES US 714 00:25:31,530 --> 00:25:34,399 TO COUNT OUR BLESSINGS. 715 00:25:34,399 --> 00:25:35,934 TONIGHT I REALIZE HOW MANY 716 00:25:35,934 --> 00:25:38,937 BLESSINGS THE GOOD LORD HAS 717 00:25:38,937 --> 00:25:40,171 BESPOEDE UPON ME WITH FRIENDS, 718 00:25:40,171 --> 00:25:41,439 FAMILY AND WORK COLLEAGUES. 719 00:25:41,439 --> 00:25:43,708 I'M VERY GRATEFUL AND BLESSED 720 00:25:43,708 --> 00:25:45,010 THAT YOU HAVE ALL BEEN HERE 721 00:25:45,010 --> 00:25:46,645 TONIGHT SO I CAN SHARE THIS 722 00:25:46,645 --> 00:25:47,646 AWARD WITH YOU. 723 00:25:47,646 --> 00:25:50,415 THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 724 00:25:50,415 --> 00:26:00,559 [APPLAUSE] 725 00:26:00,559 --> 00:26:02,561 >> THIS LOUISIANA NATIVE HAS 726 00:26:02,561 --> 00:26:05,597 DEDICATED HER LIFE TO 727 00:26:05,597 --> 00:26:06,631 INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY, 728 00:26:06,631 --> 00:26:07,899 EDUCATION AND PROVIDING A VOICE 729 00:26:07,899 --> 00:26:09,267 FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE THE 730 00:26:09,267 --> 00:26:12,003 MEANS TO SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. 731 00:26:12,003 --> 00:26:14,239 THREE DECADES INTO HER 732 00:26:14,239 --> 00:26:16,174 DIPLOMATIC CAREER LINDA 733 00:26:16,174 --> 00:26:17,309 THOMAS-GREENFIELD CONTINUES HER 734 00:26:17,309 --> 00:26:19,210 FIGHT FOR THE LESS FORTUNATE 735 00:26:19,210 --> 00:26:37,262 AROUND THE WORLD. 736 00:26:37,262 --> 00:26:40,098 >>> LINDA THOMAS-GREENFIELD IS A 737 00:26:40,098 --> 00:26:41,633 DISTINGUISHED DIPLOMAT WHO HAS 738 00:26:41,633 --> 00:26:42,801 DEDICATED HER LIFE TO THE 739 00:26:42,801 --> 00:26:43,802 FOREIGN SERVICE. 740 00:26:43,802 --> 00:26:45,370 THE SECOND OLDEST OF NINE 741 00:26:45,370 --> 00:26:47,272 CHILDREN, SHE WAS BORN AND 742 00:26:47,272 --> 00:26:48,506 RAISED IN BAKER, LOUISIANA, 743 00:26:48,506 --> 00:26:50,976 DURING THE 1950'S. 744 00:26:50,976 --> 00:26:52,477 BLESSED WITH A CLOSE KNIT FAMILY 745 00:26:52,477 --> 00:26:54,779 AND UNFALTERING FAITH, LINDA'S 746 00:26:54,779 --> 00:26:57,115 OUTLOOK ON LIFE WAS SHAPED AT AN 747 00:26:57,115 --> 00:27:00,318 EARLY AGE. 748 00:27:00,318 --> 00:27:02,487 LINDA IS A PERSON WHO BELIEVES 749 00:27:02,487 --> 00:27:03,955 THAT THE SKY IS THE LIMIT. 750 00:27:03,955 --> 00:27:06,891 SHE CAME FROM A VERY STRONG 751 00:27:06,891 --> 00:27:08,126 CHRISTIAN BACKGROUND. 752 00:27:08,126 --> 00:27:11,963 SHE CAME FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS. 753 00:27:11,963 --> 00:27:13,965 SHE KNEW HOW TO MAKE THE BEST OF 754 00:27:13,965 --> 00:27:15,433 WHAT SHE HAD. 755 00:27:15,433 --> 00:27:16,635 >> LINDA GRADUATED FROM 756 00:27:16,635 --> 00:27:18,069 NORTHWESTERN HIGH SCHOOL IN 757 00:27:18,069 --> 00:27:20,605 ZACHARY IN 1970, THE SAME YEAR 758 00:27:20,605 --> 00:27:23,141 IT DESEGREGATED. 759 00:27:23,141 --> 00:27:24,843 >> SHE ALWAYS HAD GREAT 760 00:27:24,843 --> 00:27:26,411 POTENTIAL AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT 761 00:27:26,411 --> 00:27:31,850 WHAT LINDA HAS ACHIEVED AND HER 762 00:27:31,850 --> 00:27:34,552 BACKGROUND, IS NOT WHERE YOU 763 00:27:34,552 --> 00:27:36,655 COME FROM BUT WHERE YOU'RE 764 00:27:36,655 --> 00:27:37,188 GOING. 765 00:27:37,188 --> 00:27:38,456 >> AFTER EARNING A BACHELOR'S 766 00:27:38,456 --> 00:27:40,458 DEGREE FROM LSU A MASTER'S FROM 767 00:27:40,458 --> 00:27:41,726 THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN AND 768 00:27:41,726 --> 00:27:44,029 TEACHING AT BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY 769 00:27:44,029 --> 00:27:45,463 SHE JOINED THE FOREIGN SERVICE 770 00:27:45,463 --> 00:27:48,933 IN 1982, SERVING IN JAMAICA, 771 00:27:48,933 --> 00:27:50,935 NIGERIA, GAMBIA, PAKISTAN AND 772 00:27:50,935 --> 00:27:52,303 SWITZER LUN. 773 00:27:52,303 --> 00:27:53,605 LINDA ROSE THROUGH THE RANKS 774 00:27:53,605 --> 00:27:54,839 WITH HER HUSBAND, DAUGHTER AND 775 00:27:54,839 --> 00:27:56,041 SON AT HER SIDE. 776 00:27:56,041 --> 00:27:58,476 IN 2008 SHE WAS SWORN IN AS THE 777 00:27:58,476 --> 00:28:01,913 AMBASSADOR TO THE REPUBLIC OF 778 00:28:01,913 --> 00:28:02,714 LIBERIA. 779 00:28:02,714 --> 00:28:04,449 >> IT'S A BIG SACRIFICE. 780 00:28:04,449 --> 00:28:06,251 SHE JUST LOVED FAMILY AND LOVED 781 00:28:06,251 --> 00:28:07,552 TO BE AROUND HER FAMILY. 782 00:28:07,552 --> 00:28:09,087 SHE LIKED TO COME HOME EVERY 783 00:28:09,087 --> 00:28:10,588 CHANCE SHE WOULD GET. 784 00:28:10,588 --> 00:28:14,292 SHE GOT TO HAVE RED BEANS WHEN 785 00:28:14,292 --> 00:28:15,260 SHE COME HOME. 786 00:28:15,260 --> 00:28:16,194 SHE COOKS IT. 787 00:28:16,194 --> 00:28:18,830 SHE GOT TO HAVE HER CRAYFISH. 788 00:28:18,830 --> 00:28:21,032 HER SEAFOOD. 789 00:28:21,032 --> 00:28:22,200 >> THOUGH HER LOUISIANA ROOTS 790 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:24,369 RUN DEEP, HER GENUINE SOUTHERN 791 00:28:24,369 --> 00:28:27,305 CHARM AND GUM INTO DIPLOMACY 792 00:28:27,305 --> 00:28:28,406 HAVE TAKEN HER FAR. 793 00:28:28,406 --> 00:28:30,742 WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE 794 00:28:30,742 --> 00:28:33,244 WHAT THE DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN 795 00:28:33,244 --> 00:28:34,245 AMBASSADOR IS LIKE. 796 00:28:34,245 --> 00:28:36,881 WE WENT OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND 797 00:28:36,881 --> 00:28:39,918 WE WERE HANDS ON ALONG WITH HER. 798 00:28:39,918 --> 00:28:41,586 THE PEOPLE LOVE LINDA. 799 00:28:41,586 --> 00:28:43,688 SHE IS SO GIVING. 800 00:28:43,688 --> 00:28:46,925 SO DOWN TO EARTH AND SO -- COME 801 00:28:46,925 --> 00:28:48,393 ON, LET'S HAVE FUN. 802 00:28:48,393 --> 00:28:50,762 SHE MAKES EVERYBODY FEEL 803 00:28:50,762 --> 00:28:51,296 WELCOME. 804 00:28:51,296 --> 00:28:52,831 >> KNOWN AS THE PEOPLE'S 805 00:28:52,831 --> 00:28:54,132 AMBASSADOR, LINDA 806 00:28:54,132 --> 00:28:55,200 THOMAS-GREENFIELD HAS WORKED 807 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:57,869 TIRELESSLY TO PROMOTE EDUCATION, 808 00:28:57,869 --> 00:28:59,337 EQUALITY AND DEMOCRACY AROUND 809 00:28:59,337 --> 00:29:00,305 THE WORLD. 810 00:29:00,305 --> 00:29:02,107 EARNING HER CURRENT APPOINTMENT 811 00:29:02,107 --> 00:29:04,509 IN APRIL 2012 AS A DIRECTOR 812 00:29:04,509 --> 00:29:06,211 GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 813 00:29:06,211 --> 00:29:08,980 FOREIGN SERVICE. 814 00:29:08,980 --> 00:29:12,951 >> TO THINK THAT A PERSON, AN 815 00:29:12,951 --> 00:29:15,086 AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN, FROM 816 00:29:15,086 --> 00:29:17,789 SUCH HUMBLE BEGINNINGS WOULD 817 00:29:17,789 --> 00:29:25,130 MAKE SUCH AN IMPACT ON THE 818 00:29:25,130 --> 00:29:25,697 WORLD. 819 00:29:25,697 --> 00:29:27,732 >> LINDA IS JUST AN AMAZING 820 00:29:27,732 --> 00:29:28,233 PERSON. 821 00:29:28,233 --> 00:29:29,667 I'M JUST REALLY HONORED AND GLAD 822 00:29:29,667 --> 00:29:31,770 TO HAVE HER AS A SISTER. 823 00:29:31,770 --> 00:29:33,805 WE ARE ALL REALLY PROUD OF HER. 824 00:29:33,805 --> 00:29:37,642 >> LINDA'S FORMER TEACHER BEST 825 00:29:37,642 --> 00:29:40,311 DESCRIBES HER QUOTING THE POEM 826 00:29:40,311 --> 00:29:42,881 TRUE GREATNESS. 827 00:29:42,881 --> 00:29:44,482 SHE'S TEACHES ITS MEANING BY WAY 828 00:29:44,482 --> 00:29:45,383 OF EXAMPLE. 829 00:29:45,383 --> 00:29:48,019 >> A MAN IS AS GREAT AS THE 830 00:29:48,019 --> 00:29:49,554 DREAMS HE DREERNLINGS AS GREAT 831 00:29:49,554 --> 00:29:52,323 AS THE LOVE HE BEARS, AS GREAT 832 00:29:52,323 --> 00:29:55,093 AS THE VALUES HE REDEEMS, AND 833 00:29:55,093 --> 00:29:57,595 THE HAPPINESS HE SHARES. 834 00:29:57,595 --> 00:30:00,732 A MAN IS AS GREAT AS THE TRUTH 835 00:30:00,732 --> 00:30:03,501 HE SPEAKS, AS GREAT AS THE HELP 836 00:30:03,501 --> 00:30:07,071 HE GIVES, AS GREAT AS THE 837 00:30:07,071 --> 00:30:10,408 DESTINY HE SEEKS, AS GREAT AS 838 00:30:10,408 --> 00:30:13,678 THE LIFE HE LIVES. 839 00:30:13,678 --> 00:30:21,786 [APPLAUSE] 840 00:30:21,786 --> 00:30:26,758 >> YOU KNOW, I LEFT LOUISIANA IN 841 00:30:26,758 --> 00:30:29,127 ABOUT 38 YEARS AGO, 1974, AFTER 842 00:30:29,127 --> 00:30:31,229 I GRADUATED FROM LSU. 843 00:30:31,229 --> 00:30:34,432 I HAD NO CLUE WHERE I WAS GOING. 844 00:30:34,432 --> 00:30:37,669 THE LESSON FROM THAT IS, WHEN 845 00:30:37,669 --> 00:30:39,871 YOU LEAVE, YOU GO SOMEWHERE, 846 00:30:39,871 --> 00:30:42,507 APPEARED I EVENTUALLY ENDED UP 847 00:30:42,507 --> 00:30:44,776 LIVING ON FOUR CONTINENTS AND 848 00:30:44,776 --> 00:30:46,411 EIGHT COUNTRIES AND I HAVE 849 00:30:46,411 --> 00:30:47,846 TRAVELED ALL OVER THE UNITED 850 00:30:47,846 --> 00:30:50,114 STATES AND ALL OVERT WORLD. 851 00:30:50,114 --> 00:30:51,850 ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS 852 00:30:51,850 --> 00:30:53,885 ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE IS THAT I 853 00:30:53,885 --> 00:30:56,421 MEET PEOPLE FROM LOUISIANA 854 00:30:56,421 --> 00:30:59,123 EVERYWHERE I GO. 855 00:30:59,123 --> 00:30:59,691 [LAUGHTER] 856 00:30:59,691 --> 00:31:01,492 IT DOESN'T MATTER. 857 00:31:01,492 --> 00:31:05,730 IN NIGERIA, IN JAMAICA NLIBERIA, 858 00:31:05,730 --> 00:31:07,532 EVERY SINGLE COUNTRY I HAVE EVER 859 00:31:07,532 --> 00:31:10,869 BEEN IN, I HAVE MET SOMEONE FROM 860 00:31:10,869 --> 00:31:11,469 LOUISIANA. 861 00:31:11,469 --> 00:31:13,171 SO I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE. 862 00:31:13,171 --> 00:31:16,074 THERE ARE A LOT OF US OUT THERE 863 00:31:16,074 --> 00:31:17,642 LIKE MYSELF WHO HAVE REACHED OUT 864 00:31:17,642 --> 00:31:19,544 AND MOVED AWAY FROM LOUISIANA TO 865 00:31:19,544 --> 00:31:21,379 TAKE WHAT LOUISIANA GAVE US AND 866 00:31:21,379 --> 00:31:23,715 SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD. 867 00:31:23,715 --> 00:31:27,452 I AM TRULY HUMBLED TO HAVE BEEN 868 00:31:27,452 --> 00:31:28,920 SELECTED AS A "LOUISIANA 869 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:31,956 LEGENDS" FOR 2012. 870 00:31:31,956 --> 00:31:34,559 I HAVE AS THE PIECE SHOWS 871 00:31:34,559 --> 00:31:36,027 RECEIVED RECOGNITION IN MANY 872 00:31:36,027 --> 00:31:37,495 PLACES IN THE WORLD. 873 00:31:37,495 --> 00:31:40,031 I JUST LEFT LIBERIA, WHERE I WAS 874 00:31:40,031 --> 00:31:42,533 MADE HONORARY CITIZEN AND GIVEN 875 00:31:42,533 --> 00:31:44,235 AN AWARD, BUT THERE'S REALLY 876 00:31:44,235 --> 00:31:46,537 NOTHING LIKE COMING HOME AND 877 00:31:46,537 --> 00:31:47,906 GETTING AN AWARD IN FRONT OF 878 00:31:47,906 --> 00:31:50,041 YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR FRIENDS. 879 00:31:50,041 --> 00:31:51,576 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY FAMILY 880 00:31:51,576 --> 00:31:53,244 MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE AND I WOULD 881 00:31:53,244 --> 00:31:57,515 LIKE TO ASK THEM TO STAND. 882 00:31:57,515 --> 00:32:02,987 [APPLAUSE] 883 00:32:02,987 --> 00:32:03,755 THANK YOU. 884 00:32:03,755 --> 00:32:06,624 THEN I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE 885 00:32:06,624 --> 00:32:07,558 OTHER PEOPLE. 886 00:32:07,558 --> 00:32:10,828 MY HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHER, 887 00:32:10,828 --> 00:32:11,362 MR. BAILEY. 888 00:32:11,362 --> 00:32:15,833 MAY I ASKED YOU TO STAND? 889 00:32:15,833 --> 00:32:19,003 [APPLAUSE] 890 00:32:19,003 --> 00:32:20,538 MR. BAILEY TAUGHT US THAT 891 00:32:20,538 --> 00:32:21,873 SPEAKING PROPER WAS THE PROPER 892 00:32:21,873 --> 00:32:24,509 WAY TO SPEAK. 893 00:32:24,509 --> 00:32:28,079 [LAUGHTER] 894 00:32:28,079 --> 00:32:31,549 I HAVE SPENT SO MANY YEARS 895 00:32:31,549 --> 00:32:33,885 RACING AWAY FROM LOUISIANA AND 896 00:32:33,885 --> 00:32:36,721 RACING BACK TO LOUISIANA, AND 897 00:32:36,721 --> 00:32:38,723 AGAIN, WHEN I LEFT HERE IN 1974, 898 00:32:38,723 --> 00:32:41,392 I RACED AWAY FROM LOUISIANA 899 00:32:41,392 --> 00:32:43,127 BECAUSE LOUISIANA WAS AT THAT 900 00:32:43,127 --> 00:32:47,865 TIME FOR ME A PLACE WHERE I 901 00:32:47,865 --> 00:32:49,200 WASN'T SURE THIS WAS WHERE I 902 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:52,036 WANTED TO MAKE MY LIFE. 903 00:32:52,036 --> 00:32:54,138 AND I WAS SURPRISED YEARS LATER 904 00:32:54,138 --> 00:32:57,375 WHEN I KEPT RACING BACK TO 905 00:32:57,375 --> 00:32:58,743 LOUISIANA AND REFERRING TO 906 00:32:58,743 --> 00:33:00,979 LOUISIANA AS HOME AND LOOKING 907 00:33:00,979 --> 00:33:03,281 FORWARD TO COMING BACK TO 908 00:33:03,281 --> 00:33:04,882 LOUISIANA, AND I EVENTUALLY MET 909 00:33:04,882 --> 00:33:08,653 A MAN IN LIBERIA WHOSE NAME IS 910 00:33:08,653 --> 00:33:10,121 LAFAYETTE, MY HUSBAND OF 30 911 00:33:10,121 --> 00:33:11,889 YEARS, AND SO I WOULD GO AROUND 912 00:33:11,889 --> 00:33:15,693 THE WORLD AND MR. BAILEY, I WAS 913 00:33:15,693 --> 00:33:17,395 SPEAKING PROPER, SO NOBODY KNEW 914 00:33:17,395 --> 00:33:19,097 I WAS FROM LOUISIANA BY THE WAY 915 00:33:19,097 --> 00:33:19,931 I SPOKE. 916 00:33:19,931 --> 00:33:21,466 BUT PEOPLE WOULD SAY TO ME, BUT 917 00:33:21,466 --> 00:33:23,334 WE KNOW WHERE YOU'RE FROM. 918 00:33:23,334 --> 00:33:24,902 I WOULD SAY HOW DO YOU KNOW 919 00:33:24,902 --> 00:33:26,604 WHERE I'M FROM? 920 00:33:26,604 --> 00:33:28,840 YOU CAN'T KNOW WHERE I'M FROM. 921 00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:30,008 BUT YOU'RE FROM LOUISIANA. 922 00:33:30,008 --> 00:33:32,010 I SAID, HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT? 923 00:33:32,010 --> 00:33:34,212 BECAUSE YOUR HUSBAND'S NAME IS 924 00:33:34,212 --> 00:33:36,147 LAFAYETTE. 925 00:33:36,147 --> 00:33:36,948 [LAUGHTER] 926 00:33:36,948 --> 00:33:38,716 LAFAYETTE IS FROM NORTH 927 00:33:38,716 --> 00:33:40,585 CAROLINA. 928 00:33:40,585 --> 00:33:41,219 [LAUGHTER] 929 00:33:41,219 --> 00:33:42,553 BUT IN ANY CASE, PEOPLE REALIZED 930 00:33:42,553 --> 00:33:44,489 THAT I WAS FROM LOUISIANA, AND 931 00:33:44,489 --> 00:33:46,724 I'M SO PROUD TO BE FROM THE 932 00:33:46,724 --> 00:33:48,526 STATE, TO HAVE GRADUATED FROM 933 00:33:48,526 --> 00:33:50,762 LSU TO HAVE TAKEN EVERYTHING 934 00:33:50,762 --> 00:33:53,331 THAT MY FAMILY AND MY FRIENDS 935 00:33:53,331 --> 00:33:54,899 AND COLLEAGUES HAVE GIVEN ME ALL 936 00:33:54,899 --> 00:33:56,367 THESE YEARS AND SHARED THAT WITH 937 00:33:56,367 --> 00:33:57,668 THE REST OF THE WORLD. 938 00:33:57,668 --> 00:33:59,103 I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ONE MOMENT 939 00:33:59,103 --> 00:34:00,905 AND SHOUT OUT FOR MY MOTHER, WHO 940 00:34:00,905 --> 00:34:03,141 HOPEFULLY WILL SEE THIS FILM. 941 00:34:03,141 --> 00:34:04,609 MOHOMED OSMAN MAHMUD, I'M SORRY 942 00:34:04,609 --> 00:34:07,945 YOU COULDN'T BE HERE -- MOMO, 943 00:34:07,945 --> 00:34:09,514 I'M SORRY YOU COULDN'T BE HERE 944 00:34:09,514 --> 00:34:11,416 TONIGHT BUT I KNOW YOU'LL ENJOY 945 00:34:11,416 --> 00:34:13,051 WATCHING THIS FILM. 946 00:34:13,051 --> 00:34:15,653 I'M HONORED TO BE HERE AMONG THE 947 00:34:15,653 --> 00:34:18,556 OTHER LEGENDS AND I LOOK FORWARD 948 00:34:18,556 --> 00:34:20,458 TO GOING BACK TO BEING A LEGENDS 949 00:34:20,458 --> 00:34:24,729 IN MY OWN MIND. 950 00:34:24,729 --> 00:34:35,073 [APPLAUSE] 951 00:34:35,073 --> 00:34:36,340 >> I HAVE ONE OTHER LITTLE 952 00:34:36,340 --> 00:34:37,942 LETTER THAT JUST CAME IN. 953 00:34:37,942 --> 00:34:40,711 IT'S JUST FROM ANOTHER OFFICIAL. 954 00:34:40,711 --> 00:34:42,980 IT SAYS, DEAR LINDA, 955 00:34:42,980 --> 00:34:44,348 CONGRATULATIONS AS YOU ARE 956 00:34:44,348 --> 00:34:46,784 HONORED BY THE FREBDZ OF LPB, 957 00:34:46,784 --> 00:34:48,352 AND AS YOU CELEBRATE THIS 958 00:34:48,352 --> 00:34:49,787 MILESTONE I HOPE YOU TAKE PRIDE 959 00:34:49,787 --> 00:34:52,056 IN YOUR REMARKABLE LIFE AND YOUR 960 00:34:52,056 --> 00:34:53,591 MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR 961 00:34:53,591 --> 00:34:54,092 COUNTRY. 962 00:34:54,092 --> 00:34:55,393 THANK YOU FOR YOUR FINE EXAMPLE 963 00:34:55,393 --> 00:34:57,128 OF SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP TO 964 00:34:57,128 --> 00:34:57,728 AMERICA. 965 00:34:57,728 --> 00:34:58,963 YOU HAVE DONE A FINE JOB AND 966 00:34:58,963 --> 00:35:02,066 GIVEN LOUISIANA A REASON TO BE 967 00:35:02,066 --> 00:35:02,633 PROUD. 968 00:35:02,633 --> 00:35:04,936 LAURA AND I SEND OUR BEST WISHES 969 00:35:04,936 --> 00:35:06,437 ON THIS SPECIAL OCCASION. 970 00:35:06,437 --> 00:35:09,040 GOD BLESS YOU. 971 00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:11,843 SINCERELY, GEORGE W. BUSH. 972 00:35:11,843 --> 00:35:17,715 [APPLAUSE] 973 00:35:17,715 --> 00:35:19,951 >>> GALE HATCH'S GROUNDBREAKING 974 00:35:19,951 --> 00:35:21,953 CONTRIBUTIONS TO OLYMPIC STYLE 975 00:35:21,953 --> 00:35:23,020 WEIGHT-LIFTING AND STRENGTH 976 00:35:23,020 --> 00:35:24,422 TRAINING HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED BY 977 00:35:24,422 --> 00:35:26,791 BOTH HIS FELLOW COACHES AND THE 978 00:35:26,791 --> 00:35:28,493 THOUSANDS OF ATHLETES HE HAS 979 00:35:28,493 --> 00:35:30,294 INSPIRED TO ACCOMPLISH THEIR 980 00:35:30,294 --> 00:35:31,462 ATHLETIC GOALS NOT ONLY IN 981 00:35:31,462 --> 00:35:47,011 LOUISIANA BUT AROUND THE WORLD. 982 00:35:49,614 --> 00:35:51,516 >> BORN IN MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA, 983 00:35:51,516 --> 00:35:53,651 TO DELAWARE INDIAN AND REDHEADED 984 00:35:53,651 --> 00:35:56,154 IRISH SCHOOL TEACHER, GALE HATCH 985 00:35:56,154 --> 00:35:57,922 GREW UP TENDING CATTLE AND 986 00:35:57,922 --> 00:36:00,591 HORSES BUT HIS HERO, HIS DAD. 987 00:36:00,591 --> 00:36:02,226 AT AGE EIGHT HESS FAMILY MOVED 988 00:36:02,226 --> 00:36:03,461 TO IMROWJ. 989 00:36:03,461 --> 00:36:05,863 A -- TO BATON ROUGE. 990 00:36:05,863 --> 00:36:09,934 A TRUE COWBOY, GALE'S NATURAL 991 00:36:09,934 --> 00:36:11,002 ATHLETICISM TRANSLATED INTO 992 00:36:11,002 --> 00:36:12,036 NEARLY EVERY SPORT. 993 00:36:12,036 --> 00:36:14,639 >> HE WENT TO CATHOLIC HIGH AND 994 00:36:14,639 --> 00:36:18,576 WAS MOST VALUABLE PLAYER IN 995 00:36:18,576 --> 00:36:19,443 BASKETBALL. 996 00:36:19,443 --> 00:36:19,977 TRACK. 997 00:36:19,977 --> 00:36:21,479 AND FOOTBALL. 998 00:36:21,479 --> 00:36:22,980 >> AFTER EARNING THE BEST DOUBLE 999 00:36:22,980 --> 00:36:24,515 DOUBLE RECORD IN THE HISTORY OF 1000 00:36:24,515 --> 00:36:26,450 LOUISIANA HIGH SCHOOL 1001 00:36:26,450 --> 00:36:27,718 BASKETBALL, HE WENT ON TO SET 1002 00:36:27,718 --> 00:36:29,287 MANY MORE RECORDS AT 1003 00:36:29,287 --> 00:36:32,757 NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY IN 1004 00:36:32,757 --> 00:36:33,224 NACOGDOCHES. 1005 00:36:33,224 --> 00:36:35,459 HIS .857 FIELD GOAL AVERAGE 1006 00:36:35,459 --> 00:36:37,495 AGAINST KENTUCKY WESLEYAN IN 1007 00:36:37,495 --> 00:36:40,231 1961 REMAINS A LOUISIANA STATE 1008 00:36:40,231 --> 00:36:42,300 COLLEGE RECORD AND RANKS AS ONE 1009 00:36:42,300 --> 00:36:44,368 OF COLLEGE BASKETBALL'S ALL TIME 1010 00:36:44,368 --> 00:36:44,835 BEST. 1011 00:36:44,835 --> 00:36:46,337 >> HE WAS A GREAT BASKETBALL 1012 00:36:46,337 --> 00:36:46,904 PLAYER. 1013 00:36:46,904 --> 00:36:48,172 BIG, STRONG, COULD SHOOT. 1014 00:36:48,172 --> 00:36:50,007 HE WAS MOBILE. 1015 00:36:50,007 --> 00:36:52,043 BELIEVE ME, IF HI BEEN THERE I 1016 00:36:52,043 --> 00:36:53,611 WOULD HAVE RECRUITED HIM TO PLAY 1017 00:36:53,611 --> 00:36:54,412 AT LSU. 1018 00:36:54,412 --> 00:36:55,846 >> HAD THAT HAPPENED HATCH WOULD 1019 00:36:55,846 --> 00:36:57,915 HAVE MISSED OUT ON HIS COLLEGE 1020 00:36:57,915 --> 00:36:59,217 SWEETHEART PEGGY, THE MOTHER OF 1021 00:36:59,217 --> 00:37:00,518 THEIR TWO DAUGHTERS AND LOVE OF 1022 00:37:00,518 --> 00:37:01,319 HIS LIFE. 1023 00:37:01,319 --> 00:37:03,221 AFTER A FEW YEARS OF PRO BALL HE 1024 00:37:03,221 --> 00:37:04,755 TURNED TO REAL ESTATE AND HIS 1025 00:37:04,755 --> 00:37:06,324 TRUE PASSION, COACHING. 1026 00:37:06,324 --> 00:37:08,192 WHEN HIS FORMER TRAINER AND 1027 00:37:08,192 --> 00:37:10,361 MENTOR, THE NFL'S FIRST STRENGTH 1028 00:37:10,361 --> 00:37:12,029 COACH, ALVIN ROY, RETIRED IN THE 1029 00:37:12,029 --> 00:37:14,432 LATE '70s HATCH CARRIED ON HIS 1030 00:37:14,432 --> 00:37:16,500 LEGACY, TAKING OVER AS STRENGTH 1031 00:37:16,500 --> 00:37:18,269 COACH AT HIS TRAINING CENTER. 1032 00:37:18,269 --> 00:37:19,804 SINCE THEN HATCH HAS BECOME A 1033 00:37:19,804 --> 00:37:21,672 LEGEND HIMSELF, REVOLUTIONIZING 1034 00:37:21,672 --> 00:37:24,108 THE PORT OF WEIGHT-LIFTING, 1035 00:37:24,108 --> 00:37:25,343 PIONEERING OLYMPIC STYLE 1036 00:37:25,343 --> 00:37:26,744 STRENGTH TRAINING AND FIGHTING 1037 00:37:26,744 --> 00:37:32,149 TO ENACT LAWS BARRING DRUG USE. 1038 00:37:32,149 --> 00:37:34,518 >> WE WORKED OUR BEHIND OFF. 1039 00:37:34,518 --> 00:37:37,121 THERE'S NO GREATER COACH. 1040 00:37:37,121 --> 00:37:38,689 RIGHT OR WRONG. 1041 00:37:38,689 --> 00:37:42,893 HE'S PRETTY MUCH -- BY THE BOOK. 1042 00:37:42,893 --> 00:37:45,062 >> SENIOR U.S. INTERNATIONAL 1043 00:37:45,062 --> 00:37:46,931 COACH HEAD COACH OF THE 2009 1044 00:37:46,931 --> 00:37:50,568 WORLD TEAM, AND 2004 U.S. 1045 00:37:50,568 --> 00:37:52,270 OLYMPIC WEIGHT-LIFTING TEAM, HIS 1046 00:37:52,270 --> 00:37:53,804 PROVEN METHODOLOGY KNOWN AS THE 1047 00:37:53,804 --> 00:37:55,573 HATCH SYSTEM IS USED BY STRENGTH 1048 00:37:55,573 --> 00:37:57,808 COACHES ACROSS THE NATION. 1049 00:37:57,808 --> 00:38:00,177 FROM LOCAL KIDS AND NEIGHBORHOOD 1050 00:38:00,177 --> 00:38:01,912 GYMS TO PRO PLAYERS WINNING 1051 00:38:01,912 --> 00:38:03,981 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AND 1052 00:38:03,981 --> 00:38:06,250 OLYMPIANS ON THE WORLD STAGE, HE 1053 00:38:06,250 --> 00:38:07,418 CHALLENGES HIS ATHLETES TO BE 1054 00:38:07,418 --> 00:38:09,954 THE BEST THEY CAN BE, BUILDING 1055 00:38:09,954 --> 00:38:12,957 STRENGTH OF BODY, MIND AND 1056 00:38:12,957 --> 00:38:13,791 CHARACTER. 1057 00:38:13,791 --> 00:38:16,394 >> HE IS A FATHER FIGURE TO ME. 1058 00:38:16,394 --> 00:38:19,130 ALWAYS WILL BE. 1059 00:38:19,130 --> 00:38:21,465 HE HAS VERY, VERY HIGH 1060 00:38:21,465 --> 00:38:22,066 INTEGRITY. 1061 00:38:22,066 --> 00:38:23,834 HE WILL TAKE NOTHING LESS THAT 1062 00:38:23,834 --> 00:38:24,902 THAN FROM YOU. 1063 00:38:24,902 --> 00:38:27,138 >> HERE'S A GUY THAT'S A 1064 00:38:27,138 --> 00:38:27,838 SUPERSTAR. 1065 00:38:27,838 --> 00:38:29,040 WHAT A BETTER WAY TO HONOR HIM 1066 00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:30,975 THAN TO START A SCHOLARSHIP IN 1067 00:38:30,975 --> 00:38:33,911 GALE'S NAME AT NORTHWESTERN? 1068 00:38:33,911 --> 00:38:35,279 >> THOUGH TROPHIES LINE HIS 1069 00:38:35,279 --> 00:38:36,847 SHELVES AND HIS NAME IS ETCHED 1070 00:38:36,847 --> 00:38:38,516 IN STONE IN THE HALLS OF FAME, 1071 00:38:38,516 --> 00:38:40,184 COACH HATCH'S GREATEST LEGACY 1072 00:38:40,184 --> 00:38:42,019 LIES IN THE LIVES OF THOSE HE 1073 00:38:42,019 --> 00:38:44,221 HAS COACHED AND THE IMPACT THEY 1074 00:38:44,221 --> 00:38:46,857 WILL IN TURN HAVE ON OTHERS. 1075 00:38:46,857 --> 00:38:49,026 >> HE IS A VERY LOVING HUSBAND 1076 00:38:49,026 --> 00:38:51,128 AND FATHER. 1077 00:38:51,128 --> 00:38:53,631 HE IS VERY STRONG. 1078 00:38:53,631 --> 00:38:57,068 IT'S AS IMPORTANT TO HIM THAT 1079 00:38:57,068 --> 00:38:59,937 HIS ATHLETES BE GOOD CITIZENS, 1080 00:38:59,937 --> 00:39:03,474 DON'T LIE, DON'T CHEAT, AND 1081 00:39:03,474 --> 00:39:05,076 DON'T BREAK YOUR WORD. 1082 00:39:05,076 --> 00:39:06,877 >> HE'S GENTLE. 1083 00:39:06,877 --> 00:39:07,978 DON'T FOOL WITH HIM. 1084 00:39:07,978 --> 00:39:11,048 HE CAN SNAP YOU IN HALF. 1085 00:39:11,048 --> 00:39:14,485 AS BIG AS HIS HEART IS AND HIS 1086 00:39:14,485 --> 00:39:16,620 STATURE HE'S JUST A SUPER GUY. 1087 00:39:16,620 --> 00:39:17,955 YOU'RE A BETTER PERSON FOR BEING 1088 00:39:17,955 --> 00:39:18,756 AROUND HIM. 1089 00:39:18,756 --> 00:39:19,757 I KNOW I AM. 1090 00:39:19,757 --> 00:39:22,727 >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, 1091 00:39:22,727 --> 00:39:24,628 GAYLE HATCH. 1092 00:39:24,628 --> 00:39:27,732 [APPLAUSE] 1093 00:39:27,732 --> 00:39:33,137 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1094 00:39:33,137 --> 00:39:35,506 IT'S GREAT TO HEAR THOSE WORDS 1095 00:39:35,506 --> 00:39:38,809 FROM YOUR ATHLETES. 1096 00:39:38,809 --> 00:39:41,145 I TELL YOU, WHAT I WAS REALLY 1097 00:39:41,145 --> 00:39:42,880 AMAZED TODAY WHEN WE WENT TO THE 1098 00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:44,415 GOVERNOR'S MANSION THEN CAME 1099 00:39:44,415 --> 00:39:46,617 OVER HERE TO SEE ALL OF THE 1100 00:39:46,617 --> 00:39:48,619 BEAUTIFUL WOMEN THAT ARE HERE 1101 00:39:48,619 --> 00:39:49,420 TONIGHT. 1102 00:39:49,420 --> 00:39:49,820 [LAUGHTER] 1103 00:39:49,820 --> 00:39:51,789 BUT I TELL YOU WHAT, MICKEY, YOU 1104 00:39:51,789 --> 00:39:53,657 MAY HAVE TO HELP ME WITH THIS, 1105 00:39:53,657 --> 00:39:55,993 THE CLOSER WE GET TO CLOSING 1106 00:39:55,993 --> 00:39:56,827 TIME -- 1107 00:39:56,827 --> 00:39:57,461 [LAUGHTER] 1108 00:39:57,461 --> 00:39:58,963 THEY ARE LOOKING EVEN MORE 1109 00:39:58,963 --> 00:39:59,530 BEAUTIFUL. 1110 00:39:59,530 --> 00:40:01,899 WHAT DO YOU THINK? 1111 00:40:01,899 --> 00:40:05,069 [LAUGHTER] 1112 00:40:05,069 --> 00:40:10,174 OF COURSE THAT WAS ONE OF MILKY 1113 00:40:10,174 --> 00:40:11,542 GILLY'S GREATEST HITS. 1114 00:40:11,542 --> 00:40:13,844 BUT YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T BECOME A 1115 00:40:13,844 --> 00:40:15,713 LEGEND BY YOURSELF. 1116 00:40:15,713 --> 00:40:17,548 IT STARTS WITH YOUR FAMILY, WITH 1117 00:40:17,548 --> 00:40:19,383 YOUR ROOTS. 1118 00:40:19,383 --> 00:40:21,218 MY FATHER WAS INDIAN AND MY 1119 00:40:21,218 --> 00:40:23,754 MOTHER WAS IRISH. 1120 00:40:23,754 --> 00:40:27,191 I WAS BORN IN MUSKOGEE, 1121 00:40:27,191 --> 00:40:28,392 OKLAHOMA, AND WE MOVED TO BATON 1122 00:40:28,392 --> 00:40:32,763 ROUGE WHEN I WAS A YOUNG CHILD. 1123 00:40:32,763 --> 00:40:34,965 AND HE WORKED HIS WAY UP OUT OF 1124 00:40:34,965 --> 00:40:36,500 THE OIL FIELDS AND MADE 1125 00:40:36,500 --> 00:40:39,403 SOMETHING OF HIMSELF, AND HE 1126 00:40:39,403 --> 00:40:43,507 JUST TAUGHT ME A CODE TO LIVE BY 1127 00:40:43,507 --> 00:40:46,277 AND TOLD ME TO KEEP MY NOSE 1128 00:40:46,277 --> 00:40:47,878 CLEAN, WORK HARD, TRUST IN THE 1129 00:40:47,878 --> 00:40:49,213 GOOD LORD AND GOOD THINGS WILL 1130 00:40:49,213 --> 00:40:50,748 HAPPEN TO YOU. 1131 00:40:50,748 --> 00:40:52,883 BUT YOU KNOW, OTHER THINGS THAT 1132 00:40:52,883 --> 00:40:54,785 HELP YOU WHEN YOU'RE GROWING UP 1133 00:40:54,785 --> 00:40:57,822 IS TO BE INSPIRED, TO HAVE A 1134 00:40:57,822 --> 00:41:00,124 HERO THAT INSPIRES YOU. 1135 00:41:00,124 --> 00:41:01,826 I WAS FORTUNATE WHEN I WAS YOUNG 1136 00:41:01,826 --> 00:41:04,462 TO LIVE THREE BLOCKS FROM BATON 1137 00:41:04,462 --> 00:41:07,998 ROUGE HIGH, AND THE GREAT JIMMY 1138 00:41:07,998 --> 00:41:12,503 TAYLOR WENT TO BATON ROUGE HIGH. 1139 00:41:12,503 --> 00:41:16,874 I WENT OVER EVERY SINGLE DAY 1140 00:41:16,874 --> 00:41:19,543 DURING FOOTBALL PRACTICE, EVERY 1141 00:41:19,543 --> 00:41:21,111 SINGLE DAY DURING BASKETBALL 1142 00:41:21,111 --> 00:41:23,948 PRACTICE, JUST TO WATCH JIMMY. 1143 00:41:23,948 --> 00:41:25,316 I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST 1144 00:41:25,316 --> 00:41:27,751 THRILLS IS WHEN HE GOT THROUGH, 1145 00:41:27,751 --> 00:41:30,855 HE JUMPED ON HIS BIKE WITH NO 1146 00:41:30,855 --> 00:41:34,124 SEAT AND TOOK OFF DELIVERING 1147 00:41:34,124 --> 00:41:34,692 PAPERS. 1148 00:41:34,692 --> 00:41:36,026 AND JUST SOMETHING JUST HIT ME 1149 00:41:36,026 --> 00:41:37,294 WITH THAT, YOU KNOW. 1150 00:41:37,294 --> 00:41:39,063 THIS GUY, HE WANTS IT AND HE 1151 00:41:39,063 --> 00:41:42,199 WANTS IT BAD. 1152 00:41:42,199 --> 00:41:43,868 SO THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN DRILLED 1153 00:41:43,868 --> 00:41:46,003 INTO MY HEAD BY MY DAD THAT IF 1154 00:41:46,003 --> 00:41:47,371 YOU WANT SOMETHING YOU GOTTA 1155 00:41:47,371 --> 00:41:49,740 WORK FOR IT. 1156 00:41:49,740 --> 00:41:51,475 SO THAT'S BEEN MY PHILOSOPHY MY 1157 00:41:51,475 --> 00:41:53,444 WHOLE LIFE. 1158 00:41:53,444 --> 00:41:56,113 AND YOU KNOW, THE THINGS ARE 1159 00:41:56,113 --> 00:41:57,081 GOING TO HAPPEN. 1160 00:41:57,081 --> 00:41:58,682 I COULD NOT LOSE THIS YEAR WHEN 1161 00:41:58,682 --> 00:42:01,452 LSU AND ALABAMA PLAYED BECAUSE 1162 00:42:01,452 --> 00:42:08,526 ONE OF MY PROPERTY JAYS, HEAD 1163 00:42:08,526 --> 00:42:11,128 STRENGTH COACH TOM MOFFAT, ONE 1164 00:42:11,128 --> 00:42:14,131 IS THE COACH AT ALABAMA, SCOTT 1165 00:42:14,131 --> 00:42:14,665 COCHRAN. 1166 00:42:14,665 --> 00:42:16,233 I PRETTY MUCH HAD IT MADE GOING 1167 00:42:16,233 --> 00:42:19,436 INTO THAT. 1168 00:42:19,436 --> 00:42:22,806 THAT GAVE US MY SIX BCS NATIONAL 1169 00:42:22,806 --> 00:42:24,041 CHAMPIONSHIP WHICH I'M VERY 1170 00:42:24,041 --> 00:42:27,077 PROUD OF. 1171 00:42:27,077 --> 00:42:35,486 BUT THE TO HAVE SUCH GREAT 1172 00:42:35,486 --> 00:42:37,454 ATHLETES THAT I HAVE HAD OVER 1173 00:42:37,454 --> 00:42:39,723 THE YEARS, TO TRAIN, YOU KNOW, 1174 00:42:39,723 --> 00:42:41,859 YOU DON'T WIN THE KENTUCKY DERBY 1175 00:42:41,859 --> 00:42:45,362 UNLESS YOU GOT A THOROUGHBRED, 1176 00:42:45,362 --> 00:42:47,264 AND SO BUT YOU CAN BE A 1177 00:42:47,264 --> 00:42:48,499 THOROUGHBRED AND IF YOU DON'T 1178 00:42:48,499 --> 00:42:51,235 HAVE THAT DRIVE AND THAT WORK 1179 00:42:51,235 --> 00:42:53,337 AND MY PROGRAM IS TOUGH. 1180 00:42:53,337 --> 00:42:54,638 IT'S REAL TOUGH BECAUSE IT'S 1181 00:42:54,638 --> 00:42:55,906 DONE WITHOUT STEROIDS. 1182 00:42:55,906 --> 00:42:57,975 SO WE HAVE TO TRAIN HARDER THAN 1183 00:42:57,975 --> 00:42:59,944 THESE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE 1184 00:42:59,944 --> 00:43:02,379 COMPETING AGAINST. 1185 00:43:02,379 --> 00:43:08,419 [APPLAUSE] 1186 00:43:08,419 --> 00:43:15,259 WE STARTED OFF WITH DEVELOPING 1187 00:43:15,259 --> 00:43:17,127 LOCAL STATE WEIGHT LIFTERS, 1188 00:43:17,127 --> 00:43:18,762 REGIONAL, NATIONAL, THEN MY 1189 00:43:18,762 --> 00:43:22,866 FIRST OLYMPIAN WAS -- WHO HAS 1190 00:43:22,866 --> 00:43:24,468 BECOME LIKE A SON TO ME EVEN TOE 1191 00:43:24,468 --> 00:43:29,773 THIS DAY WAS TOMMY CALANDRO, THE 1192 00:43:29,773 --> 00:43:31,909 1984 OLYMPIC TEAM, FOLLOWED UP 1193 00:43:31,909 --> 00:43:35,245 BY BRING BRYANT IN 1988 AND 1992 1194 00:43:35,245 --> 00:43:36,947 OLYMPIC TEAM. 1195 00:43:36,947 --> 00:43:41,218 WE HAD BLAIR LEBRON UP MAKE THE 1196 00:43:41,218 --> 00:43:43,153 2011 OLYMPIC SQUAD AND MY 1197 00:43:43,153 --> 00:43:44,855 CURRENT STAR MATT BRUCE HAS JUST 1198 00:43:44,855 --> 00:43:47,625 MADE THE 2012 OLYMPIC SQUAD AND 1199 00:43:47,625 --> 00:43:50,394 WILL BE COMPETING IN THE PAN AMS 1200 00:43:50,394 --> 00:43:52,296 NEXT WEEK TO SEE IF HE GETS TO 1201 00:43:52,296 --> 00:43:53,797 COMPETE IN LONDON. 1202 00:43:53,797 --> 00:43:55,366 SO WE'RE PROUD OF IT. 1203 00:43:55,366 --> 00:43:58,035 WE'RE PROUD OF THESE YOUNG 1204 00:43:58,035 --> 00:43:59,937 PROTEGES THAT WANT TO BE 1205 00:43:59,937 --> 00:44:00,838 STRENGTH COACHES. 1206 00:44:00,838 --> 00:44:02,373 I'M GOING TO TELL YOU IT'S A 1207 00:44:02,373 --> 00:44:03,540 LONG, HARD ROAD. 1208 00:44:03,540 --> 00:44:04,908 YOU BETTER HAVE THE RIGHT WOMAN 1209 00:44:04,908 --> 00:44:09,613 WITH YOU I CAN TELL YOU THAT. 1210 00:44:09,613 --> 00:44:11,215 I MARRIED MY SWEETHEART. 1211 00:44:11,215 --> 00:44:13,484 I WENT TO NORTHWESTERN, GREAT 1212 00:44:13,484 --> 00:44:18,222 UNIVERSITY, AND I'M SO PROUD 1213 00:44:18,222 --> 00:44:20,224 THAT PRESIDENT RANDALL WEBB AND 1214 00:44:20,224 --> 00:44:24,061 HIS WIFE ARE HERE TODAY, BUT I 1215 00:44:24,061 --> 00:44:28,966 WAS VERY FORTUNATE, MARRIED A 1216 00:44:28,966 --> 00:44:32,169 STRAIGHT A STUDENT AND A REAL 1217 00:44:32,169 --> 00:44:32,836 HOTTIE. 1218 00:44:32,836 --> 00:44:34,738 SHE'S STILL PRETTY -- 1219 00:44:34,738 --> 00:44:35,305 [LAUGHTER] 1220 00:44:35,305 --> 00:44:36,740 SHE'S STILL PRETTY HOT AFTER 51 1221 00:44:36,740 --> 00:44:38,342 YEARS OF MARRIAGE. 1222 00:44:38,342 --> 00:44:39,910 I WANT TO INTRODUCE MY WIFE, 1223 00:44:39,910 --> 00:44:41,945 WANT HER TO STAND UP. 1224 00:44:41,945 --> 00:44:43,814 PEGGY! 1225 00:44:43,814 --> 00:44:49,520 [APPLAUSE] 1226 00:44:49,520 --> 00:44:51,689 I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS 1227 00:44:51,689 --> 00:44:53,290 GREAT HONOR AND TO GO IN WITH 1228 00:44:53,290 --> 00:44:56,260 THIS GROUP RIGHT HOARE IS 1229 00:44:56,260 --> 00:44:57,194 TREMENDOUS. 1230 00:44:57,194 --> 00:44:58,262 [AUDIO NOT UNDERSTANDABLE] 1231 00:44:58,262 --> 00:44:59,163 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 1232 00:44:59,163 --> 00:45:00,464 MICKEY WILL BE UP NEXT. 1233 00:45:00,464 --> 00:45:01,365 HE KNOWS. 1234 00:45:01,365 --> 00:45:03,934 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1235 00:45:03,934 --> 00:45:15,312 [APPLAUSE] 1236 00:45:15,312 --> 00:45:18,615 >> THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THIS 1237 00:45:18,615 --> 00:45:21,385 FARRADAY NATIVE BORN IN NATCHEZ 1238 00:45:21,385 --> 00:45:23,887 HAS HAD A REMARKABLE MUSIC 1239 00:45:23,887 --> 00:45:26,290 CAREER NOT TO MENTION HIS 1240 00:45:26,290 --> 00:45:27,624 ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS TELEVISION 1241 00:45:27,624 --> 00:45:30,294 ACTOR, ENTERTAINER AND BUSINESS 1242 00:45:30,294 --> 00:45:31,061 VISIONARY. 1243 00:45:31,061 --> 00:45:32,629 MICKEY GILLY IS LIVING PROOF 1244 00:45:32,629 --> 00:45:34,565 THAT GREATNESS CAN BE ACHIEVED 1245 00:45:34,565 --> 00:45:41,138 DESPITE THE ODDS. 1246 00:45:51,648 --> 00:45:53,784 RAISED ON GOSPEL MUSIC WITH HIS 1247 00:45:53,784 --> 00:45:55,986 FAMOUS COUSIN IN THE SMALL TOWN 1248 00:45:55,986 --> 00:45:58,756 OF FARRADAY, LOUISIANA, MICKEY 1249 00:45:58,756 --> 00:46:00,257 GILLY NEVER DREAMED HE WOULD 1250 00:46:00,257 --> 00:46:02,726 BECOME A COUNTRY MUSIC 1251 00:46:02,726 --> 00:46:03,293 SUPERSTAR. 1252 00:46:03,293 --> 00:46:04,528 NEITHER DID HIS DEVOUT MOTHER, 1253 00:46:04,528 --> 00:46:05,929 WHO PRAYED HE WOULD STEER CLEAR 1254 00:46:05,929 --> 00:46:07,131 OF THE DEVIL'S MUSIC. 1255 00:46:07,131 --> 00:46:08,932 >> WELL, BACK WHEN I WAS IN 1256 00:46:08,932 --> 00:46:11,368 JUNIOR HIGH, WE WOULD GO TO THE 1257 00:46:11,368 --> 00:46:13,504 GYM AND JERRY LEE WOULD GET ON 1258 00:46:13,504 --> 00:46:18,275 THE PIANO MISSING A COUPLE KEYS. 1259 00:46:18,275 --> 00:46:21,211 MICKEY WOULD SING DRINKING WINE. 1260 00:46:21,211 --> 00:46:23,213 >> THE YOUNGEST OF FOUR CHILDREN 1261 00:46:23,213 --> 00:46:25,015 MICKEY WAS A SURPRISE BABY AND 1262 00:46:25,015 --> 00:46:26,917 BELOVED MAMA'S BOY BUT AT 17 HE 1263 00:46:26,917 --> 00:46:28,385 LEFT HOME, MARRIED HIS HIGH 1264 00:46:28,385 --> 00:46:30,487 SCHOOL SWEETHEART AND STARTED A 1265 00:46:30,487 --> 00:46:31,922 FAMILY OF HIS OWN. 1266 00:46:31,922 --> 00:46:35,325 >> HE WORKED FOR MEAGER SUMS 1267 00:46:35,325 --> 00:46:38,262 LAYING SANITARY SEWER LINE. 1268 00:46:38,262 --> 00:46:41,165 IT WAS VERY MUCH BASE EXISTENCE 1269 00:46:41,165 --> 00:46:42,432 GETTING FROM ONE WEEK TO THE 1270 00:46:42,432 --> 00:46:45,068 NEXT IN HOUSTON. 1271 00:46:45,068 --> 00:46:48,238 >> INSPIRED BUY HIS COUSIN JERRY 1272 00:46:48,238 --> 00:46:50,440 LEE LEWIS'S SUCCESS IN THE 1273 00:46:50,440 --> 00:46:51,675 1960s HE BEGAN PLAYING THE 1274 00:46:51,675 --> 00:46:53,744 CLUBS BUT DESPITE A DIVORCE AND 1275 00:46:53,744 --> 00:46:54,978 CONTINUED STRUGGLE TO SUPPORT 1276 00:46:54,978 --> 00:46:56,113 HIS SECOND WIFE AND FOUR 1277 00:46:56,113 --> 00:46:57,581 CHILDREN HE NEVER LOST FAYE IN 1278 00:46:57,581 --> 00:46:59,516 HIS DREAM. 1279 00:46:59,516 --> 00:47:01,218 >> HE'S A MAN WHO DIDN'T HAVE 1280 00:47:01,218 --> 00:47:02,786 HIS FIRST NUMBER ONE HIT UNTIL 1281 00:47:02,786 --> 00:47:04,154 HE WAS 38 YEARS OLD. 1282 00:47:04,154 --> 00:47:05,722 HE KNEW WHAT IT WAS TO STRUGGLE, 1283 00:47:05,722 --> 00:47:07,658 TO FAIL, AND HE NEVER FORGOT 1284 00:47:07,658 --> 00:47:12,663 WHAT IT WAS TO BE A REGULAR JOE. 1285 00:47:12,663 --> 00:47:14,865 >> HIS LUCK CHANGED IN 1971 WHEN 1286 00:47:14,865 --> 00:47:17,334 HE PARTNERED WITH SHERWOOD PRYOR 1287 00:47:17,334 --> 00:47:20,470 TO OPEN GILLY'S NIGHTCLUB IN 1288 00:47:20,470 --> 00:47:20,971 PASADENA. 1289 00:47:20,971 --> 00:47:22,306 IT WOULD BECOME THE WORLD'S 1290 00:47:22,306 --> 00:47:24,174 LARGEST HONK I CAN TONG, SET THE 1291 00:47:24,174 --> 00:47:26,076 STAGE FOR NEARLY A DECADE OF 1292 00:47:26,076 --> 00:47:28,612 HITS STARTING IN 1974, AND 1293 00:47:28,612 --> 00:47:31,715 INSPIRED THE 1980 BLOCKBUSTER 1294 00:47:31,715 --> 00:47:33,016 MOVIE URBAN COWBOY. 1295 00:47:33,016 --> 00:47:34,451 IT REVOLUTIONIZED THE COUNTRY 1296 00:47:34,451 --> 00:47:37,120 MUSIC SCENE. 1297 00:47:37,120 --> 00:47:39,223 [SINGING] 1298 00:47:39,223 --> 00:47:42,092 >> MY FAVORITE SONG OF MICKEY'S 1299 00:47:42,092 --> 00:47:43,527 IS STILL GOT TO BE DON'T THE 1300 00:47:43,527 --> 00:47:45,229 GIRLS ALL GET PRETTIER AT 1301 00:47:45,229 --> 00:47:47,064 CLOSING TIME. 1302 00:47:47,064 --> 00:47:49,199 HE EPITOMIZES THE URBAN COWBOY 1303 00:47:49,199 --> 00:47:52,035 TO ME. 1304 00:47:52,035 --> 00:47:54,605 >> HE'S ONE OF THE MOST 1305 00:47:54,605 --> 00:47:55,939 FRIENDLIEST GUYS YOU'LL EVER 1306 00:47:55,939 --> 00:47:56,373 MEET. 1307 00:47:56,373 --> 00:47:57,774 HAD WEE DO ANYTHING IN THE WORLD 1308 00:47:57,774 --> 00:47:59,142 FOR YOU. 1309 00:47:59,142 --> 00:48:02,346 ♪ IF I SENT A ROSE TO YOU ♪♪ 1310 00:48:02,346 --> 00:48:05,215 ♪ FOR EVERY TIME YOU MADE ME 1311 00:48:05,215 --> 00:48:05,782 BLUE ♪♪ 1312 00:48:05,782 --> 00:48:08,352 >> HE LOVES THREE THINGS, LIFE, 1313 00:48:08,352 --> 00:48:09,319 GOD AND SINGING. 1314 00:48:09,319 --> 00:48:11,321 >> HE WOULD FLY IN AND PLAY GOLF 1315 00:48:11,321 --> 00:48:13,156 ALL DAY AND JUST HAVE A BLAST 1316 00:48:13,156 --> 00:48:14,925 WITH EVERYBODY AND ALL HIS 1317 00:48:14,925 --> 00:48:17,261 FRIENDS FROM FARRADAY. 1318 00:48:17,261 --> 00:48:18,262 HE LOVES LOUISIANA. 1319 00:48:18,262 --> 00:48:19,563 THAT'S HIS HOME. 1320 00:48:19,563 --> 00:48:21,398 >> AFTER CLOSING HIS TEXAS HOT 1321 00:48:21,398 --> 00:48:24,334 SPOT IN 1989, HE FOUND A NEW 1322 00:48:24,334 --> 00:48:25,869 HOME IN BRANSON, MISSOURI. 1323 00:48:25,869 --> 00:48:28,338 IN THE EARLY '90s HE OPENED 1324 00:48:28,338 --> 00:48:31,074 GILLY'S THEATER AND TEXAS CAFE, 1325 00:48:31,074 --> 00:48:32,276 ENTERTAINING FANS NIGHT AFTER 1326 00:48:32,276 --> 00:48:34,378 NIGHT, BUT AN ACCIDENT ON JULY 1327 00:48:34,378 --> 00:48:36,813 5, 2009, CHANGED EVERYTHING. 1328 00:48:36,813 --> 00:48:40,851 >> WE WERE OBVIOUSLY DEVASTATED. 1329 00:48:40,851 --> 00:48:42,052 MICKEY WAS TRYING TO MOVE A 1330 00:48:42,052 --> 00:48:43,387 PIECE OF FURNITURE AND FAILED. 1331 00:48:43,387 --> 00:48:45,489 >> HE WAS TOTALLY PARALYZED IN 1332 00:48:45,489 --> 00:48:47,324 SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, FOR THREE 1333 00:48:47,324 --> 00:48:48,025 MONTHS. 1334 00:48:48,025 --> 00:48:50,060 COULDN'T MOVE NOTHING BUT HIS 1335 00:48:50,060 --> 00:48:50,460 EYES. 1336 00:48:50,460 --> 00:48:53,630 >> AT AGE 73, DESPITE 1337 00:48:53,630 --> 00:48:55,565 OVERWHELMING ODDS, MICKEY FOUGHT 1338 00:48:55,565 --> 00:48:56,033 BACK. 1339 00:48:56,033 --> 00:48:59,937 NINE MONTHS LATER HE WAS BACK ON 1340 00:48:59,937 --> 00:49:00,504 STAINING. 1341 00:49:00,504 --> 00:49:01,438 -- ON STAGE. 1342 00:49:01,438 --> 00:49:02,539 >> MICKEY IS SOMETHING ELSE. 1343 00:49:02,539 --> 00:49:03,507 HE'S A TREASURE. 1344 00:49:03,507 --> 00:49:05,075 NOT JUST FOR THE PEOPLE THAT 1345 00:49:05,075 --> 00:49:06,743 HE'S ENTERTAINED ALL THESE YEARS 1346 00:49:06,743 --> 00:49:08,445 BUT A TREASURE TO HIS FAMILY. 1347 00:49:08,445 --> 00:49:09,846 HE'S A TREASURE TO EVERYBODY 1348 00:49:09,846 --> 00:49:11,348 THAT HAS HAD A CHANCE TO SPEND 1349 00:49:11,348 --> 00:49:13,083 TIME AROUND HIM. 1350 00:49:13,083 --> 00:49:14,584 HE DOESN'T CARE WHERE YOU COME 1351 00:49:14,584 --> 00:49:16,219 FROM OR WHAT YOU HAVE, HE JUST 1352 00:49:16,219 --> 00:49:17,521 WANTS TO BE YOUR FRIEND. 1353 00:49:17,521 --> 00:49:19,323 >> I THINK MICKEY INSPIRES 1354 00:49:19,323 --> 00:49:20,824 EVERYONE THAT'S CLOSE TO HIM BY 1355 00:49:20,824 --> 00:49:24,094 THE FACT THAT HE'S SUCH A NICE 1356 00:49:24,094 --> 00:49:24,528 GUY. 1357 00:49:24,528 --> 00:49:25,862 GENUINELY WILLING TO DO WHATEVER 1358 00:49:25,862 --> 00:49:27,397 IS ASKED OF HIM AND TO GO ABOVE 1359 00:49:27,397 --> 00:49:29,032 AND BEYOND TO PLEASE THE PEOPLE 1360 00:49:29,032 --> 00:49:30,300 AROUND HIM. 1361 00:49:30,300 --> 00:49:32,102 AND THAT'S A PRETTY DAUNTING 1362 00:49:32,102 --> 00:49:33,603 TASK EVEN FOR THOSE OF US THAT 1363 00:49:33,603 --> 00:49:35,405 ARE JUST EVERY DAY PEOPLE. 1364 00:49:35,405 --> 00:49:37,274 >> HE NEVER TURNS US DOWN. 1365 00:49:37,274 --> 00:49:38,775 REGARDLESS WHAT YOU ASK HIM. 1366 00:49:38,775 --> 00:49:40,043 I CAN'T EVER REMEMBER HIM 1367 00:49:40,043 --> 00:49:42,879 TURNING US DOWN FOR ANYTHING. 1368 00:49:42,879 --> 00:49:44,348 SO HE WILL BE REMEMBERED AS ONE 1369 00:49:44,348 --> 00:49:46,483 OF THE TRUE LEGENDS OF 1370 00:49:46,483 --> 00:49:47,284 LOUISIANA. 1371 00:49:47,284 --> 00:49:49,052 >> THANK YOU. 1372 00:49:49,052 --> 00:49:53,190 [APPLAUSE] 1373 00:49:53,190 --> 00:49:53,924 THANK YOU. 1374 00:49:53,924 --> 00:49:56,126 SO YOU THOUGHT I WAS AN 1375 00:49:56,126 --> 00:49:57,561 OVERNIGHT SENSATION, HUH? 1376 00:49:57,561 --> 00:49:58,061 [LAUGHTER] 1377 00:49:58,061 --> 00:50:00,030 I'M TELLING YOU, I GOT TURNED 1378 00:50:00,030 --> 00:50:01,598 DOWN SO MANY TIMES BECAUSE 1379 00:50:01,598 --> 00:50:03,200 EVERYBODY SAID, WHAT YOU TRYING 1380 00:50:03,200 --> 00:50:05,669 TO DO COPY YOUR COUSIN JERRY 1381 00:50:05,669 --> 00:50:06,203 LEE? 1382 00:50:06,203 --> 00:50:07,838 I SAID, NO, I'M TRYING TO BE 1383 00:50:07,838 --> 00:50:09,072 EXACTLY LIKE HIM. 1384 00:50:09,072 --> 00:50:10,040 HE'S SUCCESSFUL. 1385 00:50:10,040 --> 00:50:10,907 I WASN'T. 1386 00:50:10,907 --> 00:50:12,609 GOT TO BE PROUD OF REVEREND 1387 00:50:12,609 --> 00:50:13,510 SWAGERT, THOUGH. 1388 00:50:13,510 --> 00:50:15,645 HE MADE MORE MONEY THAN ME AND 1389 00:50:15,645 --> 00:50:18,548 JERRY LEE PUT TOGETHER. 1390 00:50:18,548 --> 00:50:19,449 [LAUGHTER] 1391 00:50:19,449 --> 00:50:21,785 TAX FREE. 1392 00:50:21,785 --> 00:50:29,726 [LAUGHTER] 1393 00:50:29,726 --> 00:50:33,030 I GREW UP IN LOUISIANA, I SPENT 1394 00:50:33,030 --> 00:50:34,998 17 YEARS THERE, WENT TO HOUSTON, 1395 00:50:34,998 --> 00:50:37,034 TEXAS, TO DO CONSTRUCTION WORK. 1396 00:50:37,034 --> 00:50:39,069 I WAS NOT THE SMART ONE IN THE 1397 00:50:39,069 --> 00:50:39,603 GROUP. 1398 00:50:39,603 --> 00:50:41,638 KNOW WHAT I MEAN? 1399 00:50:41,638 --> 00:50:44,374 FOR A DOLLAR AND A QUARTER AN 1400 00:50:44,374 --> 00:50:44,941 HOUR. 1401 00:50:44,941 --> 00:50:46,343 JERRY LEE CAME IN, PULLED OUT 1402 00:50:46,343 --> 00:50:47,778 MORE MONEY THAN I EVER SEEN IN 1403 00:50:47,778 --> 00:50:49,846 MY ENTIRE LIFE AND I SAID, I'M 1404 00:50:49,846 --> 00:50:51,281 IN THE WRONG BUSINESS. 1405 00:50:51,281 --> 00:50:52,916 I THREW MY HAT IN THE RING AND 1406 00:50:52,916 --> 00:50:55,085 THINKING I WAS GOING TO BE A 1407 00:50:55,085 --> 00:50:56,453 SUPERSTAR, MADE MY FIRST RECORD, 1408 00:50:56,453 --> 00:50:57,888 EVERYTHING WAS TURN DOWN. 1409 00:50:57,888 --> 00:50:59,623 TOOK ME 17 YEARS BEFORE I 1410 00:50:59,623 --> 00:51:02,292 RECORDED IF I SENT A ROSE TO 1411 00:51:02,292 --> 00:51:04,828 YOU, AND WHEN I FOUND OUT THE 1412 00:51:04,828 --> 00:51:06,430 LADIES LIKED FLOWER SONGS I 1413 00:51:06,430 --> 00:51:07,964 RECORDED EVERY ONE I COULD FIND 1414 00:51:07,964 --> 00:51:10,333 FOR YOU. 1415 00:51:10,333 --> 00:51:10,834 [LAUGHTER] 1416 00:51:10,834 --> 00:51:11,668 TRUE STORY. 1417 00:51:11,668 --> 00:51:13,437 I RECORDED ROOMFUL OF ROSES 1418 00:51:13,437 --> 00:51:16,106 WHILE SEARCHING FOR A ROSE, BIG 1419 00:51:16,106 --> 00:51:18,809 BOUQUET OF ROSES, SAN ANTONIO 1420 00:51:18,809 --> 00:51:19,342 ROSE. 1421 00:51:19,342 --> 00:51:20,677 ONLY ONE I MISSED WAS TIPTOE 1422 00:51:20,677 --> 00:51:23,447 THROUGH THE TULIPS. 1423 00:51:23,447 --> 00:51:24,448 [LAUGHTER] 1424 00:51:24,448 --> 00:51:28,452 IN 1977, I HAD THE SHOCK OF MY 1425 00:51:28,452 --> 00:51:29,719 LIFE. 1426 00:51:29,719 --> 00:51:32,189 THE ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC 1427 00:51:32,189 --> 00:51:33,623 AWARDS SHOW, THAT PARTICULAR 1428 00:51:33,623 --> 00:51:35,125 NIGHT THEY GAVE ME EVERY AWARD 1429 00:51:35,125 --> 00:51:37,928 EXCEPT THE FEMALE VOCALIST 1430 00:51:37,928 --> 00:51:38,395 AWARD. 1431 00:51:38,395 --> 00:51:38,995 [LAUGHTER] 1432 00:51:38,995 --> 00:51:40,297 WAS I IN SHOCK? 1433 00:51:40,297 --> 00:51:40,831 YES. 1434 00:51:40,831 --> 00:51:43,100 THEN I WAS AWARDED THE STAR ON 1435 00:51:43,100 --> 00:51:44,401 THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME. 1436 00:51:44,401 --> 00:51:46,470 IF YOU FOLKS WONDER WHERE IT'S 1437 00:51:46,470 --> 00:51:48,171 AT, I ONLY HAVE ONE. 1438 00:51:48,171 --> 00:51:49,706 NOT LIKE GENE AUTRY. 1439 00:51:49,706 --> 00:51:50,674 HE HAS SEVEN. 1440 00:51:50,674 --> 00:51:52,876 THERE'S ONE OUT THERE WITH 1441 00:51:52,876 --> 00:51:54,644 MICKEY GILLY'S NAME ON IT IN 1442 00:51:54,644 --> 00:51:56,213 HOLLYWOOD RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE 1443 00:51:56,213 --> 00:51:57,180 CHINESE THEATER. 1444 00:51:57,180 --> 00:51:58,915 GO TO THE CHINESE THEATER, WALK 1445 00:51:58,915 --> 00:52:00,350 ACROSS THE STREET, THAT'S WHERE 1446 00:52:00,350 --> 00:52:01,618 THE STAR IS AT. 1447 00:52:01,618 --> 00:52:04,421 POLISH THE STAR FOR ME. 1448 00:52:04,421 --> 00:52:06,523 BUT IT IS A PLEASURE AND AN 1449 00:52:06,523 --> 00:52:08,058 HONOR TO BE A PART OF LOUISIANA 1450 00:52:08,058 --> 00:52:10,460 BECAUSE THIS IS MY HOME STATE. 1451 00:52:10,460 --> 00:52:12,529 IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE WITH ALL 1452 00:52:12,529 --> 00:52:13,730 THESE HONOREES HERE. 1453 00:52:13,730 --> 00:52:17,634 LOUISIANA HAS BEEN GREAT TO ME. 1454 00:52:17,634 --> 00:52:20,770 I LIKE TO PROMOTE THE MUSEUM IN 1455 00:52:20,770 --> 00:52:21,438 FARRADAY. 1456 00:52:21,438 --> 00:52:22,906 URBAN COWBOY TURNED MY CAREER 1457 00:52:22,906 --> 00:52:25,609 AROUND AND I WAS LAUNCHED INTO 1458 00:52:25,609 --> 00:52:27,444 THE STRATOSPHERE, SO TO SPEAK. 1459 00:52:27,444 --> 00:52:30,013 WHEN I RECORDED ROOMFUL OF ROSES 1460 00:52:30,013 --> 00:52:36,019 NEVER DREAMED IT WOULD BE A HIT. 1461 00:52:36,019 --> 00:52:38,188 SHE HI A LOCAL TV SHOW ON THE 1462 00:52:38,188 --> 00:52:39,089 HOUSTON MARKET. 1463 00:52:39,089 --> 00:52:41,224 I SAID, WHAT DO YOU NEED THAT 1464 00:52:41,224 --> 00:52:41,658 FOR? 1465 00:52:41,658 --> 00:52:43,760 SHE SAID, I HAVE 300 JUKE BOXES 1466 00:52:43,760 --> 00:52:45,862 I'M GONE IN AVILA PUT THEM ON 1467 00:52:45,862 --> 00:52:46,930 EVERY ONE. 1468 00:52:46,930 --> 00:52:48,865 I RECORDED SHE CALLED ME BABY 1469 00:52:48,865 --> 00:52:51,768 AND I SAID WHAT IS THE OTHER 1470 00:52:51,768 --> 00:52:52,235 SIDE? 1471 00:52:52,235 --> 00:52:55,138 I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. 1472 00:52:55,138 --> 00:52:57,374 LET'S DO THE OLD ONGOING ROOM 1473 00:52:57,374 --> 00:52:58,642 FULL OF ROSES. 1474 00:52:58,642 --> 00:53:00,243 I GREW UP SINGING THAT WITH 1475 00:53:00,243 --> 00:53:01,278 JIMMY AND JERRY. 1476 00:53:01,278 --> 00:53:03,280 I WENT THROUGH THE SONG. 1477 00:53:03,280 --> 00:53:04,981 WE STARTED THE RECORDING. 1478 00:53:04,981 --> 00:53:07,150 I GOT HALFWAY THROUGH, I SAID, I 1479 00:53:07,150 --> 00:53:10,554 DON'T WANT TO DO THIS SONG. 1480 00:53:10,554 --> 00:53:11,488 WHY NOT. 1481 00:53:11,488 --> 00:53:14,724 IT'S GOING TO SOUNDS LIKE JERRY 1482 00:53:14,724 --> 00:53:16,359 LEE LEWIS. 1483 00:53:16,359 --> 00:53:18,762 WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE? 1484 00:53:18,762 --> 00:53:20,497 NOBODY IS EVER GOING TO HEAR T. 1485 00:53:20,497 --> 00:53:22,699 TURNED OUT TO BE ONE OF MY 1486 00:53:22,699 --> 00:53:24,367 BIGGEST SONGS. 1487 00:53:24,367 --> 00:53:25,902 THE LADIES GET PRETTIER AT 1488 00:53:25,902 --> 00:53:30,006 CLOSING TIME IS MY BIGGEST SONG. 1489 00:53:30,006 --> 00:53:31,575 THE GUYS START LOOKING BETTER TO 1490 00:53:31,575 --> 00:53:36,479 THEM AT CLOSING TIME. 1491 00:53:36,479 --> 00:53:37,180 [LAUGHTER] 1492 00:53:37,180 --> 00:53:39,449 IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE 1493 00:53:39,449 --> 00:53:40,083 TONIGHT. 1494 00:53:40,083 --> 00:53:41,117 WHAT AN HONOR IT IS. 1495 00:53:41,117 --> 00:53:42,519 I HAVE RECEIVED A LOT 6 AWARDS 1496 00:53:42,519 --> 00:53:44,187 BUT THIS IS VERY SPECIAL TO ME. 1497 00:53:44,187 --> 00:53:45,589 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING 1498 00:53:45,589 --> 00:53:47,924 ME COME UP AND BE A LOUISIANA 1499 00:53:47,924 --> 00:53:48,558 LEGEND. 1500 00:53:48,558 --> 00:53:49,759 GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU. 1501 00:53:49,759 --> 00:53:58,868 THANK YOU. 1502 00:53:58,868 --> 00:54:03,373 [APPLAUSE] 1503 00:54:03,373 --> 00:54:05,475 >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OUR 1504 00:54:05,475 --> 00:54:07,744 20,000 -- 2012 "LOUISIANA 1505 00:54:07,744 --> 00:54:09,613 LEGENDS." 1506 00:54:09,613 --> 00:54:17,020 [APPLAUSE] 1507 00:54:17,020 --> 00:54:18,989 >> THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A 1508 00:54:18,989 --> 00:54:20,190 FANTASTIC EVENING SEEING SO MANY 1509 00:54:20,190 --> 00:54:22,259 OF YOU HERE AND BEING ABLE TO 1510 00:54:22,259 --> 00:54:24,961 HONOR THESE EXTRAORDINARY 1511 00:54:24,961 --> 00:54:25,528 PEOPLE. 1512 00:54:25,528 --> 00:54:26,830 AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING, 1513 00:54:26,830 --> 00:54:29,366 WE ARE CELEBRATING 200 YEARS 1514 00:54:29,366 --> 00:54:31,468 BEING A STATE. 1515 00:54:31,468 --> 00:54:34,771 AND AS WE CELEBRATE THESE LIVES, 1516 00:54:34,771 --> 00:54:38,742 I'M REMINDED OF THE DOCUMENTARY 1517 00:54:38,742 --> 00:54:40,977 WE'RE WORKING ON NOW FOR THIS 1518 00:54:40,977 --> 00:54:42,312 BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 1519 00:54:42,312 --> 00:54:44,047 AS WE CLOSE THIS EVENING I WOULD 1520 00:54:44,047 --> 00:54:46,816 LIKE YOU JUST TO TAKE A PREVIEW 1521 00:54:46,816 --> 00:54:49,452 OF A LITTLE SNEAK PREVIEW OF THE 1522 00:54:49,452 --> 00:54:50,887 DOCUMENTARY WE'RE GOING DO BE 1523 00:54:50,887 --> 00:54:52,589 AIRING IN AUGUST CELEBRATING OUR 1524 00:54:52,589 --> 00:54:54,190 WONDERFUL HISTORY. 1525 00:54:54,190 --> 00:54:58,094 LET'S JUST TAKE A BRIEF LOOK. 1526 00:54:58,094 --> 00:55:00,630 >> AFTER 1812, AMERICA ADDED AN 1527 00:55:00,630 --> 00:55:04,567 18th STAR TO HER FLAG. 1528 00:55:04,567 --> 00:55:05,969 LOUISIANA HAD BECOME ONE OF THE 1529 00:55:05,969 --> 00:55:07,404 UNITED STATES. 1530 00:55:07,404 --> 00:55:09,506 IT WAS A UNIQUE ADDITION TO THE 1531 00:55:09,506 --> 00:55:11,007 YOUNG NATION. 1532 00:55:11,007 --> 00:55:14,778 ALL THOSE CULTURES AND 1533 00:55:14,778 --> 00:55:16,012 COLLUSIONS PRODUCED SOMETHING 1534 00:55:16,012 --> 00:55:17,614 THAT'S MORE THAN THE SUM OF THE 1535 00:55:17,614 --> 00:55:20,417 PARTS BY FAR AND SETS LOUISIANA 1536 00:55:20,417 --> 00:55:22,218 APART FROM THE REST OF THE 1537 00:55:22,218 --> 00:55:23,153 UNITED STATES. 1538 00:55:23,153 --> 00:55:24,321 >> IT'S THE MOST INTRIGUING 1539 00:55:24,321 --> 00:55:25,755 PLACE I HAVE EVER BEEN. 1540 00:55:25,755 --> 00:55:31,394 I THINK FOR THE ARTIST A LOCALE 1541 00:55:31,394 --> 00:55:33,963 LIKE LOUISIANA IS AN ENORMOUS 1542 00:55:33,963 --> 00:55:34,464 GIFT. 1543 00:55:34,464 --> 00:55:35,632 >> THROUGHOUT THE WORLD 1544 00:55:35,632 --> 00:55:37,033 LOUISIANANS ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR 1545 00:55:37,033 --> 00:55:39,202 CELEBRATORY SPIRIT. 1546 00:55:39,202 --> 00:55:40,603 >> LOUISIANA IS A PLACE WHERE 1547 00:55:40,603 --> 00:55:42,972 PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO HAVE A GOOD 1548 00:55:42,972 --> 00:55:43,440 TIME. 1549 00:55:43,440 --> 00:55:45,108 AND 200 YEARS OF STATE HOOD 1550 00:55:45,108 --> 00:55:51,581 GIVES US MUCH TO CELEBRATE. 1551 00:55:51,581 --> 00:55:56,886 [APPLAUSE] 1552 00:55:56,886 --> 00:55:58,488 >> IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL 1553 00:55:58,488 --> 00:55:58,988 EVENING. 1554 00:55:58,988 --> 00:56:00,490 WE THANK ALL OF YOU FOR BEING 1555 00:56:00,490 --> 00:56:00,957 HERE. 1556 00:56:00,957 --> 00:56:02,092 WE CONGRATULATE LEGENDS AGAIN 1557 00:56:02,092 --> 00:56:04,861 AND FOR JIM NICHOLS, BETH 1558 00:56:04,861 --> 00:56:06,162 COURTNEY, I SAY GOODNIGHT, 1559 00:56:06,162 --> 00:56:07,530 EVERYONE, THANK YOU FOR BEING 1560 00:56:07,530 --> 00:56:08,031 HERE. 1561 00:56:08,031 --> 00:56:10,467 [APPLAUSE] 1562 00:56:10,533 --> 00:56:42,866 >>> FUNDING FOR THIS PROGRAM 1563 00:56:42,866 --> 00:56:44,434 PROVIDED BY COMMUNITY TRUST 1564 00:56:44,434 --> 00:56:45,935 BANK, SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF 1565 00:56:45,935 --> 00:56:47,303 NORTH LOUISIANA, TEXAS AND 1566 00:56:47,303 --> 00:56:48,972 MISSISSIPPI FOR MORE THAN A 1567 00:56:48,972 --> 00:56:49,539 CENTURY. 1568 00:56:49,539 --> 00:56:51,341 COMMUNITY TRUST BANK IS A PROUD 1569 00:56:51,341 --> 00:56:55,912 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