Lance Armstrong

I recently saw Oprah's interview with Lance Armstrong. This part is where he choked up. And so did I =[    He can be stripped off his titles, including "cyclist", but you can't take off "parent".

Oprah's Farewell Speech

"Each one of you has your own platform. Do not let the trappings here fool you. Mine is a stage in a studio, yours is wherever you are with your own reach, however small or however large that reach is. Maybe it’s 20 people, maybe it’s 30 people, 40 people, your family, your friends, your neighbors, your classmates, your classroom, your co-workers. Wherever you are, that is your platform, your stage, your circle of influence. That is your talk show, and that is where your power lies. In every way, in every day, you are showing people exactly who you are. You’re letting your life speak for you. "

I love to read - sometimes memorize - and share quotations.  Oprah's farewell speech summarizes the 25 years of her shows.  Long, but poignant and powerful, it took up the entire program, thus I couldn't memorize =[  I often find myself googling for its transcript, so might as well put it on here.  Her speech - specifically the above lines - was what drove me to blog [more] and expand my audience.  Warning, if you're not a fan nor fond of O, you may stop right here or jump to the underlined - lines that I often go back to. 

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On September 8, 1986, the first national episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show was broadcast into homes across America. Now, 25 years later, Oprah steps onto the stage for the last time to share her greatest lessons and hopes for her viewers.

“After deliberating for some time, we decided to do what we do best, and that is a show about and with everyday people. This show always allows people, hopefully, to understand the power they have to change their own lives. If there’s one thread running through each show we do, it is the message that you are not alone. Twenty-five years and I’m still saying thank you, America. Thank you so much. There are no words to match this moment. Every word I’ve ever spoken from this stage of The Oprah Show for 4,561 days of my life is what this moment is all about.