Denzel Washington's Motivational And Inspiring Commencement Speech At The University of Pennsylvania. Denzel shares his stories of failure, and how success is always just one failure away.
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00:00 You will fail at some point in your life except it you will lose you will embarrass yourself
00:05 You will suck at something. There's no doubt about it. I was a 1.8 GPA
00:10 One semester and the university very politely suggested that it might be better to take some time off. I
00:17 Was 20 years old. I was at my lowest point, but here's the thing I
00:22 didn't quit I
00:25 Didn't fall back
00:29 But I continued to fail and fail and fail but it didn't matter because you know, what there's an old saying
00:35 You hang around the barbershop long enough sooner or later. You're gonna get a haircut
00:39 So you will catch a break and I did catch a break
00:43 Last year
00:47 I did a play called fences on Broadway
00:49 It was at the same theater that I failed that first audition 30 years prior
00:56 Thomas Edison conducted 1,000 failed experiments. Did you know that? How do you know?
00:59 Because the 1,000 and first was the light bulb
01:04 Sometimes it's the best way to figure out where you're going never be discouraged
01:12 Never hold back
01:15 Give everything you got
01:17 And when you fall throughout life
01:20 Remember this
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