To the Class of 2015:
I am not speaking to you as a football player, a Super Bowl champion, or a Hall of Famer. Nor am I speaking to you as a businessman, a father or a grandfather. I am speaking to you as a fellow member of our graduating class.
I know I’m different than most of you. I’m 74 years old! Between 1959, when I enrolled at the University of Minnesota, and this spring, when I completed my diploma, I’ve lived a pretty extraordinary life. I’ve won the Rose Bowl, earned a Super Bowl ring and have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall Of Fame as well as several College Halls of Fame.