S4 —Lancaster Farming.-Saturday, June 26,1976
Have a dream 9 always pursue it
By DIETER KRIEG
UNIVERSITY PARK
Bobby Tucker, a 21-year old
agribusinessman from
Texas, stunned the audience
he addressed Wednesday
night at the new University
Auditorium, here. Appearing
very much at ease when he
took the microphone into his
hands, and speaking with a
typical Texas rapidity, he
drew the crowd closer to him
with a succession of amusing
stories. He appeared like a
pro would before TV
cameras.
Then he offered a rapid
fire pep talk, which was
probably very similar to
other such speeches, and yet
radically different. Towards
the end he seemed
emotionally strained, and
many in the audience were
near tears. Only minutes
before they had laughed at
bis funny stoires.
When Bobby Tucker bade
them farewell for the
evening, the full house of
people jumped hut of their
chairs to give the young man
a rousing standing ovation.
“Make up your mind to
act; exhaust every op-
portunity; never give up!”
the Texan exclaimed. He
noted that too often the
people who do the most
complaining about anything
are those who don’t care
enough to step into the ring
to try and change things.
Whether it’s In personal life,
tlie community, or even
larger spheres. Tucker
challenged the more than
’.500 people before him to
>ecome more involved: “Do
'our part,” he said, “we
never know how far we can
go until we try.”
“Have a dream and'
enough guts to stay in there
fighting,” he continued. To
dramatize his nlessage he
cited the failures and faults
of Peggy Fleming, who went
on to become a world
champion figure skater. But
die pretty girl on skates was
100 far away both physically
ond in listeners’ minds, to
~>in the message onto
veryone’s ear. Tucker
continued his talk by reciting
one failure after another in
the life of a person whom he
--new well and was right on
stage!
“If there’s anyone here
*ho knows what it’s like to
.’all flat on his face ... I
jiow what it’s like,” he said,
surprising the audience
abruptly. He noted that he
;ad suffered many defeats
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but he wouldn’t trade
anything for the failures he
faced and told the group:
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Bobby Tucker
“You are a winner as long as
, you’re in there fighting.”
_The young man found the
going a bit difficult as He
continued with his message,
informing the group that his
father was facing a seripus
battle with cancer. Inspired
by the words and actions of
his - father, Tucker an
nounced emotionally that
“things aren’t always as bad
as they seem.”
“As long as there’s
someone who thinks you can
... go ahead,” he said.
“Have the courage to reach
for a dream ... -the courage
to fight for it ... and the
.courage to stay in there
fighting. When you’re in
there fighting, you’re not a
loser - and never lose track
of your goals,” he said.
Tucker’s dream in life was
to move up in the ranks of the
FFA. He claimed he had
been a nobody - a loser - one
who placed near or at the
bottom of every competitive
event he entered. But he said
he kept sight of his am
bitions.
The young Texan said he
once entered a public
speaking contest and
finished eighth out of nine
The man in the upstairs
apartment yelled to the man
downstairs: “If you don’t
stop playing that clarinet,
I’ll go crazy.”
“Too late now,” the other
fellow yelled back. “I
stopped playing an hour
ago!” -
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