DR. KING'S VISION OF HOW WE CAN ALL BE GREAT

A moving part of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.s "The Drum Major Instinct" speech that talks about servanthood.  It is something that Coach Don Meyer speaks of often at his clinics and academies.  it is something that was spoken to our team and staff at LSU by Coach Dale Brown who taught me that basketball and coaching is simply a means to do a greater good for as many as we can reach.

But it has never been more elquently framed than in Dr. King's speech:

"If you want to be important, wonderful.

If you want to be recognized, wonderful.

If you want to be great, Wonderful!

But recognize that he who is greatest among you is your servant.

That’s the new definition of greatness. This morning, what I like about it is that by giving it the definition of greatness it means everybody can be great because everyone can serve.

"You don’t have to have a college degree to serve.

You don’t have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve.

You don’t have to know about Plato and Aristotle to serve.

You don’t have to know about Einstein’s Theory of Relativity to serve.

You don’t have to the know the Second Theory of Thermodynamics in Physics to serve!

You only need a heart full of grace.

A soul generated by love. You can be that servant."

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