It's the fifth time I stand on this shore, the Cuban shore, looking out at that distant horizon, believing, again, that I'm going to make it all the way across that vast, dangerous wilderness of an ocean. Not only have I tried four times, but the greatest swimmers in the world have been trying since 1950, and it's still never been done.
waa markii shanaad aan istaagayo xeebtaan, xeebta Kuuba (Cuba), anigoo fiirinayo fogaantasi aadka u dheer, aaminayo, mar labaad, inaan socon doono ilaa aan ka jaro baaxadaas aadka u weyn qatarta halista ah ee bada. Ma ahin kaliya inaan afar mar oo hore isku dayay, laakin dabaalyahanada ugu weynaa aduunka ayaa isku dayayay ilaa iyo sanadii 1950-kii, ilaa hada weli meesan ku guuleysan.
The team is proud of our four attempts. It's an expedition of some 30 people. Bonnie is my best friend and head handler, who somehow summons will, that last drop of will within me, when I think it's gone, after many, many hours and days out there. The shark experts are the best in the world -- large predators below. The box jellyfish, the deadliest venom in all of the ocean, is in these waters, and I have come close to dying from them on a previous attempt. The conditions themselves, besides the sheer distance of over 100 miles in the open ocean -- the currents and whirling eddies and the Gulf Stream itself, the most unpredictable of all of the planet Earth.
Kooxdeenu wey ku qanacsan yihiin isku daygeeni afarta mar ahaa ee hore. waa socdaal ka kooban 30 qofood. Bonnie waa saaxibteyda qaliga ah iyo hor joogahena kaaso aan iga raja dhigin, ilaa inta rajo ay igu jirto, markii aan quusto, kadib saacadoyin badan iyo maalmo aan kujirnay bada. qabiir yahanada yaxas badeedka aya ah kuwa dunida ugu qatarsan-- dhanka ugaarta waawen ee hoose. Malaay waabaydka, sunta halista ah ee bada kujiro, ayey biyahana leeyihiin, waana ku sigtay ineey idilaan isku daygoodi hore xaaladaha ay ku sugan yihiin naftooda, weliba dherarka toosan oo ka badan 100-ka mile ee bada furan-- dabeylaha iyo hirarka biyaha waregsanayo iyo badweynta naftirkeeda, waa sheeyaha aanla saadalin karin ee dhulka.
And by the way -- it's amusing to me that journalists and people, before these attempts, often ask me, "Well, are you going to go with any boats or any people or anything?"
Sidaas ay tahay, aad baan ula yaabaa suxufiyayaasha iyo dadka isku daya ineey i weediyaan, "Hagaag, dooman miyaa idin ka xeenayo
(Laughter)
ama dad ama wax uun?"
And I'm thinking, what are they imagining? That I'll just sort of do some celestial navigation --
Anigana waxan ku fekeraya waxay is weedinayaan ? inaan bada si raaxo leh iasaga baashalayo,
(Laughter)
misna aan midihalis ah afka kuwato,
And carry a bowie knife in my mouth, and I'll hunt fish and skin them alive and eat them, and maybe drag a desalinization plant behind me for fresh water.
oo an malayga iska ugaarsandono misna aan maqaar siibanayo oo aan iska cunayo, ama aan biyaha bada iska fiiltareesanayo si aan u cabo biya macaan.
(Laughter)
(Qosol)
Yes, I have a team.
Haa, waxaan leeyahay koox. (Qosol)
(Laughter)
waana qabiiriin, sidoo kalena waa geesiyaal ,
And the team is expert, and the team is courageous, and brimming with innovation and scientific discovery, as is true of any major expedition on the planet.
kuna hoolan waxyaalo cusub iyo cilmiga seeyniska soo saaridiisa, taaso run ahaantii ah socdaal dheer oo lagu maro dunida.
And we've been on a journey. And the debate has raged, hasn't it, since the Greeks, of isn't it what it's all about? Isn't life about the journey, not really the destination? And here we've been on this journey, and the truth is, it's been thrilling. We haven't reached that other shore, and still, our sense of pride and commitment, unwavering commitment. When I turned 60, the dream was still alive from having tried this in my 20s -- dreamed it and imagined it. The most famous body of water on the Earth today, I imagine, Cuba to Florida. And it was deep. It was deep in my soul.
waxaana ku jirnay safarkaas. Doodiina waxa ka dhashay caro, soomahin. tan iyo Giriigii, miyeesan ku saabsaneen? Miyeesan noloshu safar aheen, maahin dhamaadka? Anaguna waxaan kuguda jirnay safarkaan, xaqiiqduna waa, mid aad uxiiso badan. Weli ma aanan gaarin xeebta kale, welina isku daygeenii iyo balanteenii, balanteenii aanan is badalin. Ilaa aan goortii 60-jirsaday, riyadaydii weli way nooleyd isku daygii waagi aan 20-jirka ahaay, iyo riyadeeydi iyo hamigeeygii. Cadadii biyo ee ugu caansanaa ee dunidan maanta, hadii aan qiyaso, waa inta u dhaxeysa Cuba ila Florida. Waxayna ahey mid aad mool u ah. mid nolosheyda aa ugu fog.
When I turned 60, it wasn't so much about the athletic accomplishment, it wasn't the ego of "I want to be the first." That's always there and it's undeniable. But it was deeper. It was "how much life is there left?" Let's face it -- we're all on a one-way street, aren't we? And what are we going to do? What are we going to do as we go forward, to have no regrets looking back? And all this past year in training, I had that Teddy Roosevelt quote to paraphrase it, floating around in my brain. It says, "You go ahead. You go ahead and sit back in your comfortable chair and you be the critic, you be the observer, while the brave one gets in the ring and engages and gets bloody and gets dirty and fails over and over and over again, but yet isn't afraid and isn't timid and lives life in a bold way."
Markii aan 60-jirsadayna, maysan aheyn mid aan guul ka gaaray, maysan aheen sida "waxaan rabaa inaa noqdo koowad" Midaasna ma ahan mid la inkiri karo. laakin waxay aheyd mid qoto dheer. waxay aheyd, imisa ayaad noolan? Aan wajahno, anagoo dhan isku mooqif aan nahay, meeysan aheyn, maxaan sameeynaa? maxan sameyna si aan horay ugu socono si aanan u shalaaynin ? Iyo sanadkaan dhan oo aan tababarka kujirnay, Waxan haayay Teddy Roosevelt (nin magaciisa) oraahdiisa oo kooban, weli maskaxdayda ayee ka dhex guuxesa, waxay leedahay," Horay u soco, horay u soco misna ku fadhiiso kursigaaga raaxada ah noqona dhaliil-raadiye, fiirsade, halka geesigana uugalayo xerada ganaaxa asigoo dhiigayo misna wasaq ka muuqato hadana guul dareesanayo marba marka ka dambeeso, laakin weli aanan cabsaneynin misna fulay aheen kuna nool nolol heer saro ah."
And so of course I want to make it across. It is the goal, and I should be so shallow to say that this year, the destination was even sweeter than the journey.
Sidoo kale dabcan waxan rabaa inaan is dhaafiyo. waa hamigeyna, si aanan qoto dheeren wa in aan u dhahaa sanadkani, socdaalkeen wuxuu ahaa mid aad uga xiiso badan safarkeena.
(Laughter)
(Qosol) (Sacbis)
(Applause)
laakin safarku wuxuu ahaa mid aadid mudan.
But the journey itself was worthwhile taking. And at this point, by this summer, everybody -- scientists, sports scientists, endurance experts, neurologists, my own team, Bonnie -- said it's impossible. It just simply can't be done, and Bonnie said to me, "But if you're going to take the journey, I'm going to see you through to the end of it, so I'll be there."
Hadadaan, xagaagan, qof walbo-- seynis yahanada, ciyaatooyda, seeynis yahanada, qabiiryahanada dagan, taqasusayasha cilmiga neerfaha, kooxdeeyda, Bonnie-- ayaa igu dhaheen suurto gal maahin. ma dhici karto, Bonnie-na waxay igu dhahday, "Laakin hadaa safarkaasi aadaysid waxaan arki doona adigaa ka dhexbaxay gabi ahaan, marka waan kula socon doona."
And now we're there. As we're looking out, kind of a surreal moment before the first stroke, standing on the rocks at Marina Hemingway, the Cuban flag is flying above, all my team is out in their boats, hands up in the air, "We're here! We're here for you!" Bonnie and I look at each other and say, this year, the mantra is -- and I've been using it in training -- Find a way. You have a dream and you have obstacles in front of you, as we all do. None of us ever get through this life without heartache, without turmoil, and if you believe and you have faith and you can get knocked down and get back up again and you believe in perseverance as a great human quality, you find your way. And Bonnie grabbed my shoulders, and she said, "Let's find our way to Florida."
Hadana waan joogna bartii. Oo sidii aan banaanka u eegeynay, si dhab ahaan ah Intanan dabaalan kaho, waxaan ku wada istagsaneen dhagaxyada Marina Hemingway, Calanka Cuba-na si sare kor ayuu luxanayay, kooxdayda dhamantoodna doomankoda ayeey kasoo wada baxeen, Ayagoo gacmaha kor u tagayo,"Waan imaanay, waan idiin imaaay," Aniga iyo Bonnie waan is yara eegnay, anagoo dhaheeno, Sanadkani, waa kii aan ku duceysanay-- waana kusoo duceesan jiray intan tababaranayay-- si aan wado u helo. Riya ayaad wada leedihiin carqalada ayaana idin hor taalo, sida anaga oo kale. Midkeenaba nolosha kama guulesto qalbi jab la aan, Jaha-wareer la aan, hadii aad aaminsantahay oo aadna iiman leedahay waa guul dareesan kartaa hadana waa kasoo kaban kartaa oo aad aamin san tahay mintidnimo si qof karti leh, waad guuleysan, Bonnie aya mar dhankeyga aheyd, ayadoo i dhahaysay," Nakeen aan Florida aadno."
And we started, and for the next 53 hours, it was an intense, unforgettable life experience. The highs were high, the awe -- I'm not a religious person, but I'll tell you, to be in the azure blue of the Gulf Stream as if, as you're breathing, you're looking down miles and miles and miles, to feel the majesty of this blue planet we live on -- it's awe-inspiring. I have a playlist of about 85 songs, and especially in the middle of the night ... That night, because we use no lights -- lights attract jellyfish, lights attract sharks, lights attract baitfish that attract sharks, so we go in the pitch black of the night. You've never seen black this black. You can't see the front of your hand, and the people on the boat, Bonnie and my team on the boat -- they just hear the slapping of the arms, and they know where I am, because there's no visual at all. And I'm out there kind of tripping out on my little playlist.
Safarkena ayan horey usii wadanay, 53-da saacadood ee soo socota waxay ahey mid aad u dhib badan, oo lama ilowan ah Sareeye waa sare, xooga badan, ma ahi qof diini ah, laakin waan ku sheegayaa, joogida bada buluuga aadka u weyn sidii adigo neefsanayo, misna hoos u fiirinaya baaxad aadka u weyn adigoo is wedinaya awooda leh koonkani buluuga aah kunool nahay waa sheey si xoogleh kuu dhiiri galinaya. waxaan heesta heesa gaarayo ilaa iyo 85 heesod, saqdii dhexe habeenkii qaasatan, habeenkas, maxa yelay nal ma isticmaalno habeenki--- nalka waxay soo jiitaan malay waabaydka, yaxasyada, waxaykaloo ku kenan nooc malay ah oo yaxaska cuno, marka habeenimo mugdi ah ayaan socona. Walliga mugdi noocas ah oo kale maadan arag. Xitaa calaacashada ma arki kartid, Misda dadka doonta saaran, Bonnie iyo kooxdeyda doonta saaran, waxay kaliya maqlayaan waa garaaca gacmaha, weyena ogyihiin meesha aan joogo, maxa yeelay wax arag ah maba jiro waxana kasoo baxay meesha sidii anigoo ku dheelayo Heesta ii daaran.
(Laughter)
(Qosol)
I've got tight rubber caps, I don't hear a thing. I've got goggles and I'm turning my head 50 times a minute, and I'm singing ...
waxa ii xiran koofida dabaasha, marka waxba ma maqlo waxa ii xeran ookiyaalo misna madaxayga ayaan 50 mar daqiidii geesba gees u wareejiya, weli waan heesayaa,
(Singing) Imagine there's no heaven
♪Qiyaas jano la 'aan♪
(Laughter)
♪ doo doo doo doo doo♪
doo doo doo doo doo It's easy if you try doo doo doo doo doo
♪ way fududahay hadaad iskudaydo ♪ ♪doo doo doo doo doo ♪ kun mar oo iska xigto waan qaadi karaa heestaas.
And I can sing that song a thousand times in a row.
(Qosol)
(Laughter)
Hadee waa xirfad ayada naftirkeeda..
Now there's a talent unto itself.
(Qosol) (Sacab)
(Laughter)
(Applause)
waqti walba aan heestaas qaado
And each time I get done with,
♪ Ooh, iska dheh waxan ahay qof iska riyoodo laakin Aniga Kaliyah kuma jiro ♪
(Singing) Oh, you may say I'm a dreamer but I'm not the only one
222.
Laba boqo labaatan iyo labo (222)
(Singing) Imagine there's no heaven
♪ Qiyaas jano la'aan ♪
(Laughter)
markaan soo gaaro dhamaadka kun-ka mar
And when I get through the end of a thousand of John Lennon's "Imagine," I have swum nine hours and 45 minutes ... exactly.
ee heesta John Lennon "Qiyaas," waxaan dabaashay sagaal saac iyo afartan iyo shan daqiiqad Sida saxda ah .
(Laughter)
Kadib waxaa jiro dhibatoyin. Dabcan wey jiraan.
And then there are the crises. Of course there are. And the vomiting starts, the seawater -- you're not well. You're wearing a jellyfish mask for the ultimate protection. It's difficult to swim in. It's causing abrasions on the inside of the mouth, but the tentacles can't get you. And the hypothermia sets in. The water's 85 degrees, and yet you're losing weight and using calories. And as you come over toward the side of the boat -- not allowed to touch it, not allowed to get out, but Bonnie and her team hand me nutrition and ask me how I'm doing, am I all right. I am seeing the Taj Mahal --
Matak Ayaa bilaabanaya, biyaha bada , Adigane ma wanagsanid, waxaa xirantahay gashanka wejiga la gashto si malay waabayga uusan kuu waxyeeleenin. aad beey u adagtahay inaad ku dhex dabaalatid. Waxay sababesa in afkaga gudihisa uu diirka ka qaadmo, Laakin lug shabaha (xaywan leh luga badan oo bada dhexdeda ku nool) kuma wax yeeleen karo. Iyo qabowga bada. Heer kulka biyaha waa 85-degrees, welina miisankaga wuu naaqusayaa adigoo isticmaalayo qalabka heer kulka lagu cabiro, markii aad imaado dhanka doonta, laguma ogolo inaad taabato, mana laguu ogolo inaad kadagato, laakin Bonnie iyo kooxdeeda ayaa isiiyeen nafaqo ina weeydiyeen sidaan ahay, miyaan ladanahay, halkaan ayaa Taj Mahal (waa dhisma aad uqurux badan oo India kuyaalo) uga jeeda.
(Laughter)
Over here. I'm in a very different state --
Xaalad kale ayaanba ku jiraa,
(Laughter)
waxana ku fekerayaa, woow, waligey maba is dhihin
And I'm thinking, "Wow! I never thought I'd be running into the Taj Mahal out here. It's gorgeous! I mean, how long did it take them to build that? It's just ... So, uh -- wooo -- you know?
Halkaan ayaan Taj mahal ku booqan doona. Aad beey u qurux badantahay Calashaan, imisa ayeey ku qaadatay ineey dhisaan? Kaliya--Uh, wuuuu. (Qosol)
(Laughter)
We kind of have a cardinal rule that I'm never told how far it is, because we don't know how far it is. What's going to happen to you between this point and that point? What's going to happen to the weather and the currents and, God forbid, you're stung, when you don't think you could be stung in all this armor. Bonnie made a decision coming into that third morning that I was suffering, and I was hanging on by a thread. And she said, "Come here," and I came close to the boat, and she said, "Look, look out there." And I saw light, because the day is easier than the night, and I thought we were coming into day. I saw a stream of white light along the horizon, and I said, "It's going to be morning soon." And she said, "No, those are the lights of Key West." It was 15 more hours, which for most swimmers would be a long time.
Hadana waxaan leenahay sharci ah In xaqiiqdi aanba liisheegin dhererka meeshan usocono, Maxaa yeelay anagaba ma ognin dhererkeeda. Maxaa kugu dhici doono inta u dhexeesa labadaan caaradood? Maxaa ku dhici doona jawiga iyo korontadaba , Ilaahey amarkiis, meel aaba ku xanuuni adigooba is dhahaya xanuun maba dareemesid goor aa gaashankan dhan aa heesatid, Bonnie ayaa go'aan gaartay subaxnimadii maalintii sedaxaa ee ku xigtay oo aan xanuunsanayay misna aan qatarta kujiray waxayna igu dhahday, "Kaalay," waxaana ag imaaday doonta, waxayna igu dhaday "Fiiri, Halkaas fiiri," waxana arkay iftiin, maxa yelay waay fududahay in wax la arko maalintii, waxaana umaleyay maalin inay noqoneso, waxaana arkay il iftiin cad ah oo kaso jeedo meel yara fog, waxan ku dhahay, "Maalin ayee noqonee mardhow," Waxayna igu dhahday, "Maya, waa nalal muhiim u ah dhanka Galbeedka." Waxaa noo dhimnaay 15 saacadood oo kale, taas oo waqti badan ku noqoneeso dabaalyahanada badankood.
(Laughter)
(Qosol) (Sacbis)
(Applause)
Ma ogtid inta mar oo aan tababar dabaal oo 15 saac qaadaneso aan horay u sameeyay.
You have no idea how many 15-hour training swims I had done.
So here we go, and I somehow, without a decision, went into no counting of strokes and no singing and no quoting Stephen Hawking on the parameters of the universe. I just went into thinking about this dream, and why and how. As I said, when I turned 60, it wasn't about that concrete "Can you do it?" That's the everyday machinations. That's the discipline, and it's the preparation, and there's a pride in that. But I decided to think, as I went along, about -- you know, the phrase usually is, "reaching for the stars." And in my case, it's reaching for the horizon. And when you reach for the horizon, as I've proven, you may not get there. But what a tremendous build of character and spirit that you lay down; what a foundation you lay down in reaching for those horizons.
Markaa waa kanaa, go'aan la'aan baan horay usocday anoo jugta igu dhaceso tirineenin misna heeseenin, oraahda Stephen Hawking aana aqrineenin ama xuduudaha dunida, Riyadaan uun baa horay usii watay, misna "Sabab" iyo "Sidee." Saa horey dhahay, markii aan 60 jirsaday, meysan aheen ku adkeesashada ah "Miyaa sameen kartaa"? Taasi waa sirteena maalmeedka ah. Waa anshaxa, iyo is diyaarinta, Sharaf ayeena taa leedahay. Intan horay u socday ayan waxan go'an saday oo an ku fekeray In ay oraahdeenu ay xidigaha isku shareertay, ani ahaan , waxayba gaaresa meel aad uga sii saresa xidigaha. Markii aad gaartid meel sare, sidii aan horay idinkugu cadeeyay, ma gaaresid xidigahas, laakin aqbaartada aadku u awooda badan iyo mooraalkaga aad dhistay ayaa gaaraya. Aas aaska aad horay u dhistay ayaa gaaraya heer sare.
And now, the shore is coming. And there's just a little part of me that's sad. The epic journey is going to be over.
Hadana xeebtii wey soo dhawaatay, qeeb yar oo aniga iga mid ah ayaa murugeeysan, Safarkeeni qotada dheeraa ayaa dhamaan rabo.
So many people come up to me now and say, "What's next?"
Dad aad utiro badan ayaa ii imanayo oo i dhahayo, "Maxaa inoo xiga? Weeynu jecel nahay midaas!
(Laughter)
"We love that!"
(Laughter)
Raad-raacahas yara ee kumbuyuutara kor saarnaa?
"That little tracker on the computer? When are you going to do the next one? We can't wait to follow the next one." Well, they were just there for 53 hours, and I was there for years. And so there won't be another epic journey in the ocean.
Goormee sameeyneeynesa midka xiga? waxaan sugi la'nahay inaan raacno midka xiga." Koleey, waxay kaliya joogen 53 saacadood, anigana waxaan halkaa joogay sanadooyin. Marka safar dambe oo qota dheer oo bada loo aado majiri doonto.
But the point is, and the point was, that every day of our lives is epic. And I'll tell you, when I walked up onto that beach, staggered up onto that beach ... I had so many times, in a very puffed-up ego way, rehearsed what I would say ...
Laakin macnahaygu waxay tahay, ama ahaan doontaa Inay maalin walbo tahay maalin qoto dheer, waxaana kuu sheegaya, markii aan xeebta ku kor socday xeebta ayaan aad ula dhacsanaa, waqti badan ayaan heestay si farxad iyo heer sare ay ku dheehan tahay, waxaanba xeebta ku taba-baranayay wixii aan dhihi lahaay.
(Laughter)
on the beach. When Bonnie thought the back of my throat was swelling up, she brought the medical team over to our boat to say, "She's really beginning to have trouble breathing; another 12, 24 hours in the saltwater ..." -- the whole thing -- I just thought, in my hallucinatory moment, that I heard the word "tracheotomy."
Mar ay Bonnie umaleysay inay qeebta hoose ee cunahayga ay barareeysay, misna ay doonteena keentay kooxda caafimaadka si ay u dhahdo xaqiiqdii waxay bilaabeysaa inay neefta dhib ku noqoto. 12 ilaa 24 saac oo kale ee biyaha dhanaanka dhexdiisa, gabi ahaan--- anigana waxan ku fekeray Inaan mar si dhab ahaaned u maqlay erayga "Qoor-goyn"
(Laughter)
(Qosol)
Bonnie said to the doctor, "I'm not worried about her not breathing. If she can't talk when she gets to the shore, she's going to be pissed off."
Bonnie ayaa waxay dhaqtarkii ku dhahday, " kama wal walsani neefsasho la'aanteeda. hadayba hadli karin markeey xeebta gaarto, aad beey u xanaaqeysa."
(Laughter)
(Qosol)
But the truth is, all those orations that I had practiced, just to get myself through some training swims as motivation -- it wasn't like that. It was a very real moment, with that crowd, with my team. We did it. I didn't do it. We did it. And we'll never forget it. It'll always be part of us.
Laakin runta waxay tahay, qudbooyinkaan dhan aan horay ugu soo tabab -bartay si aan uga fakto tababarka daabasha qaarkood si dhiira galin ah, meysan aheen sidaas. waxay aheyd waqti dhab ah, oo aan la soconay bulshadas, kooxdeeyda. weeynu ku guulesanay, kaligey ma guleysan, laakin dhamaantena. mana hilmaami doono waligeyn, qeeb naga mid ah bey ahaan doontaa.
The three things I did sort of blurt out when we got there, was first: Never, ever give up. I live it. What's the phrase from today from Socrates?
Seddaxda sheey oo afkayga ka faktayna markii aan halkii aan rabnay gaarnay waxay ahayd, mida koowaad "waligaa, marna ha quusan." Waan ku noolahay. Waa maxay macnaha maanta ee filoosafarkii Socrates?
Audience: To be is to do.
Ahaansho waa sameen.
Diana Nyad: To be is to do. So I don't stand up and say, "Don't ever give up." I didn't give up. There was action behind these words.
Marka inaan istaago ma iska dhahayo, marnaba haquusan. Maana quusanin, ficil ayaana ka dambeeyay erayadaan. Mida labaad waa, "Riyadaada waad ku dooran kartaa
The second is: You can chase your dreams at any age; you're never too old. Sixty-four; a thing no one, at any age, any gender, could ever do has done it. And there's no doubt in my mind that I am at the prime of my life today.
da' walbo; kama duqoobeesid." Lixdan iyo afar, qofnaba da'walbo aha ahaatee, jinsi walbo, aanan waligeed sameen, aa sameeyay, wax shaki ahna niyadayda kuma jiraan inaan maanta ahay aas-aasaha ama hogaanka nolosheyda.
(Applause)
(Sacbis)
Yeah.
Haa.
(Applause)
Mahadsanidiin.
Thank you.
And the third thing I said on that beach was, it looks like the most solitary endeavor in the world, and in many ways, of course, it is. And in other ways, and the most important ways, it's a team. And if you think I'm a badass, you want to meet Bonnie.
Mida seddaxaad oo aan xeebta ku dhahay waxay aheyd, "Waxay u muuqata inay tahay dadaalki ugu adkaa ee qof kaliya sameeyo ebed dunidaan aan jogno" hadii dhan loo fiiriyo, dabcan, weey tahay, dhaka kalena, misna ah dhanka ugu muhiimsan, waa dadaal koox, hadaa umaleeso inaan ahay qof lala dhaco Bonnie inaa la kulanto waaye."
(Laughter)
(Qosol)
Bonnie, where are you? Where are you? There's Bonnie Stoll.
Bonnie, ku aaway? Ku aaway? Waa tanaa Bonnie Stoll. (Sacbis)
(Applause)
Saaxibteyda.
My buddy.
(Applause)
Oraahdii Henry David Thoreau (Nin qoraay ahaa magaciis) ayaa sidan aheyd,
The Henry David Thoreau quote goes, "When you achieve your dreams, it's not so much what you get as who you have become in achieving them." And yeah, I stand before you now. In the three months since that swim ended, I've sat down with Oprah, and I've been in President Obama's Oval Office; I've been invited to speak in front of esteemed groups such as yourselves; I've signed a wonderful major book contract. All of that's great, and I don't denigrate it. I'm proud of it all, but the truth is, I'm walking around tall because I am that bold, fearless person, and I will be, every day, until it's time for these days to be done.
Markii aad hesho riyadaada, ma ahin waxa aad u badan oo aad hesho ee waa waxa aad noqotay markii aad heshay. Haa, hortiina ayaan hada istaag sanahay. Seddax bil gudaheeda markii ay dabaashi dhamaatay, waxaan la fadhiistay Oprah (naag Tv show leh oo America ku sugan) waxana kaloo kula kulmay madaxweyne Obama (Madaxweynaha Mareekanka) xafiiskiisa. waxaa laigu marti qaaday inaan kahor hadlo kooxo aad u sharaf badan sidiina oo kale. waxaan kaloo saxiixay heshiis book aad u qurux badan oo weyn. Waxyaalahan oo dhan waa wax aad igugu weyn, mana xaiqiri karo. aad baan ugu faraxsanahay, laakin runta waa, mar walbo waan socdaa maxaa yeelay waxaan ahay qof geesi ah, aan marnaba cabsaneynin, waana ahaan doonaa, marwalbo. ilaa aan kahool gabo.
Thank you very much and enjoy the conference.
Aad baad umahadsan tihiin , shirkana kuwada damaashaada.
Thank you. Thank you!
Mahadsanidiin. Mahadsanidiin, Mahadsanidiin. (Sacbis)
(Applause)
Mahadsanidiin. Mahadsanidiin, Mahadsanidiin.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you! Thank you.
Mahadsanidiin.
(Applause)
Horay usoco! (Sacbis)
Find a way!
(Applause)