The Bell

“A brass bell that hangs in the center of the compound for all the students to see…”

All you have to do to quit….is ring the bell.

Ring the bell and you no longer have to wake up at 5 O’clock….

Ring the bell and you no longer have to be in the freezing cold swims…

Ring the bell and you no longer have to do the obstacle courses, run five miles, and the PT and you no longer have to endure the hardships that special ops training demands…

All you have to do is ring the bell to get out…

If you want to change the world, don’t you ever, EVER…ring the bell…

 

Admiral McRaven US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) Commander (Ret.)

Commanded the Bin Laden Mission

Commencement speech 2014 University of Texas