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演講稿 5 President Gutmann。 Provost Price。 Board Chair Cohen。 fellow honorees。 and today’s graduates: I’m honored and grateful for the invitation today. It’s always great to be on the Penn campus. I’ve been to a lot of basketball games at the Palestra because my son played on the team. Coach didn’t give him enough playing time, but we’ll talk about that later. No, I’m very pleased with the progress Coach Allen has made and I wish them success in the future. I’d always get a warm wele here — except on the few occasions when I’d wear my Yank ees cap. It’s like taking your life in your hands. People would say: “We love you Denzel. But you walking around with that hat on?we don’t care who you are.” So you’ll be happy to see that I’m not wearing my Yankees cap today. But I am wearing my Yankees socks, my Yankees tshirt, and my Yankees underwear. Still, I’ll be honest with you: I’m a little nervous. Speaking at a graduation of this magnitude is a little overwhelming. This is out of my fort zone.