Abby Wambach: Barnard Commencement 2018

[@maryiorio426]

As a Barnard mom in the graduation audience during this address, I felt enormous gratitude to Abby for giving this rousing and important speech to our daughters! Proud to have my grad be part of Wombach's 2018 wolf pack!

[@s.f.4402]

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[@perischacknow]

I can't possibly like this enough. I've read it, I've watched it, and I still can't get through it without crying. On behalf of women -- and humanity -- everywhere, thank you, Abby. This is one of the most inspiring, motivating, and amazing speeches I've ever heard. BRAVA.

[@charutha5658]

I've heard it many times. Yet I come back when I feel down. This speech is so powerful that it never wears down it's spirit. Love for Wambach.❤️

[@j.n.sloane]

I've never heard a more powerful, important speech. Every woman should hear this. Thank you, Abby Wambach, for your strength, courage, commitment and leadership. But most of all, thank you for sharing your wisdom.

[@phogeys]

"If you're not a leader from the bench, don't call yourself a leader on the field. You're either a leader everywhere or nowhere" - A new quote to add to my collection on inspirations which include Pat Riley, Lao Tzu. Thank you!!

[@billjilljarahbenrobi]

I am so happy my daughter recommended this video! I made my day. Abby was wonderful! I too felt like cheering ....wish she had been my sports coach in high school..in 1957 !

[@lauriet93]

Goosebumps. I already sent this to my daughter and my niece. We are the ones we have been waiting for!! LOVED everything about this speech - so inspiring!!

[@MrJupiter65]

have always admired you. I just spent a two-and-a-half week stent in the hospital with a brain infection. Had two brain surgeries in a biopsy. Now I'm walking around with with wonky eyes still being able to see in color but what is most important is your speech. I played it over and over in the hospital. To hear you my hero speak of equality for all gave me something to fight for. I can never thank you for the bottom of my heart the how much this meant to me. I loved it so much I put it on one of my playlist which I do by monthly called there are two wolves. It is now helping a friend of mine and rehab. You Are my superhero I believe in you

[@juliebee4841]

MrJupiter65 ❤️❤️❤️

[@michellehoward7295]

Wow. Goose bumps, tears, and all the feels. Love every single word! Amazing words to remember and live by. #wolfpack

[@jeannehood5319]

Wonderful lesson. This is the first time I have really understood that maybe why women don’t seem to support other women is because if they take the only seat at the table there might not be a place for us. It’s time we support each other so that the first one who sits down will save the next empty seat for one of the women who supported her. And so the pack grows!

[@nikithran3893]

Go wolf pack! Thanks Abby for your inspiration. I’m howling at the moon!

[@CindyAronson]

One of my favorite speeches! I bought Abby's book - such power in few words!!

[@SherylBrown]

This - - I'm all about this! It's why I'm writing my book (Females And Finance) and telling the stories of 365 women working in financial services. Women deserve equal everything!

[@eileensalsman1234561]

Abby, I just listened to this for the first time. You are incredible and inspiring and beautiful inside and out!

[@jaynieogren1065]

Amazing and Inspirational. "Failure is something to be powered by"! Words to live by. Thanks Abby!!!

[@Nmucciolo]

I cried. I’m in awe of this woman, this message. Thank you

[@lisamead5268]

I love this message. All of us women are part of this wolf pack. It is our time!

[@nellyseda5195]

great words Abby! Let's spread the seed, the seed of change and empowerment for all!

[@elainekommenge1157]

We are the wolves! Let's take the ball and change the world! Amazing speach...I will be quoting this forever. Thanks Abby.

[@supportteam6808]

The wolf murdered the grandmother..and plotted and planned to kill Little Red Riding Hood.. You might want to reconsider finding empowerment in a devious, malicious and murderous character.

[@sophiagraham3093]

Abby is such an inspirational speaker. I come back to this speech time and time again when I am feeling down. Love me some Abby!

[@xl_Jettstream_lx]

Powerful, everyone should watch and listen.

[@ginahecht8268]

Best speech I have seen in a long time - such great messages! Inspiring!

[@mmoore9244]

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. We women needed to hear that.

[@blessedlonewolf5518]

This message would be welcome at EVERY commencement!!! Love your message Amy!!

[@victoriayornet7130]

SO GRATEFUL for this right now. This is beautiful.

[@soulfood4959]

Every father with a daughter should view this together!

[@JustAnotherViewer10]

Or, rather, every mom should watch it with her daughter(s)!

[@daddyho9083]

Or, every parent should watch it with their children - daughters and sons!

[@crazylegend7609]

true

[@calliewood8165]

Literally gives me goosebumps. I have her book as well and it's equally amazing.

[@DarcyPetrarca]

Amazingly motivational. I’ve shared this with my daughters!

[@cynthiaps3]

one of the most inspiring commencement addresses! Required reading. Thank you, Abby.

[@shannonnelson7994]

Abby, you are my hero. Always have been and always will be. Your message was fantastic and I will take your wolfpack rules with me wherever I go!

[@reneeseaton3889]

This speech should be mandatory curriculum in junior high throughout the USA! We must uplift our young girls to believe in themselves!

[@marianaoud]

When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives. We were always the wolves. Time to unite the pack and change the system

[@antonnebroussard]

We will never forget you Abby ❤️❤️❤️

[@claudiakittydisco3412]

Rocking speech. Lead from anywhere. Be the wolves. Ask for the friggin ball, fearlessly forge into the future and share the celebration of being part of the world's salvation x #OhYeahBaby!

[@Dinoslava75]

Amazing Abby…I desperately needed your voice today! Thank you for sharing this inspiring speech!

[@LoKom12]

She is all around amazing. Such a good speech, thank you, Abby.

[@paulwagner688]

The lone wolf dies, but the pack survives. Winter is coming.

[@jojolostie]

Paul Wagner Winter is here. 🙂

[@mrtechnophile3483]

Very poetic, however I have no idea what you mean by that.

[@iampomegranates]

MrTechnophile It’s a Game of Thrones quote. Wolves are a big theme.

[@82MCG]

@@mrtechnophile3483 G.O.T quote

[@scottwillis5434]

@BLITZ yes, that's where it is from. What does he/she *mean* by that? Anything specific, or just free association?

[@thomasbrooklyn1820]

LET'S ALL SUPPORT EQUAL PAY FOR WOMEN FOR EQUAL WORK Any woman that can dominate in the NBA or as an NFL quarterback should be paid as much as Kobe Bryant and Peyton Manning!

[@katerinkot]

Thank you , Abby. Thank you, sister

[@AM-vp1bk]

Proud to be a woman. Proud to be a wolf. Damn, woman. That was very, very, very well said.

[@bcdgo3]

Wow, Wolfpack we are needed now more than ever. Thank you, Abby, for this call to rise-always, in every way. #wolfpack

[@xodancerxo312]

What an incredible speech.

[@Emdubyu]

Wolf pack. Thank you, Abby Wambach!

[@kristyscheer5642]

She's just amazing. Love her.

[@est9949]

Wow this is such an amazing speech. Thank you for everything that you have done for the USWNT Abby. We'll never forget you though!

[@kimroberts712]

EPIC!!!!!!

[@miedema_love]

Amazing speech. Thank you, Abby. You truly are an icon!

[@SySoBa]

Great speech Abby! Always love hearing from her, the soccer icon.

[@samezidrovibes]

A great speech!!! 🙌🏼

[@haifakhoury209]

Great speech, very inspiring!

[@tracishannon6126]

Love the message.

[@liagiaconelli2123]

7:29 for my AP Lang girlies

[@laurafarina5311]

Beautiful. Meaningful.

[@luluvox]

UGH I love this beautiful human so much. Thank you, Abby.

[@est9949]

I know right! Abby is so amazing. I miss watching her on the USWNT so much.

[@kimberlytableman4977]

So powerful. I needed this reminder today. :)

[@escazuzu9950]

Powerful message.

[@hobokenhappypaws550]

This was so good!

[@francesevelynrogers1123]

Amazing!

[@msauer6417]

Speak it woman speak it

[@alexandraserrano3669]

Hi, i want to make the translate, i hope you can give the permissions in youtube :)

[@78skj]

Pure wisdom and eloquence, what an inspirational icon!

[@mialindvall]

So utterly amazing ❤

[@lynnebrowne4584]

Love this!

[@ShellyLegit]

Epic. 🏆

[@craigemmafollows832]

Brilliant!!!!

[@ecos2316]

WOW!

[@salmaarshi6981]

This is beautiful

[@sonnyceeplaylist6337]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@debravandyke7394]

Love you!

[@phylisbrown7141]

Well done Abby. Wolfpack💪🏼

[@crazylegend7609]

Why is there 68 dislikes?

[@vaishalivaidya7978]

Your wife's words, beings sound like voice of intuition, voice of God to me. Beginning to love you too

[@TheGrownUPchildren]

To the 48 people who pressed the "thumbs down" button....I hope you ARE intimidated by our wolf pack, but I also hope you find your own wolfpack. And I hope that when a woman, or a person of color, or a marginalized person says, "GIVE ME THE EFFING BALL!", you get out of their way.

[@rayderosa18]

Id like to punch you in the throat. I’d like to see how empowered you felt after that.

[@rayderosa18]

If you wanted to be equal I would be all for you and with you. But what you really want is superiority.

[@rayderosa18]

No you don’t, you want to replace the man on his throne.

[@patrizialabella]

Men have been on it too long. Women’s turn now.

[@nicholeeanne]

ugh, God I love her.

[@mattwojtowicz7848]

16:36 SUS🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨😳😳😭😨😱

[@nazaharin]

Wow .. what a speech..

[@BBGG-5]

💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@johnslyira9901]

❤

[@crazylegend7609]

GOOD!!

[@kristireyes9045]

Unite the pack!

[@loganquinn9452]

I'd vote for Abby Wambach for President in 2020, based on this speech alone, first time I've been exposed to her. :D

[@est9949]

She's always such a great leader on the USWNT, taking all the younger players under her wing. The player she mentioned, Alex Morgan, literally idolizes Abby as her mentor. Ugh I miss watching Abby play so much!

[@Lirree88]

This was BEAUTIFUL. I noticed there are a few men on the stage clapping at the end who look scared out of their wits.

[@doomy_doomy2225]

This comment is so hilarious. Thank you for the laugh. Probably because for 25 minutes they were verbally attack just for being born a man lmao.

[@suzannem1176]

Epic. I wish everyone would’ve started howling like wolves.

[@そら-o2k]

彼女は最高！

[@laurafarina5311]

17 thumbs down for this? all frightened men?

[@genguzzardo7124]

Laura Farina haha

[@doomy_doomy2225]

People with brain cells. @ Me ;)

[@alish6055]

😍😘

[@carlottalacy3462]

Give me the f-ing ball!!

[@mercysalomejemutai5072]

wolf pack!!

[@hussienalsafi1149]

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸😘😘😘😘😘

[@maevehegarty9934]

- 7:00

[@MrJupiter65]

Bakermat - Learn to Lose ft. Alex Clare Is a song about your speech. Who says queers can't change the world. You did! And you made me a better person for doing so

[@amirelazhary]

Day 30 of me trying to get famous just by a comment

[@stitchss]

why her

[@tanjuhassan3836]

I heard another women speak on "The pay gap". That related to the roles women choose as in the non dirty, dangerous jobs that recduce there earning capacity. Also how women's sport does not generate the money that men's sport does and this accounts for the pay gap? Interesting perspective from a women....

[@cakearmy_maxgaming6346]

but the gender pay gap doesn't exist...

[@remsorian3]

why don't you talk about the planet that needs to be maintained and cared for and a lot of things that need to be done on None of them I've seen say about this planet instead of talking about it

[@Lori_Kirstein]

We are the #wolfpack! www.GoodbyeGoodGirl.com.

[@twocents777]

Why weren't champion athletes of the Special Olympics honored in the ESPYs as Abby was?They too did not have to compete with elite men's athletes in their sports. Abby's excellence is recognized only because she stayed on the very defined path of women's sports. You are a top wolf as long as you compete with only the bitches of the pack. And that, Abby, is why you don't have Kobe and Peyton's bank accounts.

[@elizabethheyenga9277]

I dig Abby but found this speech to sound like a tie-in to her book. Can't join the pack on this one!

[@Jdog-cy5ev]

She earned more money than the mens team and still complained she wasn't being paid fairly. This is do to the choice that was made by her and the team for their contract. They were offered the exact same contract and denied it for the other.

[@jaygill5582]

I wambach, you wambach, he, she, me wambach... (from Patrick Star)

[@taylorleclair1765]

wrong

[@supportteam6808]

Another emotionally wounded person...who grew up lost ...and is now telling young women leaving college that they are not Little Red Riding Hood in the fairy tale...but that they are the Wolf in the story!.. The wolf that ate the grandmother and tried to kill little red riding hood.... Hurt people...turn into angry, hostile people when they don't get help! This poor woman is so lost....she doesn't even consider the fact that the wolf in the story is a cold blooded murderer who uses cunning and deceit to trap, and kill innocent victims. She also destroyed the morale of the story in her speech. Little Red Riding Hood is about the dangers that lurk and wait for us to venture from the path of righteousness.... I pray that this woman gets the help she desperately needs!

[@cf3230]

Thanks Fox News an Russian spam bot ...eat dicks...clearly, no comprehension \of the English language, please American fix it...this is how Rome galls...with stupid people with hardened edges...I wish our Americans were so smart...

[@HotDog88GT]

They have man-hating dog whistles, too? Recycling a self-important Obama line like “we are the ones we are waiting for” doesn’t help these kids, and they are kids. The “glass ceiling” was shattered decades ago. Women are in leadership positions the world over, in and out of government, and still kids have to sit and listen to this crap?

[@supportteam6808]

That is ABSOLUTELY not what she was talking about!!! Pointing out the insanity of a statement isn't trolling! You are the one who needs to listen to her speech and not what you think she meant! The reference to her and the other girls not being Little Red Riding Hood but the Wolf clearly..beyond a doubt...makes her point clear. You need to stop trying to defend the indefensible!