WEBVTT [CHEERING]>> THANK YOU.>> THANK YOU.FIRST OFF, I WOULD LIKE TOWELCOME EVERYBODY.THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT YOUHAVE CREATED, NOT ONLY IN BEINGA PART OF THE CELEBRATION TOHONOR THIS GREAT TEAM AND THEIRACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2017, BUTWHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO SUPPORTOUR TEAM ALL YEAR LONG.WE CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH FORTHE SUPPORT.WHAT YOU DO, THE PASSION YOUHAVE IS WHAT MAKES ME AND THECOACH AND A PLAYER AT THEUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SOMETHINGTHAT IS EXTREMELY SPECIAL,BEYOND WORDS FOR ME TO EXPLAIN.OUR TEAM, OUR UNIVERSITY HAS ANHIGH STANDARD -- A HIGH STANDARDFOR EXPECTATION ON WHAT WE WANTTO A COLLEGE AND DO.-- RTO ACCOMPLISHED -- TOACCOMPLISH.IT IS A LEVEL AND ANYTHING LESSTHAN THAT IS NOT ACCEPTED.THIS LEVEL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED,NOT JUST BY THIS TEAM, BUT BYTHE PREVIOUS TEAMS WE HAVE HADWHO WON CHAMPIONSHIPS.THAT WAS EVIDENT WHEN THERE WERE24 NFL PLAYERS ON OUR SIDELINESIN A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMEAND YOU COULD FEEL THE SPIRIT OFEACH ONE OF THOSE GUYS AND THEEXPECTATION THEY HAD FOR EACHONE OF THESE PLAYERS.THESE PLAYERS RESPONDED TO THEEXPECTATION WITH AN OUTSTANDINGPERFORMANCE TO BE ABLE TO COMEBACK AND WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP.THE STANDARD OF TOGETHERNESSTHIS TEAM HAS, THE GRID TOCOMPETE ON A CONSISTENT BASIS TOFINISH THE PERSEVERANCE TOOVERCOME ADVERSITY AND THECHALLENGES THIS TEAM HAD TOFACE, WHETHER IT WAS INJURIES,DIFFICULT COMPETITION, TOUGHTIME AROUND FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIPGAME -- WHATEVER IT WAS, THEIRINTENSITY TO BE ABLE TO FOCUSAND PLAY ONE PLAY AT A TIME AT AHIGH LEVEL, TO BE ABLE TO FINISHAND WIN -- FINISH AND WIN.THEY DID NOT MEET THE STANDARD,THEY EXCEEDED THE STANDARD.SUMMARY PEOPLE CONTRIBUTED TO --SO MANY PEOPLE CONTRIBUTED TOWHAT THEY COULD ACCOMPLISH.SOMETIMES, I THINK YOU FANSTHIN THESE GUYS ARE SOME KINDOF SUPERHUMAN STUDENT ATHLETES.THEY ARE ORDINARY, NORMALSTUDENT ATHLETES WHO ARE JUSTLIKE EVERY OTHER STUDENTATHLETE.THEY MAKE THEMSELVESEXTRAORDINARY BECAUSE OF THECOMMITMENT THEY MADE TO THESTANDARD OF EXCELLENCE A AREWILLING TO WORK TOWARDS ANDPERSEVERE TOWARDS TO ACCOMPLISHSOMETHING SPECIAL TOGETHER AS AGROUP.WE HAVE A SIGN TH SAYS, TO BEA CHAMPION.THIS GROUP PROBABLY A COUPLEFINE THE TOGETHERNESS PROBABLY A SIMPLE FIVE --PROBABLY EXEMPLIFIED IT.I COULD NEVER BE PROUDER OF AGROUP FOR WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TOACCOMPLISH THIS YEAR.[CHEERING][APPLAUSE]>> I THINK THIS SEASON -- EVENTHE FINAL GAME -- PROBABLY WAS AMETAPHOR OF LIFE FOR US ALL TOLEARN FROM.THE CHALLENGES THE SEASONCREATED, THE CHALLENGES THE GAMECREATED, GETTING BEHIND IN THEGAME, COMING BACK IN THE GAME,LOSING A GAME, AND HAVING TOCOME BACK FROM THAT.THE PEOPLE WHO STEPPED UP WITHTHE OPPORTUNITIES WERE CREATEDBECAUSE OF PLAYERS MISSING ANDALWAYS STEPPING UP AT A HIGHLEVEL TO RECEIVE THE CHALLENGETHEY HAD TO PERFORM TO FILL INAND BE ABLE TO PLAY AT A LEVELWE COULD STILL SUCCEED.THE COLLECTIVE LEADERSHIP THESEGUYS SHOWED EACH OTHER, SO THEYSUPPORTING EACH OTHER,REGARDLESS OF THE CIRCUMSTANCE.THEY ALWAYS STAY TOGETHER, THEYALWAYS PLAY TOGETHER.THEIR ABILITY TO PERSEVERE,THEIR ABILITY TO OVERCOMEADVERSITY, HE RESOLVED THEY HADAS A GROUP -- THE GAME, THEGEORGIA GAME, THE NATIONALCHAMPION JHETT GAME, AND THESEASON -- IN THE NATIONALCHAMPIONSHIP GAME, AND THESEASON IS REASON TO BE PROUD OFWHAT THEY WERE ABLE TOACCOMPLISH AND WHAT THEY WEREABLE TO OVERCOME.WE HAVE THE BEST FANS IN THEWORLD.YOU ALL ARE THE BEST FANS IN THECOUNTRY.[CHEERING]>> TODAY, WE HAVE THE BEST TEAMIN THE COUNTRY.[CHEERING]>> YOUR SUPPORT AND COMING OUTTODAY MAKES THIS ONE OF THE BESTDAYS AND BEST MEMORIES EACH ONEOF THESE YOUNG MEN COULD HAVEAND MAKES ALL THE HARD WORK THEYDID WORTHWHILE.IT IS ALL FOR YOU.IT IS ALL FOR THEM.WHAT THEY CAN ACCOMPLISH AS ATEAM AND WHAT WE CAN BE PROUD OFTOGETHER AND THE MEMORIES WEWERE ABLE TO CREATE.I CANNOT THINK ANYBODY WILL EVERFORGET.I KNOW I WILL NEVER FORGET.BE FEELING I HAD WHEN TUA TAKESTHE SACK AND ONE MINUTE LATER --THE FEELING I HAD WHEN TUA TAKESWE SAT AND WOMEN TO LATER WHENWE THROW THE TOUCHDOWN -- TAKESSACK A IONE MINUTE LATERWHEN WE THREW THE TOUCHDOWN.USE THE LESSONS WE LEARNED THISSEASON TO SERVE YOU WELL.THE THINGS WE DID WERE SPECIAL.THE PLAYERS COMING BACK, GETREADY FOR THE CHALLENGES OF THEFUTURE.LET EVERYBODY KNOW WE ARE NOTFINISHED --[SHOUTING YET]