"Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same paper, making no changes at all. He stated, ‘You can keep the F and I'll keep my dream.’"

　　“再三考慮好幾天后，他決定原稿交回，一個字都不改。他告訴老師：‘即使不及格，我也不愿放棄夢想。’”

　　Monty then turned to the assembled group and said, "I tell you this story because you are sitting in my 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of my 200-acre horse ranch. I still have that school paper framed over the fireplace." He added, "The best part of the story is that two summers ago that same schoolteacher brought 30 kids to camp out on my ranch for a week." When the teacher was leaving, he said, ‘Look, Monty, I can tell you this now. When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream stealer. During those years I stole a lot of kids' dreams. Fortunately you had enough gumption not to give up on yours.’"

　　蒙提此時向眾人表示：“我提起這故事，是因為各位現在就坐在200畝農場內，占地4000平方英尺的豪華住宅。那份高中時寫的報告我至今還留著。他頓了一下又說：“有意思的是，兩年前的夏天，那位老師帶了30個學生來我農場露營一星期。離開之前，他對我說：‘蒙提，說來有些慚愧。你讀高中時，我曾潑過你冷水。這些年來，我也對不少學生說過相同的話。幸虧你有這個毅力堅持自己的夢想。’”

　　Don't let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what。

　　不論做什么事，相信你自己，別讓別人的一句話將你擊倒。