Hakeem Jeffries

and young men that look, you know, everything is not always going to be successful in life. And often you see people who are successful and you see the glory without seeing the story. And one of the things that I think is going to be important is for all of us to be more vulnerable, right, in communicating with folks.

Like I ran twice for a seat in the New York State Assembly and lost twice before I was successful. And I was knocked down on the ground twice. It was tough. And you run for public office and you lose, and it's a real public thing. You can't hide the fact that you just got knocked down. It's public failure. It's public failure.

Like I ran twice for a seat in the New York State Assembly and lost twice before I was successful. And I was knocked down on the ground twice. It was tough. And you run for public office and you lose, and it's a real public thing. You can't hide the fact that you just got knocked down. It's public failure. It's public failure.

Like I ran twice for a seat in the New York State Assembly and lost twice before I was successful. And I was knocked down on the ground twice. It was tough. And you run for public office and you lose, and it's a real public thing. You can't hide the fact that you just got knocked down. It's public failure. It's public failure.

And I've found, as I've talked to young men and young women, but particularly in having the conversation of just sharing my own journey Not wherever I may have wound up, but some of the adversity that I have confronted. You know, and I've pointed out, Churchill, I think, once made the observation, success is not final. Failure is not fatal.

And I've found, as I've talked to young men and young women, but particularly in having the conversation of just sharing my own journey Not wherever I may have wound up, but some of the adversity that I have confronted. You know, and I've pointed out, Churchill, I think, once made the observation, success is not final. Failure is not fatal.

And I've found, as I've talked to young men and young women, but particularly in having the conversation of just sharing my own journey Not wherever I may have wound up, but some of the adversity that I have confronted. You know, and I've pointed out, Churchill, I think, once made the observation, success is not final. Failure is not fatal.

All that matters at the end of the day is the courage to continue.

All that matters at the end of the day is the courage to continue.

All that matters at the end of the day is the courage to continue.

Well, I think definitely to some degree, you know, my father, who dealt with a lot of adversity throughout his life and, you know, powered through it, served in the military before he went off to college, served in Germany in the Air Force during the Cold War era, and then went off to college and met, you know, my mom.

Well, I think definitely to some degree, you know, my father, who dealt with a lot of adversity throughout his life and, you know, powered through it, served in the military before he went off to college, served in Germany in the Air Force during the Cold War era, and then went off to college and met, you know, my mom.

Well, I think definitely to some degree, you know, my father, who dealt with a lot of adversity throughout his life and, you know, powered through it, served in the military before he went off to college, served in Germany in the Air Force during the Cold War era, and then went off to college and met, you know, my mom.

And, you know, also powered through a lot of dynamics because he was a substance abuse social worker. And he's dealing with folks who are battling addiction in the 70s, the heroin explosion, and then the 80s into the early 90s, the crack cocaine epidemic.

And, you know, also powered through a lot of dynamics because he was a substance abuse social worker. And he's dealing with folks who are battling addiction in the 70s, the heroin explosion, and then the 80s into the early 90s, the crack cocaine epidemic.

And, you know, also powered through a lot of dynamics because he was a substance abuse social worker. And he's dealing with folks who are battling addiction in the 70s, the heroin explosion, and then the 80s into the early 90s, the crack cocaine epidemic.

But it was me sort of confronting the adversity in a public way, not once but twice, and then stumbling upon that Churchill quote as I was grappling with it all. And then I ultimately came to the conclusion that, you know what? A knockdown is different than a knockout. That's the Hakeem Jeffries Churchill remix, y'all. And you know, success is not final, failure is not fatal.

But it was me sort of confronting the adversity in a public way, not once but twice, and then stumbling upon that Churchill quote as I was grappling with it all. And then I ultimately came to the conclusion that, you know what? A knockdown is different than a knockout. That's the Hakeem Jeffries Churchill remix, y'all. And you know, success is not final, failure is not fatal.

But it was me sort of confronting the adversity in a public way, not once but twice, and then stumbling upon that Churchill quote as I was grappling with it all. And then I ultimately came to the conclusion that, you know what? A knockdown is different than a knockout. That's the Hakeem Jeffries Churchill remix, y'all. And you know, success is not final, failure is not fatal.

All that matters is the courage to continue. I think saying that without context is not as powerful as actually making that clear, but then sharing your own personal journey and the adversity that you yourself have had to overcome.