But more importantly, I end with this. I think Wisconsin has a unique opportunity. I want to become a resident here because I've been treated better here in this state than anywhere else that I've been.
The reason I want to become a resident here is because of the two people that are sitting behind me and some of the others that I've met, because you've treated me and my wife -- you didn't treat us like we were dust. You treated us with respect. We felt like we had some solutions to some problems.
We don't have all the solutions. I'm not going to sit up here and tell you I know everything, because I don't. I'm still learning. But I'm up here because I think that there's a unique opportunity up here. The way that this state and most of the people that have received me, having been a minister, they wouldn't have received me that way in San Francisco and Dallas. That's why I'm up here, because the people have received me in that way. I believe that God is about to do something great here. And I believe this state can....
I think the State of Wisconsin has to say, and we're going to give the rule to God and we're going to allow him to run this state and we're going to seek his counsel and try to understand him and what he wants us to do.
I know we have a separation of church and state and things of that nature, and it was kind of called at us not to get involved in what we call religious aspects. I would assure you of one thing. I'm not a religious man. I am a man that's seeking a purpose and I'm a man that's seeking the will of God. That doesn't make me religious.
I want a relationship so I can express that same relationship and that role that I've been given to others. People often ask me, what do you think about Michael Irvin and what he did down in Dallas. Well, I answer it simply in this way. Michael Irvin is experiencing some of the similar things that I experienced. I didn't do some of the things that he did, but I tell you what, I was a consistent liar, and that's just as bad as what he did. I did things in my life that I'm not too proud of, so how can I judge Michael Irvin and what he's going through.
We're a very judgmental nation. We need to be a nation that's a caring nation, an understanding nation, a compassionate nation. And I promise you, if we give it over and seek God's purpose for what he wants to do in this state, I promise you if our leaders do that, then we'll see a change.
Throughout history wicked leaders are the cause of fallen nations. People often ask me, well, what do you think about the president's situation. Well, if I see what's exactly going on, then I can give my opinion. If it's what everybody is saying what's going on, I put it this way.
Our nation is saying the economy is good, we don't care about what he does. I do. I care about what he does and what you do. And the reason I do is because this, the Bible says that the man that falls into the ways of the adulterer, he lacks common sense. If our leaders don't have any common sense, we're in trouble. This nation is in trouble.
If we're constantly involved in wicked things and we're trying to tell people that they need to do right, our nation is in trouble and people will not listen. If there's two institutions that people don't trust, that there has to be a trust factor built, it's the government and it's the church. Most people don't trust ministers.
So we have a problem. We have to establish leadership, and people need to know that their leadership is seeking God and seeking his understanding and they will attack sin just as much as they will attack any other problems. I believe if Wisconsin does that, if you leaders to do, I promise you that within the next 10 years you will see a change in the areas of Milwaukee, you will see a change in our kids' attitude, our kids in trouble.
If you just heard, yesterday a 13 year old and an 11 year old down in Jonesboro, Arkansas hit the fire alarm and when the kids came out, they sprayed them down with machine guns. We've got a problem. And we will say, oh, that's their parents. No, that's us. That's what they see every day, and we've got to give them something positive and good to see.
And I will make you a promise, that if you as leaders will get down on your knees and seek God's counsel and respond to that counsel, I promise you in the next 10 years that this state will be able to be a part of a catapulting righteousness to our nation. In the process of doing that this state will be an example of that. And that's why I'm here, because I believe that there are people here that want to do that.
I will be a resident. I love this state. I've come to fall in love with it. I'm from Tennessee, but I love this state, probably more than I love my own state. And that's why I'm up here, because of people like yourselves and people that I've been introduced to and talked to. And for you to give me the opportunity to do this now, no other state would have, not even my own state.
And I just thank God that you allowed me to talk to you. I told Carol that I said, I hope that when I leave out of here I leave with more than two friends after I get through talking, and I think that I will. Thank you for giving me the opportunity.
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If you can bear with me one more second, there's something I would like to read right quick. The reason the Green Bay Packers won the Super Bowl two years ago is because of our synergy, because of our commitment to one another.
There were guys that had different opinions about things, but there is one thing. When we lined up on the field we had a goal in mind. I'm not a quarterback. I'm a defensive end. So I never try to step in Brett Favre's shoes, because Brett Favre can do his job a lot better than I can at quarterback -- he can at quarterback than I could at quarterback.
So I want to read you something about the team concept, and this is why I pray to God that republicans and democrats here will come together and work for the good of man.
The team concept is frequently expressed in the buzz word you've certainly heard many times, synergy. Perhaps, however, you have never read the definition of the word. It's a powerful word, and I think it's important we understand what it means.
It comes from the Greek synergos. Synergy means, it means working together, from sun, s-u-n, which means in the Greek together and from ergo which means work. Synergy means the interaction of two or more individuals or forces which enable their combined power to exceed the sum of their individual power.
If ever a demonstration of the principal of synergy was once demonstrated it was in a horse pulling contest at a county fair. The first place horse in the contest was able to move his sled weighing 4,500 pounds. The other horse was able to pull 4,000 pounds. In theory that meant that the two horses hitched together ought to be able to move a maximum of 8,500 pounds.
To test the theory the owners of the two horses hitched the animals together and loaded the sleds. To the amazement of everyone who saw it, the two horses were able to pull 12,000 pounds, 3,500 more pounds than the sum of their weight of the individual efforts.
Synergy is the power of teamwork to combine individual strength, to compensate for individual shortcomings, to magnify individual efforts so that the more and greater feats can be accomplished.
Yankee outfielder Casey Stengel said, no pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who can handle the fast ball. Legendary Yankee slugger Lou Gehrig said, who was portrayed by Gary Cooper in the Parade of Yankees, you don't get the breaks unless you play with the team instead of against it. Fran Tarkenton, former quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings said quarterbacks don't win or lose games, teams do. Joe Paterno, head coach of the Penn State, when a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality.
Ladies and gentlemen, we won the Super Bowl because I was not jealous of Brett Favre. I did not have an agenda against him. He didn't have an agenda against me. LeRoy Butler didn't have an agenda.
One thing that I realize is that Brett Favre is the man. Brett Favre is the guy that's going to take us and move us into the direction that we need to go. And when we found out, when we realized that as a team, when everybody realized who the man was to make a fall, when we lost it wasn't Brett Favre. It wasn't me. It was all of us.
People said the defense didn't play well today, the offense did. Well, the offense knows this, that if the defense didn't play well, it's the team's loss. The same vice versa with the offense or the special teams. When the team loses, everybody loses and everybody feels the same pain of the loss.
That's why we encourage you and say to you, republicans and democrats in the State of Wisconsin, that there's a team aspect. There needs to be synergy.
And I promise you if there's synergy, there will be a change with the problems that are occurring in this state and around the country.
Thank you."
