Steve Harvey's Closing Remarks - 08.31.26

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Here we are, guys, our last break of the day.
Thank you, as we do every day. Thank you so
much to our fabulous, fabulous Steve Harvey Nation for joining
us every day, for listening. We appreciate you. We love you.
Thank you. Couldn't do it without you.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
We're going to leave you with one of my uncle's
favorite closing remarks. Here it is right here. You know,
I was thinking of something the other day. I heard
something online. And it really affected me profoundly. And it
made me sit down and ponder and really think of

(00:37):
the goodness of God and all that God has done
for me. And I think about my life, my legacy,
that when my life is over, what I would like
to be said about me. And I discovered it's not
about the comedy. It's not about the TV shows, the awards,

(00:57):
none of that. It's about much deeper. It's really about
what I'm hoping to accomplish from here on out. And
it's not about my shows or anything like that. It's
about the legacy. It's about trying to make an imprint
in the world in which I live in. And I'm

(01:19):
not going to change the world. I'm not that egotistical
that one man changes the world because it has to
be a collective effort. It's a huge world. It's 8
billion people here. There's no one person that can change
the entire world. Jesus came to change and to save,
and he was sped upon and hung on the cross.

(01:42):
But he had a lasting effect, though. Oh, my goodness.
The 33 years he was here was, oh, my goodness.
what an impact he had. Now, I'm not Christ, let's
be clear about that. Nobody is. But I do want
to have an impact. And I was listening to somebody online,
and they said, what makes this world great is that

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when old men plant trees, the shade in which they
will never sit in Good people do things for other people.
And I'm thinking about my life, that I'm actually in
the process of planting trees and the shade of which
I will never sit in. I won't get to sit

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under some of these trees that I'm planting. But I
want to plant them because I want to do something
for somebody coming behind me, for my grandchildren. for other
people's young men, for other young people's children. And that's
why I've gotten to in my life. And that thing
that I saw online, it affected me so profoundly, man.

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And the lady said, that's it, that's the end. She said,
a society grows great when old men plant trees in
the shade in which they know they will never sit in.
That's deep, man, that you can get to that point. Now,
I understand when you're younger. that that's not the mission
because you got to first get yourself under a tree somewhere.

(03:20):
You understand the whole thing in life is for somebody
to create some shade for themselves. Nobody wants to live
under the glare of the sun continuously. So you have
to do that. When you're younger, you're trying to, You're
trying to create a tree, man, that you can get
under the shade. You know, you want to build a
retirement plan for yourself so you can get under the shade.

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But when that's done, what you going to do? And
I'm at that phase of my life, man, where God
continues to give me grace and mercy that will allow
me to act the way I've been acting and to
be able to shine the way I've been shining. And
I want to keep planting trees of which under the
shade I know I will never sit, but that somebody

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after me can enjoy the shade of that tree. That's
just being a good person, man. And how good are
you going to be? I'm just asking the question because
we all have the ability to be good within our
own right. This ain't a conversation about rich people. This
is a conversation towards good people. And some of the
best people I know ain't rich at all. I swear

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to God. To some of the best people I know,
I can't even tell you how much they make. Some
of the biggest inspirations in my life have been from
common people who have done some uncommon things. They have
been my greatest inspiration. Martin Luther King was not a
rich man. He affected me profoundly, profoundly, man. Now, there

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are some men who have made a success out of
themselves financially that have affected me, but my greatest effect
in my life was not by rich people. My fathers,
Slick Harvey, Lord have mercy. Poor his entire life. The
greatest effect on me ever. This dude made me, man.

(05:14):
If it wasn't for this dude right here, I'm not
here today. My father was that type of man. He
was really the best man I ever knew. I didn't
know a stronger dude than him. And when he passed,
I couldn't believe it. Because the strongest dude I know,
when I got the news, I fell on my knees, man.
I remember the day I got the phone call. I
fell on my knees on my ranch in Texas. My

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brother said, Daddy gone.

Speaker 1 (05:39):
What?

Speaker 2 (05:40):
Daddy? It was a totally different reaction than when my
mother passed. My mother, it just crumbled me because she
was dear to me. But my father, I just never
thought nothing would happen to this dude. I just really did.
But he planted some trees in my heart and in
my life of which he knew he would never sit
under the shade in. And he made me who I am.

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That's who I'm trying to be. That's who you should
try to be. Plant some trees in which you will
never sit under the shade of. That makes you a
good person. Y'all have a great day. Hey, listen, y'all,
talk to God. He'd love to hear from you, okay?
Holler at you.