See, my parents didn't go to college, but they were determined to give us that opportunity. My dad was a pump operator at the city water plant, diagnosed with MS in his early thirties. And every morning I watched him struggle to get out of bed and inch his way to his walker, and painstakingly button his uniform, but never once did I hear him complain. Not once. He just kept getting up, day after day, year after year, to do whatever he could to give our family a better shot at life.


Remarks at Bowie State University ceremony (17 May 2013)

Remarks by the First Lady at Bowie State University Commencement Ceremony | whitehouse.gov[obamawhitehouse.archives.gov]

Michelle Obama Quotes

See, my parents didn't go to college, but they were determined to give us that opportunity. My dad was a pump operator at the city water plant,...

See, my parents didn't go to college, but they were determined to give us that opportunity. My dad was a pump operator at the city water plant,...

See, my parents didn't go to college, but they were determined to give us that opportunity. My dad was a pump operator at the city water plant,...

See, my parents didn't go to college, but they were determined to give us that opportunity. My dad was a pump operator at the city water plant,...