President Obama’s:Former Seattle SuperSonics 'coach of NBA great and Mercer Island resident Bill Russell, and still regularly at Gold Mountain Golf Club, and St. Louis Cardinals' great Stan Musial was among those presented in the Medal of Freedom Award Wednesday at the White House.
Here is what Obama had to say about them during his speech:
Stan Musial's glow could come in blinding bursts, hitting five home runs in a doubleheader today and leads the league in singles, doubles, triples and RBIs over a season. Ali, who won three World Series, to be first ballot Hall of Fame, to be worthy of one of the greatest nicknames in sports - "One" - he was made to burn the filament in two decades.
Stan put their audience with humility. He retired with 17 entries - as he missed a season in his prime to serve his country in the Navy. He was the first player to make $ 100,000 - just ask for a pay cut when they do not perform up to his expectations. Stan is still, to this day, button icons, unblemished, beloved pillar of society, Mr. you want your children to emulate. "I hope I gave a [baseball] almost as much as I have gotten out of it," House wrote in his memoirs, to knock one another out of the park.
When Bill Russell was in junior high, he was cut from the basketball team. Turns out it got better after that. He led the University of San Francisco to two championships. A thirteen seasons in the Boston Celtics, he won the Cup 11:00, two, while also serving as a team - the first African American in history to believe that the location of major league sports teams. More than any athlete of his era, Bill Russell came to define the word "winner".
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Sweeney Receives Medal of Freedom, Nation’s Highest Civilian Honor
Sweeney Receives Medal of Freedom:AFL-CIO President John Sweeney emeritus today received the President Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor during a ceremony at the White House.
Sweeney served as president of the AFL-CIO from 1995-2009 and transform the labor movement in the vote for all working Americans. Under his leadership, the AFL-CIO at the forefront of efforts to strengthen the middle class, create good jobs for all Americans, and fighting corporate greed.
Sweeney said he was "deeply honored to receive this award among so many excellent receiver."
It is with great admiration and respect that I accept this award on behalf of hardworking Americans. I am deeply fortunate to be able to devote his life to protecting and promoting the rights of working families everywhere.
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said:
Of the many individuals who received the Medal of Freedom President, nobody is more worthy than John Sweeney.
No matter how high he rose, John was living the values that attracted labor movement as a young man, and he never retreated from his commitment to working people, who were the heart and soul of the working class immigrant community in which he grew up. John's integrity, dedication and enthusiasm for the smallest of us has earned the recognition that all workers can be proud of.
Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian award in the United States recognizes those individuals who have made "an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private efforts."
Sweeney was one of 15 honorees at a ceremony at the White House with President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama.
Sweeney served as president of the AFL-CIO from 1995-2009 and transform the labor movement in the vote for all working Americans. Under his leadership, the AFL-CIO at the forefront of efforts to strengthen the middle class, create good jobs for all Americans, and fighting corporate greed.
Sweeney said he was "deeply honored to receive this award among so many excellent receiver."
It is with great admiration and respect that I accept this award on behalf of hardworking Americans. I am deeply fortunate to be able to devote his life to protecting and promoting the rights of working families everywhere.
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said:
Of the many individuals who received the Medal of Freedom President, nobody is more worthy than John Sweeney.
No matter how high he rose, John was living the values that attracted labor movement as a young man, and he never retreated from his commitment to working people, who were the heart and soul of the working class immigrant community in which he grew up. John's integrity, dedication and enthusiasm for the smallest of us has earned the recognition that all workers can be proud of.
Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian award in the United States recognizes those individuals who have made "an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private efforts."
Sweeney was one of 15 honorees at a ceremony at the White House with President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama.
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