Randy Pausch是美國卡內基梅隆大學的計算機科學、人機交互及設計教授。2006年9月，他被診斷患有胰腺癌。2007年9月18日，他在卡內基梅隆大學做了一場風靡全美的“最后的演講”，根據這次演講，他出版的“The Last Lecture”一書則成為亞馬遜網站上最為暢銷的書籍之一。Randy教授所傳達的訊息之所以如此震撼人心，是因為他以誠懇、幽默的態(tài)度去分享他獨特的經驗。他談的不是死亡，而是人生中的重要議題，包括克服障礙、實現兒時夢想、幫助別人實現夢想、把握每一個時刻……

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I love football. Tackle football. I started playing when I was nine years old, and football got me through. It helped make me who I am today. And even though I did not reach the National Football League, I sometimes think I got more from pursuing that dream, and not accomplishing it, then I did from many of the ones I did accomplish. My romance with football started when my dad dragged me, kicking and screaming, to join a league. I had no desire to be there. I was naturally wimpy, and the smallest kid by far. Fear turned to awe when I met my coach, Jim Graham, a hulking, six-foot-four wall-of-a-guy. He had been a linebacker at Penn State, and was seriously old-school. I mean, really old-school; like he thought the forward pass was a trick play. On the first day of practice, we were all scared to death. Plus he hadn’t brought along any footballs. One kid finally spoke up for all of us. "Excuse me, Coach. There are no footballs."