Ripon College Commencement 2016: Pia Sundhage sings Bob Dylan's "Forever Young"

In the game of soccer and in the game of life, says legendary women’s soccer coach Pia Sundhage, passion and teamwork are important for achieving the best.

Sundhage, who led the U.S. women’s national soccer team to two Olympic gold medals and now coaches the women’s national soccer team in her native Sweden, spoke to the 2016 graduates of Ripon College as the Commencement speaker and earlier in the day at the Senior Brunch and Forum.

The theme for Ripon’s 150th Commencement was “Women, Athletes and Coaches: A Half-Century of Progress” and highlighted the changes in women’s sports since the introduction in 1972 of Title IX, the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex discrimination in education.

“I won’t give you any advice,” Sundhage told the graduates. “You have to figure out yourself to find what you’re looking for out in the world. You have a big chance to reach your goals if you have passion.”

At the end of her speech, she urged the graduates to remain forever young and proceeded to begin singing Bob Dylan's "Forever Young."

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