One of the world's leading experts in radar astronomy, Irwin I. Shapiro served as director of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics from 1982 to 2004. At the Center, he oversaw the research of a dedicated team of astronomers, studying the evolution of matter from the birth of the universe to the formation of the planets. Born in New York City, Shapiro graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School, earned an undergraduate degree in mathematics at Cornell University, and a master's and Ph.D. in physics at Harvard. Shapiro joined the Lincoln Laboratory of the Massachusetts in 1954 and became a professor of physics at MIT in 1967. In 1982, Shapiro returned to Harvard as professor of physics and director of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center. He won the Charles A. Whitten Medal from the American Geophysical Union in 1991, and in 1997, he became the First Timken University Professor. Shapiro's own research has included the use of gravitational lenses to assess the age of the universe. In this audio podcast, recorded during the Academy of Achievement's 1984 Summit in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Professor Shapiro discusses the true substance of achievement. He tells the Academy's student delegates that true success requires the highest integrity, and illustrates his argument with an engaging story about the success of the Boston Celtics in the 1984 NBA tournament.