Ricks speech was all about impact; by the time you die you should have made an impact. Ricks message was shared with students of a graduating class and what he said was impactful and left a mark on thew students, what he did was leave his mark he made an impact himself. He shared the story of his father of how he was an early drop out to go work on a farm but yet he taught himself to learn, writing math, and many more areas of learning; there father taught him to make an impact no matter how hard the challenge may be, make an impact.