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Quotes from Zach Strief's retirement press conference

First of all, thank everyone for being here. It’s a humbling day here to see all of the people that have played such big roles for me in my career here in this room. I’ve got some stuff I’d like to say and some people I’d like to thank. This speech is longer than it should be, I apologize for that.

I can’t tell you what an honor it is to even have the opportunity to sit here and put closer on a career that exceeded my own expectations by so much. I thought long and hard about what I wanted to say here today and I promise the version you’re going to hear here today is considerably shorter than where it started and yet considerably longer than what you’re all hoping for.