One June 22, 1970, Vince Lombardi gave his final public speech to a business group in Dayton, Ohio. Lombardi was possibly planning for that to be his final public appearance, due to the overwhelming 500+ invitations he received per year, but it was solidified as his final public appearance when he was admitted to Georgetown University Hospital two days later with colon cancer. He remained in the hospital and was operated on three days later in June, then one month later in July. Just over a month after his July operation, he passed on September 3rd. This is THE final speech that Lombardi had on stage with him that day in Dayton, Ohio. It is an incredibly powerful 10-page speech in which Lombardi talks about all aspects of life from football to Groucho Marx. He talks about how football can be related to the business group's expertise and the importance of obtaining success, stating "We have to be hard sometimes to get the most out of people." He later went on to talk about how being tough on rookies was mandatory from the start because he wanted to see whether or not football was the right field for them. To top it all off, he emphasized how he didn't care about criticism, while mentioning Groucho Marx and his ability to let criticism "fall right off his back." This speech says everything about Lombardi's character and gives a clear understanding on how he came to be the most successful and influential coach in football history. There are staple holes on the top left corner of each page, and there are about 20 marks on the speech that Lombardi changed. They are not handwritten, as the speech is a copy of the original, but this is the exact speech that Lombardi read from on that day in Dayton, Ohio.