Steve Jobs on Apple's Comeback: I'm Back at Apple
What Jobs talks about
Jobs speaks briefly about his recovery after a liver transplant and expresses gratitude to the donor and to the Apple community for their support. He frames organ donation as an act of generosity that made his life possible.
He also thanks Tim Cook and Apple’s executive team for helping him through a difficult time, then says he is back at Apple and working with the company’s teams to create new products.
The speech is short, personal, and forward-looking: it connects gratitude, survival, and Apple’s future work in a few direct remarks.
Jobs speaks throughout.
In his words
“I wouldn't be here without such generosity.”
“So, I hope that all of us can be so generous and choose to donate organs.”
“It really means a lot to me.”
“I'm standing. I'm back at Apple, adoring every day, and I'm traveling with our incredibly talented teams to create new products that are incredible for all of you in the future.”
Key points
- A liver transplant saved his life, and he credits the donor’s generosity.
- He urges people to choose organ donation.
- He thanks the Apple community for its support.
- He singles out Tim Cook and Apple’s executive team for helping him during a difficult time.
- He says he is back at Apple and working with talented teams on future products.
Full transcript
I'm very happy to be here today with all of you, and as some of you may know, a few months ago I had a liver transplant, now I have a liver of a person in the 20-year-old range who died in a car accident, and he was generous enough to donate his organs. I wouldn't be here without such generosity. So, I hope that all of us can be so generous and choose to donate organs.
I would like to take a moment to thank everyone in the Apple community for the sincere support they have given me. It really means a lot to me. And I would also like to thank especially Tim Cook and the entire Apple executive team. They have really helped me get to where I am today, and they have given me a lot of support during this difficult time. So, thank you very much. Let's give them a round of applause. So, I'm standing. I'm back at Apple, adoring every day, and I'm traveling with our incredibly talented teams to create new products that are incredible for all of you in the future. So, it's wonderful.
Thank you. Thank you.
Transcribed from the audio with OpenAI Whisper. Timestamps link to the video above. Errors are possible.