World Championship Winning Speeches - Speech Title, Videos and Message

This blog post will serve as a quick index of various World Championship speeches. This compilation will help you to watch, observe and learn from the experts. I've captured the winning speech's Speech Title, Link to the Speech Video and the Message from the speaker.

(Also read: Tips for Contestants)

 

Year	Speaker	Speech Title (with link to Youtube Video)	Message
2024	Luisa Montalvo (lady on the wheelchair)	37 strangers	Life gives you a second chance, if you are ready to hit the RESET button.
2023	Jocelyn Tyson	Have you been there	Life throws you situations where you’ll have to make tough decisions - "This one yes... that one No". You can be your biggest critic or you can be your biggest cheerleader.
2022	Cyril Junior Dim	Ndini	Start accepting yourself... the way you are. You are beautifully you... The only you... and no man can change it. (Ndini means “This is ME”)
2021	Verity Price	A great read	Your life is a book, if you are not enjoying the read, write a different story and watch for a miracle Choosing to write a different story... can make difficult circumstances a lot easier to deal with.
2020	Mike Carr	The Librarian & Mrs. Montgomery	The victory is not in the results, victory is in the TRY (allow people to experiment and fail)
2019	Aaron Beverly	An Unbelievable Story	Acceptance of people, despite differences is not an unbelievable story
2018	Ramona J Smith	Still Standing	When life knocks you down, stay in the ring, look for the lifeline and stand back up.
2017	Manoj Vasudevan	Pull Less, Bend More	Give more and take less in relationships for it to last longer
2016	Darren Tey	Outsmart, Outlast	Handle inner bullies by acknowledging, standing up and  fighting against it.
2015	Mohammed Qahtani	The power of words	How you can use words to make people believe, feel and to impact
2014	Dananjaya Hettiarachchi	I see something	There is something special in each one of us and great mentors help in finding that “special in you”
2013	Presiyan Vasilev	Changed by a Tire	Reach out to others when you need help – don’t pretend that you can solve it yourself
2005	Lance Miller	The Ultimate Question	Do you validate (appreciate) others? When you appreciate others, you become important to them.
2004	Randy Harvey	Lessons from Fat Dad	Love people – not the material things. Love lasts for a life time.
2003	Jim Key	Never too Late	It is never too late to pursue your dreams
2001	Darren LaCroix	OUCH!	Bounce back. When you fall, fall forward and you would’ve made some progress
2000	Ed Tate	One of Those Days	Never worry about bad times – eventually something good will happen