that, to me is a leader. >> i strive not to be a success but more of being a valued person to the community. the key is no man is an island. when anything actually happens, they don't look at one individual, they look at p.u.c. stepping in and getting the job done, and that's what we do. my name is dalton johnson, i'm the acting supervisor here at treasure island treatment plant. citybe . >> the hon. london breed: well, welcome, everybody. my name's london breed, and i am the mayor. weren't we here just last year, celebrating the victory? first of all, i was at turkey day, and i didn't necessarily sit on lincoln's side to pick

sides, i sat on lincoln's side somehow. i don't know how that ended up happening, but i think that i was your good luck charm -- oh, i was with you. many of you know i mean to galileo high school, and i am a big fan of our high schools and a big supporter and a fan of making sure we continue to uplift young people when they're doing something great not just as athletes, but we know you also have to keep your grade point up in order to play football in the first place. so to balance that at turkey day, and emerge for the second year in a row as state champions is absolutely an incredible accomplishment. when you came here last year, i was really excited, but this

year, i'm even more excited because i've got a special surprise for all of you. usually, when you win the super bowl, what do you get when you win the super bowl? exactly. we're going to make sure that each and every player gets a championship ring this year. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: so you get to design them yourself and figure out what you want on them. it's going to take a few weeks for them to get ordered and set up, but we are committed to supporting your championship ring so you can wear your rings with pride. and i'm really excited that you all are here today because we want to make sure that we honor you. and coach, come on up. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: come on up. >> thank you. >> the hon. london breed: i

just feel like i was your good luck charm because i did the coin toss and all that. it was a great day, and it was so fun. >> i would like to say, kerry bader, he said no mayor has been out to flip the turkey coin. so i hope we can make it a tradition and you'll be out when you get the chance. >> the hon. london breed: but i think it's really important. it's important that we support young people that are staying focused and positive, and the fact that this team has come together as a team and accomplished something so amazing under your leadership is really -- it's a testament to what you do. because i know they hear from you every day, they hear from their parents, telling them the same stuff every year, to focus and to put on your gear.

you know, i was like a lot of young people here, and i would tune it out and tune it out. but today is a great opportunity to let you know that your city supports you, that your city stands behind you, and we wanted to do something really special to make it clear we are proud of each and every one of you for putting in the hard work and getting to this point. and so today is about all of the young mustangs that really put san francisco on the map in a whole nother way. so thank you for this, coach, for this incredible opportunity, and we are looking forward to you designating whoever you want to coordinate the ordering of the rings and how you pick out what you buy. so you can have your school and your year. you know what we do. >> we'll do that. >> the hon. london breed: congratulations. >> that's awesome. [applause] >> thank you so much. it's a great gift. it's totally unbelievable, and

i really appreciate that. but we have something for you. >> the hon. london breed: for me? >> so basically, you know you went to galileo, so we have to make sure you're representing us when you walk-through the city. >> the hon. london breed: oh, you guys are so lucky. we didn't have this kind of stuff growing up. >> just a couple -- couple things just about this here. it shows the legacy of what we have here. >> the hon. london breed: oh, wow. >> this is called dedication, discipline, and desire, and we've been running the program for 19 years since i've been here. you have the dedication to run something every day, you have t the -- dedication to run a

program, the discipline to run it every day, and the desire to be a champion. >> the hon. london breed: wow. that's a lot of years. >> and so many travels that you go through, this was unreal. just kind of a different team than the year before. i tell everybody last year's team was a ferrari. you could do anything with it. this year's team was a buick. we had to run it out. it's amazing we did this, and it's amazing for them because they bought into what we were selling. the best thing is when we went up to mariposa, it's the

championship. none of on us kids have been -- none of our kids have been out of san francisco. what's that smell? well, that's cow smell. we rented a room to sit in before the game. and we went to this game. and here we are, asian, african american, white. different group against a predominantly white culture. and everyone was thinking we would be the ones who broke down, we would be the ones who pointed fingers at each other. we would be the ones who screwed it up. and you would be proud of us, mayor. we didn't screw it up. unbelievable. people there, unbelievable. what we did just awe stirring for me. it's just amazing to see the guys pull together and be like

that and represent your city so well. so that was amazing, and for that, we're going to give you the state championship hat because the nor-cal championship, we had to win that to get this. >> the hon. london breed: thank you. >> when you're walking around, make sure you represent that. >> the hon. london breed: what's that on your finger? >> that's last year's. >> that's last year's. >> the hon. london breed: look at that. undefeated. well, this year, i'm getting the ring. >> hold on. right on. we'll get that. >> the hon. london breed: thank you. and the last thing i want to say is, you know, soak up this mome moment. enjoy every single minute. you're going to look back at this time and realize this was one of the best moments of your life. i know there's some folks from lincoln, so raise your hand if

you're a lincoln alumni. they wish they were the age you are right now, in their seats right now. coach, you want to introduce your players? i'm here to enjoy. >> thank you. we have one young man to speak for us. it's an interesting story. simani came to us from another school his junior year, reardon. he went through a lot of stuff to get on the field. it was unreal, and his parents are great people. so timani, it's your turn. >> i was just trying to say thank you to all the parents and all the alumni and all the coaches and, you know, making

this year great, and helping us restate again and helping us and having our back this whole year. most importantly, my teammates because we did it again, especially the last year, all the seniors this year. we had all the odds against us. we weren't projected to win like we were supposed to, and we had a lot of people, you know, going against us and saying that we wouldn't make it, and we proved them wrong. >> so at this time, for our first group of eight players, brian pinto. [applause] >> jonas francovich.

luis quinteros. tyree cross. [applause] >> eduardo garcia. [applause] >> xavier abrams. [applause] >> jack lau. [applause] >> and at this time, i'll take a photo.

>> our next group of players is john tursano. thank you. [applaus [applause] >> diego ramirez. [applause] >> jeffrey franco. [applause] >> andres montano. [applause] >> tony crossland.

[applause] >> all right. take our next group of photos right now. next group of students, dean batar. [applause] >> nicholas walker. [applause] >> darren erfrey. [applause] >> michael leon. [applause] >> tamani morris.

[applause] >> alex mchugh. alex? [applause] >> our final group of student athletes, philip acuna. [applause] >> alexis velasquez. [applause] >> jonathan chow. [applause] >> sicoti manunua.

[applause] >> leonardo gallegos. mikha . [applause] >> mikhail hicks. [applause] >> and james wish. [applause]

>> so we're going to present certificates to the managers and coaches, and once we do the presentation of certificates, we'll take one big group photo here. i think we'll do it near the steps. all right. here we go. to the managers, cassandra matana. [applause] >> crystal pimentel. [applause] >> sharina gutierrez. [applause] >> and elise hammond.

[applause] >> and reilly zuleta wong. [applause] >> thank you, managers. >> and last but not least, our coaches. coach pereno, of course. [applause] >> coach andre walker thomas. [applause] >> coach greg wood.

[applause] >> coach edison zau. [applause] >> sheri bader. [applause] >> and coach mark walker. [applause] >> and again, i'd like to invite principal sherry bellisi to come up for a photo.

>> the hon. london breed: again, thank you to all the players, the coaches, the managers, the principal, the teachers, the alumni, the parents, the friends, the family. congratulations again, and i think what we're going to do at this time, since that concludes our program, we're going to go probably take a -- go down to the rotunda at the beginning of the stairs and take a picture. in the meantime, stay focused on your grades. make sure you don't give your teachers and parents a hart time this year. walk around like champions because you are champions, and make sure that everybody knows it when you step in the room. thank you, and congratulations.