Today, Rocco Commisso released his acceptance speech for an Italian Heritage Award, “Patrimonio Italiano Award” through Fiorentina’s social media. Rocco has been very busy since purchasing Fiorentina with multiple trips to Firenze and back, financing a new stadium at his high school Alma mater, and now an award from Patrimonio Italiano TV. Here are his words from the video acceptance:

“Good evening and thank you for this award. I’m here in America. First of all, II’d like to congratulate everyone who is being honored this evening, I’ve been a very lucky man. not least because of my parents, who made hug sacrifices to make a better life for their children. Especially my father, who spent five years as a prisoner of war in Africa. After that, he brought us all to America, where I began my American Dream.”