I felt I was passing the torch from one generation to the next.

We have to hand the torch to the next generation.

The passing of the torch,

That was really, to me, the passing of the torch, ... This was the second part of it.

Literally he is one of the pioneers. It's a passing of a generation ... He was a powerful visionary and a determined business person, but the long-term story is Sun is going to fade.

Television often cannot cover the passing of the torch without fanning the flames in the process.