evidence: The rhetorical technique of reversing word order in successive clauses is called antimetabole. In this case, "years in your life" was transformed into "life in your years", and the contrast between the two subphrases was highlighted. [...] At another he declared: "Don’t be afraid to live, to live hard and fast, because it is not the years in your life, but the life in your years that count." [...] It is not the years in your life but the life in your years that counts.