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"When you need that extra push to overcome life's challenges, nothing hits quite like a powerful sports movie speech. Join us as we count down the most inspirational, tear-jerking, and goosebump-inducing monologues from the world of sports cinema! From Rocky's life lessons to Al Pacino's inch-by-inch philosophy, these are the speeches that make us want to be better."
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00:00But to play great defense, you need one thing above all else.
00:03That starts with a W.
00:06Confidence!
00:06Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most inspirational,
00:10emotionally charged, and well-delivered speeches in sports cinema.
00:14Being perfect is about being able to look your friends in the eye
00:21and know that you didn't let them down.
00:26Number 20. Advice from the Babe, The Sandlot.
00:31Who's there?
00:37Now don't go pee in your pants, kid.
00:39I'm just here to give you a hand.
00:41But you're...
00:42Dead?
00:44Legends never die, kid.
00:45The old adage goes that you should never meet your heroes,
00:48but even though that's not exactly what happens in the 11th hour of The Sandlot,
00:51these wise words from a baseball legend still ring true.
00:54When Babe Ruth comes to Benny Rodriguez in a dream,
00:56he instructs The Sandlot team captain on the importance of taking chances.
01:00Everybody gets one chance to do something great.
01:04Most people never take the chance, either because they're too scared
01:06or they don't recognize it when it spits on their shoes.
01:10This is your big chance, and you shouldn't let it go by.
01:15I mean, you remember when you busted the guts out of the ball the other day?
01:18Hey, someone's telling you something, kid.
01:21Ever the student of the game, Benny takes the sluggers' advice to heart,
01:24but it completely transcends the group's struggle to retrieve an autographed ball from a monstrous dog.
01:29Dream form or not, Ruth's encouragement ripples throughout the rest of Benny's life
01:32and undoubtedly has the power to affect anyone else's, too.
01:35Plus, we'd be kidding ourselves if we didn't get goosebumps from his parting declaration.
01:39A baseball with my John Hancock on it went over a fence, and you can't get it back, right?
01:44Yeah, right.
01:47Then just hop over there and get it.
01:50Number 19. You Need to Drive
01:51Talladega Nights, The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
01:54How have you been? What have you been doing?
01:56Well, they want me to race at Talladega next weekend, but I'm not going to do it.
02:00Because I'm done. I'm done with racing. I'm done with driving.
02:03Why would you do that?
02:04Another monologue designed to get the hero out of a funk, the fire lit inside Ricky Bobby is a bit
02:08edgier, to say the least. The arrogant NASCAR driver is about to throw in the towel when his
02:13assistant, Susan, brings him speeding back to Earth. Only a consummate professional like Amy
02:17Adams could reason with Will Ferrell at his most outrageous, as Susan reminds Ricky that driving
02:22is the one thing he finds true joy in.
02:24You know what, Ricky? I have kept my mouth shut for a really, really long time, and I just don't
02:30think that I can keep it shut anymore, and I just have to tell you that I think you are
02:33making a
02:34big mistake. Really? Yes. Why is it that you always fall for people who leave you? Have you
02:41noticed that? Even though it's caused him trouble, getting behind the wheel is the only thing that
02:45can get him out of it, too. Her impromptu counseling could be seen as cliche, but the inclusion of
02:50journeys faithfully and the pair's resulting hookup make this a certifiably hilarious morale
03:01boost.
03:14Number 18. Only a Game
03:17Fever Pitch
03:18Not many sports movies tap into the perspective of fans, but this adaptation of Nick Hornby's
03:23best-selling memoir is a notable exception.
03:25Three minutes to go and you two one up in a semi-final. And you look around and you see
03:29all those thousands of faces contorted with fear and hope and worry.
03:34Paul, an obsessive devotee of the Arsenal Football Club, finds his dedication challenged by a romance
03:40with co-worker Sarah. When Paul loses a promotion the same day Arsenal loses a critical match,
03:44Sarah chastises his priorities by dropping an ill-timed remark, triggering this passionate
03:49rebuke.
03:49You think I'd be this upset about a stupid poxy job interview? We lost at home to Derby today,
03:54we've blown it.
03:57God, Paul, when are you going to wake up to yourself?
04:00Wake up to myself? I'm bloody awake. I wish I wasn't. I want to go to sleep for the next
04:0710 seasons.
04:08Paul's response validates the flashbacks to his childhood shown during the film,
04:12and it's clear that his fandom is more than just a hobby. Seeing Arsenal win a championship is
04:16something he's wanted for years, and his defense of that desire is a raw expression of how it feels
04:20when something you love is snatched away from you.
04:22No, no, no, no, of course not. No, I know that you care more about whether one team scores more
04:26than
04:26another team at a football match. You really thought I came here to comfort you about that?
04:31Did for a moment, yeah. I credited you with some imagination. I honestly thought you might
04:35understand how I was feeling.
04:36Paul, it's only a game.
04:37Don't say that!
04:39Number 17, Mike's Lament, Breaking Away.
04:41You know, I used to think I was a really great quarterback in high school.
04:45I still think so, too.
04:48Can't even bring myself to light a cigarette, because I keep thinking I gotta stay in shape.
04:54This was the first sports movie to win the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay,
04:58which is a testament to how well it connects athletics to the human spirit.
05:01Following a group of working-class friends who enter a collegiate bicycle race,
05:04Breaking Away explores the insecurities they feel about living in a stagnant community.
05:08You know what really gets me, though?
05:11I mean, here I am, I gotta live in this stinking town,
05:13and I gotta read in the newspapers about some hot-shot kid new star of the college team.
05:21Every year is gonna be a new one.
05:24Every year is never gonna be me.
05:26Dennis Quaid's Mike is especially going through it,
05:29confessing his frustration in a moment of reckoning.
05:31Sitting yards away from a college football practice,
05:33the distance isn't lost on the former quarterback,
05:35who bemoans the perceptions others have of him.
05:38It's unexpected wisdom from someone who has had to grow up much faster than they'd prefer,
05:42and a sad resignation from a kid who doesn't understand that he can still turn things around.
05:45They're gonna keep calling us cutters.
05:51Them is just a dirty word.
05:55Me is just something else I never got a chance to be.
05:57Number 16. Maggie's Final Request, Million Dollar Baby.
06:01They took my leg, boss.
06:09It's gonna be alright.
06:10You hear?
06:12I'll always hear your voice, boss.
06:15This harrowing drama doesn't exactly set us up for its gut-wrenching third act,
06:19which sees promising boxer Maggie Fitzgerald paralyzed after taking a cheap shot.
06:23It's an unjust fate for someone who always fought with honor and tenacity,
06:26but it's one that she gracefully, if reluctantly, comes to accept.
06:29Do I got a favor to ask you, boss?
06:34Sure.
06:37Anything you want.
06:41Remember what my daddy did for Axel?
06:48Here, Maggie confides in her trainer Frankie about her wishes for the time she has left,
06:52acknowledging the chance he was willing to give her when no one else would.
06:55Maggie implores Frankie to make an impossible decision,
06:58insisting that his refusal to help her is only another setback in a life filled with them.
07:01And now that she's finally lived her dream thanks to him,
07:04that's something she can no longer afford.
07:05I can't be like this, Frankie.
07:11Not after what I've done, I've seen the world.
07:18People chanted my name.
07:21Well,
07:25not my name, some damn name you gave me.
07:27Number 15.
07:29Prove it to yourself.
07:30Rudy.
07:30What you doing here?
07:31Don't you have practice?
07:34Not anymore, I quit.
07:37Oh.
07:38Well, since when are you the quitting kind?
07:40The only thing worse than failing is never trying.
07:43That's the ultimate lesson we learn from Daniel Rudy Rudiger
07:46as he pursues his dream of playing football for Notre Dame.
07:49Hindered by his physical stature and lack of natural talent,
07:51not to mention an antagonistic new coach,
07:53Rudy eventually quits the team.
07:55Enter groundskeeper Fortune,
07:56who's more than prepared to give the young man a bracing reality check.
07:59So you didn't make the dress list.
08:01There are greater tragedies in the world.
08:04I wanted to run out of that tunnel for my dad
08:07to prove to everyone that I work-
08:09Prove what?
08:12That I was somebody.
08:13Oh, you are so full of crap.
08:17You're five feet nothing.
08:19A hundred and nothing.
08:20After tearing into him for his decision,
08:22Fortune reveals his past as a former Notre Dame player,
08:25explaining the regret he still feels over his own decision to quit.
08:28It's exactly what Rudy needs to hear,
08:30and it'd be hard for anyone not to feel heartened
08:32by Fortune's persuasive attitude.
08:33In this lifetime,
08:34you don't have to prove nothing to nobody except yourself.
08:38And after what you've gone through,
08:40if you haven't done that by now,
08:43it ain't gonna never happen.
08:45Number 14.
08:45The Dalai Lama Story, Caddyshack.
08:47And I make my way over to Tibet.
08:50And I get on as a looper at a course over there in the Himalayas.
08:53A looper?
08:55A looper.
08:56You know, a caddy, a looper.
08:58Jack.
08:59So I tell him I'm a pro-jack.
09:01And who do you think they give me?
09:04The Dalai Lama himself.
09:07Some sports speeches are inspiring,
09:08others are heartbreaking.
09:10Carl Spackler's recollection of caddying for the Dalai Lama
09:12is probably somewhere in between.
09:14But one thing's for sure,
09:15it's pure comedy, gold.
09:16The bumbling groundskeeper tells it just as he remembers,
09:19leaving it important details
09:20like the spiritual leader's strong swing.
09:22The flowing robes,
09:23the grace,
09:24bald,
09:26striking.
09:27So I'm on the first tee with him.
09:29I give him the driver.
09:30He hauls off and whacks one.
09:32Big hitter.
09:32The Dalai Lama.
09:34Long.
09:35Into a 10,000 foot crevice
09:37right at the base of this glacier.
09:39Do you know what the Dalai Lama says?
09:41No.
09:42The most significant, however,
09:43is the tip he leaves Carl.
09:44The gift of total consciousness.
09:46Your mileage may vary as to whether or not
09:48the poor guy was scammed,
09:49but his story says more about his character
09:51and Caddyshack's tone than you might think.
09:53Carl's outlook on life may be simple,
09:55but he likes what he does.
09:56And in a place as elitist as a golf course,
09:58that's worth much more than money.
09:59And I say,
10:01Lama,
10:01hey,
10:02how about a little something,
10:03you know,
10:04for the effort,
10:05you know.
10:06And he says,
10:06oh,
10:07it won't be any money.
10:08But when you die
10:10on your deathbed,
10:13you will receive
10:15total consciousness.
10:17Number 13,
10:18You People Here,
10:18The Wrestler.
10:19What the f**k are you doing?
10:22I'm doing my thing.
10:23I'm going to work.
10:24Yeah,
10:24but your heart...
10:26My heart?
10:27My heart's still ticking.
10:29Yeah,
10:30but the doctor said...
10:31I know what I'm doing.
10:32You know,
10:32the only place I get hurt
10:33is out there.
10:35Living hard and playing harder
10:37eventually catches up
10:37to even the best athletes.
10:39That's what brings this drama
10:40into focus
10:40as Randy the Robinson
10:41takes a hard look
10:42at the physical and mental toll
10:44his line of work has taken.
10:45Mounting a return to the ring
10:46despite plenty of warnings
10:48from his doctors
10:48and loved ones,
10:49Randy speaks candidly
10:50to the fans
10:51whose admiration
10:51he's been chasing
10:52his entire life.
10:53You know,
10:54if you live hard
10:55and you play hard
10:58and you burn the can
10:59with both ends
11:01you pay the price for it.
11:04You know,
11:04in this life
11:05you can lose everything
11:06that you love,
11:07everything that loves you.
11:09Now,
11:09I don't hear it
11:10as good as I used to
11:12and I forget stuff.
11:14It speaks to the wrestler's
11:15thematic complexity
11:16that we aren't sure
11:17if Randy's speech
11:18is a victory lap
11:19or a tragic relapse
11:20into a dangerous vice
11:21but Mickey Rourke's delivery
11:22is so candid
11:23that it's worth getting lost
11:24in the movie's study
11:25of someone
11:25who's lost as much
11:26from his career
11:27as he's won.
11:28The only one
11:29you're going to tell me
11:30when I'm through
11:31doing my thing
11:32is you people here.
11:36You people here.
11:38You people here
11:39on the road
11:41who are worth
11:42bringing it for
11:43because you're my family.
11:45Number 12
11:45A Better Life
11:46Coach Carter
11:47I see a system
11:49that's designed
11:50for you to fail.
11:52Now,
11:53I know you all
11:53like stats
11:54so let me give you some.
11:55Richmond High
11:56only graduates
11:5750% of its students
11:59and of those
12:00that do graduate
12:02only 6%
12:03go to college.
12:04Samuel L. Jackson
12:05gave us a taste
12:06of the leadership
12:06he'd bring to the MCU
12:08in this true story
12:08of a basketball coach
12:09who benches
12:10his undefeated team.
12:11Locking his players
12:12out of the gym
12:12until their grades improve,
12:14Ken Carter reminds them
12:15that their athletic skills
12:16are useless
12:16without academic achievement.
12:18Maybe only one student
12:20is going to go to college.
12:22Well, damn, Coach Carter,
12:24if I ain't going to college,
12:25where am I going to go?
12:26Now, that's a great question.
12:28And the answer
12:29for young African-American men
12:32in here is this.
12:34Probably to prison.
12:36Appealing to their desire
12:37to excel
12:38and the reality
12:38of their socioeconomic status,
12:40Carter holds the boys
12:41accountable for their shortcomings
12:42while encouraging them
12:43to want more.
12:44The coach's determination
12:45to change their lives
12:46makes this speech
12:47both an indictment
12:48of their circumstances
12:48and a rallying cry
12:50for rising above them.
12:51It's the tough love
12:51they need to get the job done
12:53and the kind of headstrong passion
12:54any educator should aspire to.
12:56I will do everything
12:57in my power
12:59to get you to college
13:01and to a better life.
13:03Number 11.
13:04Perfection
13:05Friday Night Lights
13:06It's real simple.
13:08You got two more quarters
13:10and that's it.
13:13Now most of you
13:14have been playing this game
13:15for 10 years
13:17and you got two more quarters
13:18and after that
13:19most of you
13:20will never play this game again
13:21as long as you live.
13:22A rousing locker room speech
13:24from the coach
13:24is par for the course
13:25with the sports genre
13:26but some go above
13:27and beyond the purpose
13:28of motivating a team.
13:29Coach Gary Gaines'
13:30halftime homily
13:31during the state championship
13:32in Friday Night Lights
13:33is a perfect example.
13:34Gaines doesn't sugarcoat things
13:36letting his players know
13:37that the pride
13:37of their town
13:38is on the line
13:38and that the second half
13:39could be the end
13:40of their football careers
13:41but he also refuses
13:42to let their feelings
13:43defeat them.
13:43To me
13:45being perfect
13:47is not about
13:48that scoreboard out there.
13:51It's not about winning.
13:55It's about you
13:56and your relationship
13:57to yourself
13:58and your family
13:59and your friends.
14:00Emboldening them
14:01to feel inspired
14:02by the odds
14:02they've overcome.
14:03Regardless of the score
14:04their true victory
14:05is in becoming better people
14:06through something they love.
14:08Tenderly capping off
14:09a speech that's about
14:10much more than just football.
14:11Can you live in that moment
14:14as best you can
14:15with clear eyes
14:17and love in your heart
14:22with joy in your heart
14:26if you can do that gentlemen
14:29then you're perfect.
14:31Number 10
14:31What Crash Believes
14:32Bull Durham
14:33Crash Davis knows a thing or two
14:35about life
14:35and about baseball.
14:36Even though his dream
14:37of going to the big leagues
14:38has consistently eluded him
14:39the aging catcher
14:40will gladly share
14:41his hard-earned wisdom
14:42with anyone who will listen.
14:43Are you out of your mind?
14:45Are you out of your mind?
14:46I'm just talking about one time.
14:47If you give in now
14:48you might start losing.
14:50That's why he has no time
14:51to try out for baseball
14:52groupie Annie
14:53after their meet cute
14:54in Bull Durham.
14:55Rejecting her advances
14:56and her interest
14:56in his dim-witted pitcher
14:58Crash reveals his practical
14:59yet poetic worldview
15:00by listing off
15:01his various beliefs.
15:04Where are you going?
15:07After 12 years
15:08in the minor leagues
15:09I don't try out.
15:11Besides
15:11I don't believe
15:13in quantum physics
15:14when it comes to
15:14matters of the heart.
15:15Kevin Costner's
15:16unmatched charisma
15:17imbues the monologue
15:18with both fiery romanticism
15:20and sobering disillusionment.
15:21Annie's stunned response
15:22is right on point
15:23as Crash's quick
15:24yet complex words
15:25leave us wondering
15:26if loving something
15:27and being fulfilled by it
15:28are really the same thing.
15:29I believe Lee Harvey Oswald
15:31acted alone.
15:32I believe there ought to be
15:33a constitutional amendment
15:34outlawing AstroTurf
15:35and the designated hitter.
15:36I believe in the sweet spot
15:38softcore pornography
15:39opening your presents
15:40Christmas morning
15:41rather than Christmas Eve
15:42and I believe in long
15:43slow deep soft
15:44wet kisses
15:45that last three days.
15:49Good night.
15:50Number 9.
15:50Play From Your Heart
15:51Jerry Maguire
15:52I have a question for you
15:53Brian.
15:54Are we really friends?
15:56Why not?
15:57I mean because
15:58friends can tell
15:59each other anything
16:00if we have our
16:00friends hats on, right?
16:02I think so.
16:03Jerry Maguire
16:04is arguably Tom Cruise's
16:05best performance
16:06outside the action genre
16:07and it's moments like this
16:08that exemplify why.
16:09When a professional epiphany
16:10gets him fired
16:11the titular sports agent
16:12sets out on his own
16:13with hot-headed
16:14wide receiver
16:15Rod Tidwell
16:15as his one remaining client.
16:17Jerry is determined
16:18to put his idea
16:18of developing
16:19more personal relationships
16:20into action
16:21and his first step
16:21is informing Rod
16:22what really matters.
16:23I'll tell you why
16:24you don't have
16:24your ten million dollars yet.
16:26Right now
16:27you are a paycheck player.
16:29You play with your head
16:30not your heart.
16:31Your personal life
16:32heart.
16:34When you get on the field
16:35it's all about
16:36what you didn't get
16:37who's to blame
16:38who underthrew the pass
16:40who's got the contract
16:41you don't...
16:42The unsatisfied footballer
16:43is given a hard dose
16:44of reality
16:44after Jerry admonishes
16:46his self-serving attitude
16:47and nudges him back
16:48toward the passion
16:49that once drove him.
16:50It's a difficult conversation
16:51for sure
16:51but also a gesture
16:52of good faith
16:53that emphasizes
16:54the value of simply
16:55doing your job
16:55and building connections.
16:57Shut up.
16:58Play the game.
16:59Play it from your heart
17:00and you know what?
17:01I will show you
17:02the quantum
17:03and that's the truth man.
17:05That's the truth.
17:06Can you handle it?
17:06Number eight
17:07what the scoreboard says
17:08Hoosiers
17:09When a team has a coach
17:10as influential as
17:11Norman Dale
17:11any bit of pre-game anxiety
17:13can turn into
17:14an enviable adrenaline rush.
17:16That's what Dale provides
17:17to his small town
17:17basketball team
17:18right before their
17:19improbable state championship game.
17:21There's a tradition
17:24in tournament play
17:25to not talk about
17:26the next step
17:27until you've climbed
17:28the one in front of you.
17:31I'm sure going
17:32to the state finals
17:33is beyond your wildest dream
17:34so let's just keep it
17:35right there.
17:35The underdog
17:36Hickory Hucksters
17:37appear outmatched
17:38before they even
17:38take the court
17:39but Dale snaps them
17:40out of it
17:40by staying surprisingly
17:41down to earth.
17:42He keeps the thought
17:42of a championship trophy
17:44out of their minds
17:44altogether
17:45instead doing
17:45what any coach
17:46should do
17:47by suggesting
17:47they take things
17:48one play at a time.
17:49Forget about the crowds.
17:51the size of the school.
17:54Their fancy uniforms.
17:56And remember
17:56what got you here.
17:58Focus on the fundamentals
18:00that we've gone over
18:01time and time again.
18:02And most important
18:03don't get caught up
18:04thinking about
18:05winning or losing
18:06this game.
18:07Once they forget
18:08about the scoreboard
18:08and the cheering
18:09of the crowd
18:09Dale's pep talk
18:10transitions into
18:11an electrifying
18:12slow clap
18:13from his players
18:14setting the stage
18:14for a thrilling
18:15final game.
18:16If you put your
18:17effort and concentration
18:18into playing
18:18to your potential
18:19to be the best
18:20that you can be
18:20I don't care
18:21what the scoreboard
18:22says at the end
18:23of the game
18:23in my book
18:24we're going to be winners.
18:25Number 7
18:26We Cannot Lose
18:27We Are Marshall
18:28You've got to lay
18:29that heart on the line
18:30man.
18:31From the soles
18:32of your feet
18:33with every ounce
18:34of blood you've got
18:35in your body
18:35lay it on the line
18:37until the final
18:37whistle blows
18:38and if you do that
18:42if you do that
18:46we cannot lose.
18:48Matthew McConaughey
18:49brings his signature
18:50magnetism to this
18:51interpretation of
18:52one college's
18:52triumph over tragedy.
18:53After a plane crash
18:54claims the lives
18:55of Marshall University's
18:56football team
18:57coach Jack Lanyell
18:58arrives to sow
18:59a grieving community's
19:00wounds.
19:01This is our past
19:02gentlemen.
19:08This is where we
19:09have been.
19:09This is how we got
19:11here.
19:11This is who we are.
19:12With his team
19:13rebuilt in time
19:14for their first
19:15home game
19:15Lanyell takes a
19:16most unconventional
19:17approach to prepping
19:18his thundering herd
19:19for the big moment
19:19bringing his players
19:20to the final resting
19:21place of their
19:22precursors.
19:22He doesn't allow
19:23them to mourn.
19:24Rather he tells them
19:25that their spirits
19:25of those lost
19:26will be there on the
19:27field.
19:27An advantage the
19:28other team will
19:28never understand.
19:29It's that advantage
19:30that fuels their
19:31hearts and win or
19:32lose that's what
19:32they'll bring to
19:33each and every game.
19:34How you play
19:35today
19:37from this moment
19:38on is how you
19:42will be remembered.
19:45This is your
19:46opportunity
19:47to rise
19:48from these ashes
19:50and grab Lori.
19:52Number 6
19:52The Luckiest Man
19:53The Pride of the
19:54Yankees
20:04A recreation of
20:05Lou Gehrig's
20:06storied career
20:06The Pride of the
20:07Yankees is a
20:08stirring tribute to
20:08his accomplishments
20:09on the field and
20:10in the case of
20:10its final scene
20:11his courage off
20:12of it.
20:12Facing a terminal
20:13ALS diagnosis
20:14Gehrig nobly
20:15hangs up his
20:16cleats but not
20:17before addressing
20:17thousands of fans
20:18at a farewell
20:19celebration.
20:19I have had the
20:20great honor
20:23to have played
20:25with these
20:26great veteran
20:27ballplayers on
20:28my left.
20:29Gehrig's real
20:30life speech is
20:31often considered
20:31baseball's
20:32Gettysburg address
20:33and Gary Cooper
20:34honors the first
20:34baseman's dignity
20:35and thankfulness
20:36for a life well
20:37lived.
20:37People all say
20:38that I've had
20:40a bad break
20:43but today
20:46today
20:48I consider
20:49myself
20:51the luckiest
20:52man
20:53on the face
20:54of the earth.
20:55Crafting the
20:56template for
20:56every sports
20:57movie speech
20:57to come
20:58it makes us
20:58weep and want
20:59to shoot for
21:00the stars
21:00all in one
21:01fell swoop.
21:01It's a fitting
21:02encapsulation
21:03of Gehrig's
21:03essence and the
21:04decency we
21:05should carry
21:05with us
21:05throughout our
21:06lives.
21:06Number 5
21:07A Lesson from
21:08the Dead
21:08Remember the
21:09Titans
21:20If you want
21:21to understand
21:21the present
21:22you have to
21:22begin in the
21:23past.
21:23That's what
21:24Herman Boone
21:24proves to his
21:25newly integrated
21:26football team
21:26in this rousing
21:27scene from
21:27Remember the
21:28Titans.
21:28Marching his
21:29players to the
21:30Gettysburg
21:30battlefield Boone
21:31draws a direct
21:31parallel between
21:32his team's
21:33infighting and
21:33the battle that
21:34took place over
21:35a century earlier.
21:36Denzel Washington
21:37adds class to
21:37the coach's
21:38words,
21:38dutifully informing
21:39the team and
21:40the audience that
21:40intolerance only
21:41delays progress.
21:42You listen.
21:46You take a lesson
21:47from the dead.
21:51If we don't come
21:52together right now
21:55on this hollow
21:56ground, we too
21:59will be destroyed.
22:00It's a haunting
22:01meditation on how
22:02far we've yet to
22:02go in order to
22:03come to terms
22:04with the past,
22:04but thanks to
22:05Boone's leadership
22:05in the face of
22:06adversity, it's
22:07inspiring enough
22:08to unite his
22:08team and take
22:09the first step
22:09towards a better
22:10future.
22:33baseball fans will tell
22:34you the game is a
22:35spiritual and
22:36sometimes mystical
22:36experience.
22:37James Earl Jones
22:38taps into that
22:39notion as writer
22:40Terrence Mann
22:40implores Ray
22:41Kinsella not to
22:42sell his farm.
22:43Having been changed
22:44by the otherworldly
22:45events that bring him
22:45to Ray's baseball
22:46diamond, Terry
22:47champions the game's
22:48ability to evoke
22:49nostalgic memories of
22:50a simpler time.
22:51In his mind, if
22:51someone as jaded as
22:52him can find their
22:53way to a cornfield
22:54in Iowa, so can
22:55anyone else.
22:56People will come,
22:57Ray.
23:00They'll come to
23:01Iowa for reasons
23:02they can't even
23:03fathom.
23:04They'll turn up
23:05your driveway, not
23:06knowing for sure
23:07why they're doing
23:07it.
23:09They'll arrive at
23:09your door as
23:10innocent as
23:11children.
23:12People may not be
23:13able to explain why
23:13they're there, but
23:14they'll at least
23:15understand the joy of
23:16recapturing their
23:17childhood innocence.
23:18Terry's words
23:19perfectly set up
23:19Field of Dreams'
23:20iconic, tear-jerking
23:21ending, encompassing
23:23the unifying power
23:24any pastime is
23:25bound to have.
23:26It'll be as if
23:26they dipped
23:27themselves in magic
23:28waters.
23:30The memories will
23:31be so thick
23:32that I have to
23:33brush them away
23:34from their faces.
23:35Number three,
23:36great moments,
23:37great opportunities,
23:38miracle.
23:38Like any great
23:39commander, Herb
23:40Brooks knows how
23:41to rally his troops
23:42when the battle
23:42appears to be over,
23:43and that he does
23:44right before the
23:44U.S. men's hockey
23:45team takes the ice
23:46against the Soviet
23:47Union in the 1980
23:48Olympics.
23:48Great moments.
23:52are born
23:53from great
23:54opportunity.
23:57And that's what
23:58you have here
23:58tonight, boys.
24:01Knowing that his
24:01collegiate Davids
24:02are facing a team
24:03of seasoned
24:04Goliaths,
24:05Brooks reminds
24:05them that their
24:06greatest challenge
24:07can also be
24:07their finest hour,
24:08transcending the
24:09political significance
24:10of the historic
24:11match.
24:11The coach calls
24:12on his players
24:12to remember
24:13what got them
24:13there,
24:14stressing the
24:14importance of
24:15giving everything
24:15they have.
24:16Tonight, we skate
24:18with them.
24:21Tonight, we stay
24:22with them, and we
24:24shut them down
24:25because we can.
24:26While any sports
24:27fan knows precisely
24:28what's about to
24:29happen, an invigorating
24:30speech like this
24:30proves that in order
24:31to witness a miracle,
24:33you first have to
24:33believe in it.
24:34I'm sick and tired
24:35of hearing about
24:36what a great hockey
24:38team the Soviets
24:39have.
24:40Screw them!
24:42This is your time!
24:46Now go out there
24:47and take it!
24:48Number 2.
24:49Getting Hit
24:49Rocky Balboa
24:50Thanks to Sylvester
24:51Stallone's screenwriting,
24:52this long-running
24:53franchise has been
24:54blessed with several
24:55memorable speeches.
24:56You ain't gonna
24:56believe this,
24:58but you used to
24:59fit right here.
25:01I'd hold you up
25:02and say to your
25:03mother,
25:03this kid's gonna
25:04be the best kid
25:05in the world.
25:06This kid's gonna
25:07be somebody better
25:08than anybody ever
25:08knew.
25:09The Italian Stallion's
25:10initial fight against
25:11Apollo Creed is
25:12preceded by a sincere
25:13appeal about his
25:14desire to go the
25:15distance.
25:16It really don't
25:16matter if I lose
25:17this fight.
25:20It really don't
25:21matter if this guy
25:22opens my head
25:23either.
25:25Because all I want
25:26to do is go the
25:27distance.
25:28But it's an older
25:29and wiser Rocky
25:29who truly takes the
25:30cake, facing
25:31criticism from his
25:32son after agreeing
25:33to another fight,
25:33the aging champ
25:34doesn't mince
25:35words.
25:35Let me tell you
25:36something you
25:36already know.
25:37The world ain't
25:38all sunshine and
25:39rainbows.
25:40It's a very mean
25:41and nasty place
25:42and I don't care
25:43how tough you are,
25:44it will beat you
25:45to your knees
25:46and keep you there
25:47permanently if you
25:48let it.
25:48When Robert attempts
25:49to blame his
25:50shortcomings on his
25:50father's success,
25:51Rocky throws it
25:52back at him by
25:53reflecting on the
25:53world's cruelty
25:54and the importance
25:55of powering
25:55through it.
25:56You, me,
25:57or nobody
25:58is gonna hit
25:59as hard as life.
26:00But it ain't
26:01about how hard
26:02you hit.
26:02It's about how
26:03hard you can get
26:04hit and keep
26:05moving forward.
26:06How much you can
26:07take and keep
26:08moving forward.
26:09It's a culmination
26:10of everything Rocky
26:11has learned from
26:11within the ring
26:12and outside it,
26:13as his life has
26:14been defined by
26:15his ability to
26:15take hits and
26:16keep going.
26:16Now if you know
26:17what you're worth
26:18now go out
26:18and get what
26:19you're worth
26:19but you gotta
26:20be willing
26:20to take
26:21the hits
26:21and not
26:22pointing fingers
26:23saying you
26:23ain't where
26:24you wanna
26:24be because
26:25of him
26:25or her
26:26or anybody.
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26:43Number 1.
26:44A game of
26:44inches.
26:45Any given
26:45Sunday.
26:46I don't
26:46know what
26:46to say
26:47really.
26:50Three minutes
26:53till the
26:53biggest battle
26:54of our
26:54professional
26:55lives.
26:57All comes
26:58down to
26:58today.
27:00Either
27:02we heal
27:04as a team
27:06or we're
27:07gonna crumble.
27:07A few inches
27:08is all that
27:09separates victory
27:09from defeat,
27:10a fact that's
27:11true of sports
27:11and life.
27:12It's an ugly
27:12truth that
27:13powers the
27:13philosophical
27:14musings of
27:14football coach
27:15Tony D'Amato
27:16in any
27:16given Sunday.
27:17While most
27:18coaches advise
27:18their players
27:19on what it
27:19takes to
27:19win,
27:20Tony keeps
27:20it real
27:21by demonstrating
27:21how easy
27:22it is to
27:22lose.
27:23You find
27:23you find out
27:24life's
27:25game of
27:25inches.
27:26So is
27:27football.
27:29Because in
27:30either game,
27:31life or
27:31football,
27:33the margin
27:33for error
27:34is so small,
27:35I mean,
27:36one half a step
27:38too late or
27:39too early and
27:40you don't quite
27:40make it.
27:41One half
27:42second too
27:43slow,
27:43too fast.
27:44With the
27:44soulfulness of
27:45a reverend and
27:45the confidence of
27:46a 30-year
27:47veteran,
27:47Al Pacino lays
27:48everything bare as
27:49Tony discusses the
27:50inches that turn
27:50teams from good to
27:51great.
27:52Margin for error
27:53still exists at
27:53all times,
27:54both on the field
27:55and off,
27:56but speeches like
27:56this are practically
27:57a manifesto for
27:58how to make the
27:59best of the
27:59scant few
28:00opportunities we're
28:00given.
28:01On this team,
28:02we fight for
28:03that itch.
28:05On this team,
28:06we tear ourselves
28:07and everyone else
28:08around us to
28:10pieces for that
28:11itch.
28:11What sports movie
28:12speech gets you
28:13up on your feet
28:13and clapping the
28:14most?
28:14Be sure to cheer
28:15for your favorite
28:16down in the
28:16comments.