Top 10 Sports Movie Speeches

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movie speeches

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number 10 the Damned united better go

and make myself known when a new coach

replaces a beloved one he's got a tough

job ahead of him not only is it expected

to win games he's got to win over the

team to do it

you lot may all be internationals and

I've won all the domestic honors there

are to win under Don Revie to gain

respect Brian Clough lays down the law

telling his players he's not impressed

with their accomplishments because their

ill-gotten gains first thing you can do

for me is to Chuck all your medals and

all your caps and all your pots and all

your pans into the biggest fing dustbin

you can find because you've never won

any of them fairly not what we call a

motivational speech but it gets the job

done if you want to be loved as real

champions worthy champions

you're gonna have to work and improve

and change number nine gridiron game I

know you're nervous it's all mine to

ensure that the juvenile delinquents he

works with don't get into more trouble

The Rock starts a football team to keep

them off the streets and to teach them

some self-worth and prove to everyone

out there that even though you're locked

up somebody an intro inspirational

sports movie fashion he gives a speech

before their first big game telling them

that with a lot of hard work and

commitment they can succeed are you

ready to go out there and take what's

yours

what you work par for the shade a little

but it works are you ready to accept the

Mustang challenge number eight Friday

Night Lights what's real simple you got

two more quarters and that's it

like most Texas towns Odessa is obsessed

with their high school football team and

like most sports movies this one rises

above its athletic content to cover

larger themes and issues than simply

winning the big game it's not about

winning it's about you and your

relationship to yourself and your family

and your friends

this halftime speech by coach Gary

Gaines near the end of an up and down

season lets his players in on his

philosophy everyone should strive for

perfection not as athletes but as people

being perfect

is about being able to look your friends

in the eye and know that you didn't let

them down number seven the wrestler the

only one we're going to tell me when I'm

through doing my thing is you people

here an over-the-hill wrestler with a

bum ticker and nothing left to lose

Randy the RAM Robinson is in the ring

for what might be his final time you

know if you live hard play hard and you

burned again with both limbs and pay the

price before he takes the opportunity to

address his fans who've stayed with him

through thick and Finan made all the

more poignant by the fact that the brawl

he's about to fight could kill him

this speech is both a thank you and a

goodbye

we're going to

number six miracle great moments are

born great opportunity by now we all

know the Americans were not supposed to

win the men's hockey gold at the 1980

Olympics but when they did

and along the way the squad was privy to

several epic speeches

however real-life coach Herb Brooks most

inspirational pep talk made us all

believe in miracles tonight we are the

greatest hockey team

even against the big bad Soviets in the

midst of the Cold War they can and will

win this game I'm sick and tired of

hearing about what a great hockey team

the Soviets have scrool this is your

time

number five Hoosiers there's a tradition

in tournament play not talk about the

next step until you've climbed the one

in front of you

any underdog story is bound to have an

inspirational locker-room moment and

this is Hoosiers I'm sure going to the

state finals is beyond your wildest

dreams so let's just keep it right there

overcoming odds and obstacles on their

way to the state championship this

ragtag team is prompted by their

controversial coach to focus on the here

and now and remember what got you here

focus on the fundamentals we've gone

over time and time again and most

important don't get caught up thinking

about winning or losing this game he

also makes a point few coaches will

admit sometimes it's not all about

winning if you put your effort and

concentration into playing to your

potential to be the best that you can be

I don't care what the scoreboard says at

the end of the game in my book we're

going to be winners the ensuing slow

clap makes this a classic sports movie

moment

all right number four Invictus

do you hear

a country ravaged by racism slowly

rebuilds itself with some unexpected

help from a rugby team though you'd

expect this movie's best beach to come

from Morgan Freeman's Nelson Mandela

we're giving kudos to Matt Damon's

Francois Pienaar in a huddle with only

minutes left in the big World Cup game

he speaks just a few powerful passionate

words but what he doesn't say may be

even more important seven minutes seven

minutes defense defense defense

this is it this is our destiny

number three we are marshal for those of

you who may not know this is the final

resting place for six members of the

1970 thundering herd after the Marshall

Thundering Herd loses 37 players their

head coach and other crew members in a

plane crash the team is on the verge of

crumbling but Jack Lengyel steps in to

pick up the pieces with help from one

poignant speech at the burial place of

their departed friends how you play

today

from this moment on is how you will be

remembered with a message about laying

everything on the line and leaving a

legacy coach Lengyel brings his horde to

cheers we are in today

number two remember the titans 50,000

men died right here on his field in a

school where racism divides and football

unites Herman Boone has an important

role and all it takes is a great speech

to get the job done

mister their souls men kill my brother

with malice in my heart hatred destroyed

my family with the Battle of Gettysburg

as his backdrop coach Boone inspires his

troops by evoke in the spirits of fallen

soldiers and explaining the dangers of

hate if we don't come together right now

on his hallowed ground

we too will be destroyed it's a short

but sweet speech that drives the point

home like few others and ok if you like

each other or not but you will respect

each other and maybe

I don't know maybe we'll having to play

this game like men before we unveil our

number one pick here are a few honorable

mentions is losing fun know and

gentlemen

I am so proud of you and when everyone

says it can't be done ducks flight again

everybody gets one chance to do

something great most people never take

the chance either cuz they're too scared

or they don't recognize it when it spits

on their shoes are you crying

fire crisis let's go crying there's no

crying in baseball number one any given

Sunday yeah we yield as a team we're

gonna come it's universally recognized

as one of if not the greatest sports

movie speech and who better to deliver

it than Al Pacino now I can't do it for

you

I'm too old to rally is struggling Miami

sharks coach Tony D'Amato emphasizes the

importance of teamwork and how far a

cleats will go for glory the inches we

need are everywhere around us they're in

every break of the game every minute

every second but like any great speech

it's relatable for all viewers as it

transcends its subject matter wha with

our fingernails

because we know when we add up all those

inches that's gonna make the difference

between winning and losing

it also makes you want to score a

touchdown yourself either we heal now as

a team or we will die as individuals do

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