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Miracle
2004 · Film · 135 min
Directed by Gavin O'Connor
When college coach Herb Brooks is hired to helm the 1980 U.S. men's Olympic hockey team, he brings a unique and brash style to the ice. After assembling a team of hot-headed college all-stars, who are humiliated in an early match, Brooks unites his squad against a common foe: the heavily-favored Soviet team.
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One of my favorite movies, Miracle about the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team that upset the Soviets, had this dialogue that actually happened between Head Coach Herb Brooks and Assistant Head Coach Craig Patrick. I feel it applies here.
Patrick: This is the final roster? You're kidding me, right? You're missing some of the best players.
Brooks: I'm not looking for the best players, Craig. I'm looking for the right ones.
This is a such a great story. It's valuable for a lot of reasons, but I like it simply because it's a story of success from having a passion, working hard and persevering. Kind of the same way I don't think I could never watch too many inspirational movies (Remember the Titans, Miracle, Rudy, etc. come to mind), I don't think I could ever read too many stories like this.
You can't read stories like this all day (at some point you have to work on changing your corner of the world), but having something like this once a week is super motivating.
My point is that when you hear stories of other people doing incredible things and feel that you can relate to them - it inspires you to be better, to act differently and to make changes in your life - in a natural and emergent way.
Books like Born to Run, talks like The Last Lecture and movies like Miracle and Hoosiers are inspirational and that's not at all a bad thing.
"Inspirational talks have often convinced me of an idea, but have never inspired me. Which is weird, because I have heard many speeches or talks that weren't inspirational talks, and yet they were inspirational!"
I think we are splitting hairs. A talk that inspires is an "inspirational talk". Some talks inspire certain people and not others, just as some foods don't taste good to me and some web apps don't do what I need them to.
Maybe you've just gone to the wrong inspirational talks.
I think it's a rule in Hollywood that sports movies must be inspirational. In addition to Any Given Sunday, you've got:
* Invictus * The Blind Side * Rudy * Remember the Titans * Miracle * Rocky * Karate Kid
And that's just a few of the genre.