You may think that perfection means being the 4.0 honors student involved in five clubs and a paid internship, but it’s not. If it doesn’t choke you up, I don’t know what will. His speech in this scene incites a moment of honesty, friendship and love among his team members. It’s about you and your relationship to yourself and your family and your friends.”Ĭan you look your friends in the eye and know that you’re telling the truth? That you gave it your all? If you can do that with love in your heart, that’s perfection, according to Coach Gaines in this beloved movie. “To me, being perfect is not about that scoreboard out there. If you’re doing your best, isn’t that enough? 4.
Even if we give it our all, drifting to sleep atop our books in the library at 3 a.m., that doesn’t necessarily lead to the A. Not tonight.”Ģ47 The “Best” Opportunity Doesn’t Have to Be the Best One for YouĪs college students, we’ve had enough life experience thus far to know that when we put in hard work, that doesn’t always lead to the W. If we played ‘em 10 times, they might win nine. “Great Moments are Born from Great Opportunity”- Miracle Whether you play football or need to get over an ex, we can strive for those tiny increments that measure our progression. We all play the game of inches to keep getting ahead in life. Afterward, I closed that chapter of my life with satisfaction because I knew I gave it my all. Then, in the final meters of that race, one of our team members screamed the words at us as we clawed for those inches past the other boat. My team listened to it in silence the night before the last race of my high school rowing career, talk about a good pre-game speech. In the last 18 years, this speech has been adapted to just about every sport. “I know if I am going to have any life anymore it is because, I am still willing to fight, and die for that inch because that is what living is.
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