If you need a pep talk try reading one of
these. It helps to shout them – even
wave your arms and pound your fist a little. Read William Wallace’s with a
Scottish accent and Rocky’s with your best “Yo Adriane” voice.
And
there are lot’s of other pep talks to choose from – Al Pacino in The Longest
Yard, Gene Hackman in Hoosiers, Bill Murray in Stripes (we’re
10 and 1) I just can’t include Rudy -
all I can see is Samwise Gamgee – so
I added his speech at the end.
So what’s your favorite movie inspirational
speech? Here are mine:
The Independence Day Speech
In less than an hour, aircraft from here
will join others from around the world, and you will be launching the largest
aerial battle in the history of mankind. Mankind, that word should have new
meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences any
more. We will be united in our common interest. Perhaps it's fate that today is
the 4th of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom. Not from
tyranny, oppression, or persecution, but from annihilation. We're fighting for
our right to live, to exist and should we win the day, the 4th of July
will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world
declared in one voice, 'We will not go quietly into the night! We will not
vanish without a fight! We're going to live on, we're going to survive.' Today
we celebrate our independence day!"
The Braveheart Speech
"I am William Wallace. And I see a
whole army of my countrymen, here in defiance of tyranny! You have come to
fight as free men. And free man you are! What will you do without freedom? Will
you fight? Fight and you may die. Run and you will live at least awhile. And
dying in your bed many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the
days from this day to that for one chance, just one chance, to come back here
as young men and tell our enemies that they may take our lives but they will
never take our freedom!"
The Rocky Balboa Speech
Let me tell you something you already
know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty
place, and I don’t care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and
keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as
hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard you hit, it’s about how hard you can
get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward.
That’s how winning is done! Now if you know what you’re worth, then go
out and get what you’re worth! But you gotta be willing to take the hits. And
not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or
her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain’t you! You’re better than
that! I’m always gonna love you no matter what. No matter what happens.
You’re my son and you’re my blood. You’re the best thing in my life. But until
you start believing in yourself, you ain’t gonna have a life.
The Miracle On Ice Speech
“Great moments are born from great
opportunity. And that’s what you have here tonight, boys. That’s what you have
earned here, tonight. One game. If we played ‘em ten times they might win nine.
But not this game. Not tonight. Tonight, we skate with ‘em. Tonight, we stay
with ‘em, and we shut them down because we can! Tonight, we are the greatest
hockey team in the world. You were born to be hockey players — every one of ya.
This is your time. Their time — is done. It’s over. I’m sick and tired of
hearing about what a great hockey team the Soviets have. Screw them. This is
your time!! Now go out there take it!”
The We Are Marshall Speech
For those of you who may not know, this is
the final resting place for six members of the 1970 Thundering Herd. The plane
crash that took their lives was so severe, so absolute, that their bodies were
unable to be identified. So they were buried here. Together. Six players. Six
teammates. Six Sons of Marshall. This is our past, gentlemen. This is where we
have been. This is how we got here. This is who we are. Today, I want to talk
about our opponent this afternoon. They're bigger, faster, stronger, more
experienced and on paper, they're just better. And they know it too. But I want
to tell you something that they don't know. They don't know your heart. I do.
I've seen it. You have shown it to me. You have shown this coaching staff, your
teammates. You have shown yourselves just exactly who you are in here. When you
take that field today, you've got to lay that heart on the line, men. From the
souls of your feet, with every ounce of blood you've got in your body, lay it
on the line until the final whistle blows. And if you do that, if you do that,
we cannot lose. We may be behind on the scoreboard at the end of the game but
if you play like that we cannot be defeated. Now we came here today to remember
six young men and sixty-nine others who will not be on the field with you
today, but they will be watching. You can bet that they'll be gritting their
teeth with every snap of that football. You understand me? How you play today,
from this moment on is how you will be remembered. This is your opportunity to
rise from these ashes and grab glory. We are Marshall! We are Marshall! We are
Marshall! The funerals end today!
The Samwise Gamgee Speech
I know. It's all wrong. By
rights we shouldn't even be here. But we are. It's like in the great stories,
Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they
were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end
be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had
happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness
must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the
clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something,
even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do
understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning
back, only they didn't. They kept going. Because they were holding on to
something. (Frodo asks: “What are we
holding onto, Sam?”) That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo... and
it's worth fighting for.
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