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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- "There's no 'I' in team" is a saying most anyone who has ever played an organized sport has heard. The 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team had to learn that the lesson on their way to greatness. This video which consists of three videos found on UA-cam attempts to show the viewer the importance of understanding the concept of team - which is something applicable to not only sports teams but also to your work and your family. A man who aspires to be a servant and not focus on himself will is on the path to become an uncommon man.
I’m in Canada and I still believe that this Miracle on Ice team’s gold medal victory at the 1980 Winter Olympics was huge. So much bigger than Canada beating the Soviets in the 1972 Summit Series. Team Canada was expected to blow out the Soviets while 1980 US team weren’t even given a soot at a medal. This was the biggest ever “ David vs Goliath” upset in the history of modern sport.
I love to hear Esposito talk about the Summit. Canada was supposed to dominate and ended up winning but the USA beating THIS Soviet team was a dream. Even the Soviets say 1980 was thier best team ever. One night, one game, A series and the US loses 4-1. One night, one game.
David vs Goliath??
okay…the country who spends more than any other on athletes for the Olympics.
If it were Japan vs Canada’s best that would be a David vs Goliath
@jeffovington6375 u a huge idiot
When I watched it in my living room of my apartment it was emotional for me. It doesn’t matter if I watch the replay of the match or clips of the movie I still get emotional.
@chocalateface6664 typical liberal misstating facts. The user paid their athletes year around only as soldiers not athletes they also trained year around. Yeah it wasn't as big of an upset as say somalia vs the USA in basketball would have been but it didn't happen this did. So take your hate somewhere else
40 years later and it still gives me chills in that final minute.
When I saw this in theatres, the crowd gave a standing ovation when we beat the Russians
I still cheer yelling shoot
2:52
I get a chill when I hear Al say Do you believe in miracles, YES!
Same when Vin Scully says She is gone!! And I’m not a Dodger fan.
The only type of unity true patriots know about! We need that patriotism today, now, more than ever!
And all these years later they still here that word "Again"
I always loved this movie - so well done, not only because of the story. Kurt Russell did a truly wonderful job portraying Herb Brooks.
One little mentioned scene in the movie you can also see in the real life Olympic video? After this team of *KIDS* won this particular game, you see Herb almost immediately leave the team area near the rink and go into the back area.
*That* shows you the true character of Herb Brooks - even though *he* had been the last player cut from a previous Olympic USA hockey team, he wanted the day/moment these kids won to be about *THEM*. Not him as the coach, but about those kids.
How many other coaches today would show that lack of ego and place the kids first? I would bet not many.
Tell him to leave me the keys ill lock up lollll best film line!
One quick fist pump for glory and a few hugs...and then a most rapid escape from glory to give the moment to his players...the most awesome display of humility I have ever seen.
I’m a 98 baby, I watched this my freshman year of high school. Gives me goosebumps every time
We watched the game on tape delay in 1980! Imagine a game of that magnitude and not even live.
Best line from the movie was also one of the saddest, when Herb Brooks says that, "Now that we have Dream Teams, we don't dream anymore." A feat of coaching and team building that will probably never be duplicated.
Very true
Quote is actually “now that we have dream teams…we seldom get the dream”.
Problem is, Brian Braswell, our competitors don't always think that way. Every one of those Soviet players was effectively a professional athlete, whatever their cover occupation. They max out their ability, then so must we.
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@@TommygunNG That's what made American victories sweeter. We played with amateur college athletes and still won.
The name on front is a hell of lot more important than the one on the back. RIP Herb Brooks
How's that for motivation?
It sounds pretty damn good!
Same thing with every uniform u place on it! You're not gonna b mad at the same time as you have been in my life and that is why you have a feeling like that type of person!
For 2 weeks these 20 young men and 1 coach truly had the states United!!
Don’t take away the impact of Craig!!! He did a lot more than people give him credit for
Craig saying, “Yeah” at 1:01 always cracks me up. What an insight
I was born in pakistan, live in canada. been watching this game for just over 20 years.
to me this is the most important hockey moment in the history of the game, for me at least.
what coach brooks did, along with the boys on/off the ice has always carried close to me everywhere i go.
I am in sports management for this reason as well. an incredible job by the usa hockey program for letting coach take this approach and accepting him for who is was.
thank you
I can still remember at 8 years old the crowd chanting U S A. It was the greatest sports experience and Patriotic moment that I have ever watched. The movie "Miracle" was such a perfect telling of this performance. It makes me tear up every time because I can still hear the crowd chanting. The younger generation has lost patriotism in our country but hopefully they will find it.
Same age. Don't remember much of my childhood from abuse, but I do remember this moment! 💯
@@catsincredulous9998 Well, here's to great memories taking us from bad memories. It's like a bad day but then you hear that one song you haven't heard in years and somehow it changes your mood. God Bless.
Best scene in the movie! You don't want to work during the game? That's okay we'll work now! Love it!
This scene is so legendary, the dialogue. A coach on a mission of immortality. He accomplished that in this scene. And Eruzione galvanizes it
I was 13 and remember it like yesterday. What a moment to live through as a country. #Tears.
My favourite hockey movie, and Im Canadian!
#2 for me behind Slapshot.
Superb movie - scoring, editing, acting - all world class.
Never get tired of watching this movie!
It’s sports movie perfection
2:25 Every athlete needs to hear this regardless of the sport
leave me the keys ill lock up lolol...simple but funny
Absolutely, especially now when the stardom is more important. If every sport had this mentality then every team would play their sport to the absolute best of their ability
When I watched it in my living room of my apartment in 1980 it was emotional for me. Even now it doesn’t matter if I watch the actual replay of the match or clips of the movie I still get emotional.
I play for the United States of America.......best dam scene in the whole movie!!!
Linda Shultz the movie but that never happened!
Jackinov45 yes it did.
Sad liberals Now would have a field day
Amen!! 🙏🏻👏🏻🥳🇺🇸 U-S-A!!!!
This movie must suck then. They stole that from Mighty Ducks 2 🙄
I'm a proud Minnesotan who played HS hockey. I competed with a couple of those guys. Chances are good that, when I'm on my deathbed, their Gold Medal might flash before me.
“Tell him to leave me the keys, I’ll lock up...”😂
And how, exactly, will he open up in the morning? If you’ve got the keys?
Guess Herb didn’t think this through all the way, huh?
@@FastEddy1959 good question! The rink manager maybe could have left his phone number/address?
@@FastEddy1959 it’s just a movie but that really irritated me. The guy needs to clean the ice before he leaves
Best sports film ever
I watched this whole game!!! It was a day before my 14th birthday!!!!! My whole family watched with me because I played hockey. What a great few hours of my life!!!!
Won the gold on my 19th
I think this is the Greatest sports moment of the 21st Century. Other's may disagree but I can't think of anything that comes close to meaning something this large to not only the USA but the entire world and how it changed the games forever!
20th Century not 21st.
@@mattkoch692it’s bigger than anything that’s happened in the 21st and 20th century combined
Beating the Russins was the GREATEST sports moment in my life of 59 years.
I was one of many to watch this game. Never been so proud as I was that day. They were considered the longest of the long shots and won. Most never even expected them to be there and they still won. Those young men and what they achieved that day was nothing short of amazing. Coach was right, that name on the front of their jerseys was way more important than the one on the back. This was truly one of the great moments in sports history.
I believe it’s still considered the greatest moment in sports by most sports analysts
Unfortunately they haven't won since.
@@thegoat164 True but I lean more towards it being a different time then vs now and how Olympic athletes and coaching has since changed. I don’t know if I’m right nor not but I seem to think that back then these athletes were like really good players who tried out for the teams and now then it’s like professional players of a sport. Kinda like an all star game for the olympics. I mean how many teams in the world could play basketball with the dream team of the 90s and really compete on a high level as they do all year around? I’d imagine hockey wouldn’t be much different. Not to many teams could compete with say Canada.
I'll never forget watching that game. An unbelievable moment...
The amazing thing...not one player quit
Greatest sports movie of all time. Bar none.
Shows what men can do when they truly push themselves toward seeking perfection
Man, this movie was legendary! So motivational too! Best Sports movie of all time!
You know why this was a great team?
Because they were our team......they represented all of us, And in that singular moment we won too.
I pray for another moment like this that will make all of us Americans proud again. Especially now
@@chrisscully1817 me too.....❤️👏
No they didn’t represent “all” of us. They only represented hockey fans. Kids in Detroit and East L.A. didn’t give a sh*t about this team.
Now Terance for you to come out of your way to make that comment on this little platform, speaks measures of how you view life in general. Shitty
What a great team USA had and what a coach!! Rest in peace Herb Brooks
Chuck E.G. I’m proud to know he coached my beloved NJ Devils for a season! 👍😃
@@tylermorro1747 He also coached for my beloved Penguins and that was even before Lemieux was drafted I think
These 20 young men changed America with that one game. It gave us a reason to cheer and feel good about ourselves again. I am not sure where we would be as a country, if not for that game. i was a 7 year old boy, sitting on the floor in the family room, watching that game with my parents.
Sorry to break your bubble my friend but we would be pretty
.much where we are now.
I'm a big hockey fan but huge
societal changing events don't
spin out of Olympic hockey games.
In fact that game had one direct impact in that it totally broke the door down on any Canadian GM
doubting US hockey.
@kmk7355 you really don't get it do you, sad really
Anderson you dope, you live in a fairy tale. This game had zero impact on where our country went.
I know dozens of very successful
people who didn't give two shits about this game.
Shouldn't you be kissing Trump's ass?
Greatest moment in sports history and its not even close. What a hell of a moment of triumph and hope for this legendary team
I'm a big Kurt Russell fan and I grew up with his movies. He played some great roles. If I ever meet him, I'm shaking his hand for his performance in this film. What a pro.
Samesies...well this and Sky High
Same. He played in 2 of my favorite movies this one and tombstone. I can watch them all day.
Russell's son was a D1 NCAA hockey player, so Kurt was a real life hockey Dad.
I'm from South Africa,I bought my own copy,when I'm down I watch this and uplift my spirit to push forward as an athlete,gr8 movie!!!
What a great video, it really exemplifies the genius of Herb Brooks. In the first scene after the fight, Herb asked them where they were from and who they played for. He never corrected any of them to say they play for the USA, he knew they had to get there on their own and once they did, that's when they would have something special. Thanks Rusty well done!
I heard that never happened.
So many great lines in this clip. As a coach myself I love how Kurt pushed these young men.
It's absolutely amazing what Herbie Brooks did with these 20 young men it will never be replicated ever The single greatest American Team sport accomplishment ever And it's amazing to watch the Russians standing at the other end of the ice The Americans celebrate The Russians are so used to winning they Never celebrated like that I think they were amazed at what they were Witnessing
Wow!! So nicely put. Deep
Best video ever no politics just sports thank you
The underlying theme of Miracle on Ice actually was political. We fought the commies on a sheet of ice during the cold War. One of the reasons this victory was so celebrated...and still is today.
@@taralamppa6529 funny how politics in hockey was acceptable but politics in football isn’t.
I agree. This is the Greatest Sports Team put together in the history of America. Because it was comprised of amateurs. America started to become warped when we shifted this principle.
Wouldn't say warped because eventually other countries introduced pros which you put a 28 year old pro vs a 20 year old college kid you can't compete. Now what the Soviets did and what you see in basketball is their league is considered amateur but also they hand picked players to play on CSKA in the KHL which helped them to develop such chemistry as well as development in the Soviet system the national team played in.
Agreed, we may win, but will never again experience a "Miracle".
Never thought of it that way. Good point.
No music. No words. Only complete triumph.
I only wish the game had been broadcast live.
Win lose or tie you are going to play like champions.
Great video!! Great movie !! Great memories!!
God bless America 🙏🦋🗝️
I still remember it like it was yesterday. Which is an indictment not only of how old I am but just how short life is because it honestly doesn't feel like it was all that long ago , yet the number of years lie.
There are so many great lines in the movie that translate well to sports.
Maybe some of our Olympians today need to remember that the name of the Front is more important than the name on the Back.
More like the Republican Party.
I still tear up.
Definitely
Me too…
In our current climate, I suspect that players would simply sue the coach, coaching staff, Olympic committee if this happened now a days and likely win the case.
Win the case and lose the game.
Probably the best coach in the history of sports
Well .... there is Vince Lombardi
The crazy part about the way Herb Brooks was hard on this team is amazing. He made them believe they could do something they didn't even believe in themselves without saying it. This would never happen in 2022. Brooks would be fired. But if you go back and look at different sports movies that were actually true, each coach had to break that team down to make them better...i.e. Hoosiers, Remember the Titans and now Miracle. It was close to the movie "Vision Quest". A friend once told me after a fight with a guy who everyone thought was the toughest guy in my town (Gloucester NJ) how he won that fight. He said "You have to be willing to get crazier than him". I never forgot that. Isn't that what we all just witnessed in Miracle? Each of us who had the chance to watch this game against the Russians (Who were beating most NHL teams) had no idea how the "Miracle" actually happened. This game against the Russians was only the Semi finals game. Team USA had to beat Finland to win gold. 42 years ago this happened and we still talk about it today.
AND IT WASN'T TELEVISED LIVE!!
pissed me off. i lived in minnesota (minneapolis) and was heading home to watch the delayed broadcast in 1980. listening to music when it was interrupted with an 'olympic update'. i quickly switched stations so as not to spoil my evening.
next station. first words i heard. USA 4 Russia 3
goddamn it!!
still a joy to watch
Well made. I was eight years old then, I still remember.
Could not be a better actor for this movie
The Soviets still shook the players hands after their loss. They were supposed to be the best team in the world. This game always makes me cry! But, they showed Class. USA, USA!!
The Soviets leaning on their sticks watching the kids celebrate. Probably remembering when they used to play just for the fun of it.
The greatest sports call in history
The greatest hockey team beat the greatest hockey players
Can you imagine just how much more competitive the major sports leagues would be if every team had a coach like Herb Brooks?
I can't believe this is what they actually did I'm real life 1980 for hours until they told them who they played for
Jimmy Craig went beastmode on those Soviets
This can not be a team of common men because common men go nowhere. You have to be uncommon. That line is powerful and true 5:47
Rusty this is outstanding!
It’s sad that we’ve lost Herb Brooks. I wish he could’ve celebrated this triumph for 100 years. One if the greatest coaches in history
Without Herb Brooks this team would not have won a single medal
"This cannot be a team of common men. Cause common men go nowhere."
What a bunch of horseshit. Without the common player or worker literally nothing can happen. You literally have no
bar that can be set to better.
That’s what he is saying, they are currently the common player and they must elevate their effort and play to accomplish their goal! Dumb fuck
Fantastic Quote!
Makes me cry
"I can do this all day.", Captain AMERICA
The cutaway to the Russian team after they lost is so good. They had no idea what to make of what just happened.
This movie is amazing …
Best. Game. In all of sports. Ever!
Love this movie
“I play for the United States of America!”
“Very good answer Mike..anyways, AGAIN!”
Except he didn't say that. At all.
@@TommygunNG um, no shit. You must be new to UA-cam comment jokes
@@demam41 Jokes, fine.
Some people use that as cover for putdowns of iconic moments. If you didn't intend such, that's fine.
@@TommygunNG okay but you need to ask yourself: the fact that he says “that’s all gentlemen” after the player having said who he plays for, what kind of iconic moment did you think I had here? That I somehow mistook the coaches saying and actually thought I heard him say what I said in the comment section before? That means that you took my comment so literal that infact it was you that had an iconic moment here 😂
@@demam41 No, I thought you were lying.
@9:15 was a perfect shot. The Soviets wondering how in the world did they beat us.
And right there is why Eurzione got the C
As a Zamboni driver, I would've been so pissed lol imagine how tore up the ice was 😂
Joe Biden was the USA goalie that game that's why he wore the mask the whole game. Corn pop was a Soviet winger. Not a joke!
Best team ever!
The difference between a good coach- Craig, and a GREAT coach. Believe in the leader's lead, especially when it doesn't make sense. See the vision, ask what it takes to be better; to be elite; to be a champion. Eruzione somehow saw what Herb was after despite excruciating pain and physical exhaustion. 1 powerful leader emerged and the genius of another was confirmed.
What a movie boys
I calculate they did 22-24 Herbies in 45 minutes. 14-15 in the dark. Brutal.
AMERICA'S TEAM ALWAYS AND FOREVER !!!!!!!
This movie was the reason I picked up a hockey stick 👍
The team came together
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 again
You don’t have enough talent, to win on talent alone.
I like to think Herb left right away so they could focus on the players. He didn’t want any air time. Give it to the kids.
Only hockey game I ever watched. Loved it. What USA used to be before everything became political and woke. What a shame.
show us on this doll where consideration of others has hurt you, snowflake...
Looks like a lot of guys from Boston and Minnesota !
All but 2 Michiganders and 2 Wisconsin natives were from either Minnesota and Mass. US hockey back then was essentially played in New England and the Great Lake states.
"Yeah that's gonna work."
A real team? I have, none. Absolutely!
If you haven't been out training, pushing your teammates and yelled, "Kick it in the ass Verchota!" then you ain't training! Side note, pretty clear why Eruzione became captain.
Those grueling post-game skates were known as "Herbies". They were lung-searing, leg-sapping exercises which brought these guys to the point of exhaustion.
Brooks was unafraid to run them when he saw the effort wasn't there. Practices or pre-Olympic games, no matter.
the one hockey game i will remember forever
I love the line tell him to leave the keys and i'll lock up.....HAHA
🇺🇸🦅
State Farm!
But in all seriousness, great movie