Locker room speeches are cliche in movies, but the effect they have is real. In my JV year of football, we were terrible but in the very first game at halftime (which we were losing) our coach gave us a speech that by the end he was literally crying, telling us we were better than this. We ended up going undefeated that year, and in then the next 2 years of varsity. That one speech transformed the entire group of guys.
Hollywood tipped its hand ........They always hated anything pro America........There is no doubt this is Kurt Russell finest hour in the movies or TV. He was a child actor, remember seeing him in the Fugitive........He was robbed
In Canada hockey is the dance of life, it's our game, but I've never seen anything like this Lake Placid US team before or since. Total desire, amazing performance. Indelibly etched on my mind 44 years later
I’ve seen so many comments from Canadians alive at the time to watch/listen to the “Miracle on Ice” back when it happened, and it seems like the border between the US and Canada didn’t matter at all, it was like their victory as well.
Greatest moment in the United States, sports history. Nothing comes close. I’ve had both of my daughters watch this movie so they could understand just how amazing it was. I wish every parent would explain the situation and have their kids watch this movie.
Well said, I watched the movie when it first came out and since I grew up playing Hockey it hit home with me. I also understood the gravity of what those young guys achieved. I watched the movie with my Son and he liked it and I had to keep emphasizing just how amazing this truly was given the odds against the US team.
Watched every game as a young teenager, still brings tears to my eyes. Especially after seeing them get beat by the Soviets in NYC before the Olympics🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸what a gold medal 🥇
how about the 1960 team that won gold. remember in 80 the Usa beat Finland for the goal ... do you remember in 1960 who the usa beat for the championship? Herb Brooks was on that team. .He took a team photo and was cut after. he is still in the team photo but cut atthe start of the tournamount. sent him home were his Dad told him in 1960 after the gold win was "they kept the right player" 1960 Herb Brooks made 1980 Miricale on ice possible. Remember Jack Johnson remember the "fighting marine" Jack Tunney....rememer all... john
THEY DID SOMETHING GREAT....Beyond Themselves!!!! UNDERSTAND??!! GRESTNESS!! THEY GAVE ALL THEY HAD AND IT WAS JUST GOOD ENOUGH!! Will never forget this!!
@@BerserkCD Yeah the right point can fire you up. When I played in college (football) the worst team in the nation with the longest loosing streak was in our conference. They had gotten all new facilities and were improving but always got the shit kicked out of them in the 2nd half. When it was our turn I found out why. 21-17 back and forth at half. Whole damn locker room at halftime 'There is no way in hell I'm going to be on fucking ESPN because we lost to these fucking losers!!!!' Final Score 56-17
I watched the game and jumped for joy when we won! I grew up watching The Rangers in Madison Square Garden. The Lake Placid Olympic victory was an iconic sports victory for the ages! It brings a tear just remembering the passion, the joy, THE PATRIOTISM!
I fell in love with hockey, believe it or not, watching MSG on cable in Bismarck North Dakota. Ron Duguay era. Watching the USA/USSR game was just amazing. Me, my Dad, my two brothers (which was rare we were all together because my brothers were both in Army but home at the time). Never realized what we were watching was one, no, THE, greatest moments in sports history!
The speech he gave the boys when they played Finland for the gold medal was even better… “If you lose this game, you’ll take it to your fu***** grave!”
I was 9 years old this game was played and it still brings tears to my eyes thinking about how proud I was and how big this win was for the USA. Easily the biggest game every played. I will remember it forever. I pray for an event like this to bring our country back together. Those days in our country are not a whole lot different then the way they are now.
Got chills the first time I watched it and still do fifty something times later watching it. Greatest sports movie ever. Kurt Russell doesn't get the credit he deserves. Miracle and Tombstone are masterpieces.
I remember watching the actual game in college with a bunch of my ROTC friends. We all went absolutely nuts. This was a wonderful speech - Kurt Russell did a fantastic job. And as someone born in Michigan's upper peninsula, who grew up hearing speech filled with immigrant 2nd generation accents? His was dead on - a small thing that shows the details of a great actor.
Greatest sports event in history in my opinion. Watched it as a young girl and never forgot it. Nothing comes close. A group of college men beat the Russians who would have ever imagined it.
This is what young people have to do. Work hard and grow. Grow from the neck up. Even if you do not see your star rising, in due time you will if you refrain from negativity, conspiracies, and abusing those people in your circle. Think and do family. That chain must and will be strong, forever!!!
One of the greatest moments in sports history. USA. That chant from the crowd. We need that patriotism back in our world today. All of our elected politicians should watch this movie, so they could maybe understand what representing your country looks like
I remember being so focused on the idea that you don't need to be the best all the time. Sometimes, you only need to be the best today. You dont need to worry about being the best later on. Or if people will remember you being the best ever. You just need to be the best today because you can. You don't always win, but put all the energy into winning today and it will matter today. Worry about tomorrow tomorrow,
I still remember my father, who is a relatively quiet man, yelling at the TV screen during this game, "Beat those commie bastards!" I was young, but I know that if it meant that much to him that it was something important. Once I got to my teenage years, I realized how important it was.
I read that Herb Brooks told this team several times that the Russians were ripe for an upset. He showed film on how slow they were on line changes and things like that. This game turned around the pride of the entire USA.
The telegram and postcard wall must have been an amazing reward for them after learning who they represent and all the sweat and blood they paid to get there.
I wasn't born. But I heard my mother talking about it. And saying she was at the bowling Allen and after she heard we bet the Russian team for the gold. Everyone was jumping up and down. And is a great good movie😊
The following game was against Finland. Speech after the second period was “lose this one and you’ll take it to your Fu@king graves!” Another come from behind win!
This wasn't even his best speech in this Olympics. The US still needed to beat Finland for the Gold. Down 2-1 going into the 3rd period, Brooks was steaming. He walked into the dressing room and said, "If you lose this game you will take it with you to your fucking graves." He started to walk out then stopped, turned around and added, "Your fucking graves.”. USA scored 3 goals in the 3rd to win 4-2.
Hockey players are just different but if every person was built like a hockey player we wouldn’t lack an effort as a people. Toughest people I know. Including all sports
Even 44 years later I'm still ecstatic for Herb Brooks even posthumously because of what it meant to Herb. Here's a trivia question you can ask over and over again w/ friends & family and or sitting in a bar. What was the name of the player that had the winning contribution toward his team's victory in the greatest Win in Team Sports history? It's Mike Eruzione the team captain and less physically talented of his teammates. Greatest Moment in USA Sports History and there is NOT a close second!
Great coaches do all the planning, modifying, building, psychology, screaming, temper tantrums, deprecating cajoling, BEFORE the big game. If he's done his job, his team will perform DURING the big game where the coach becomes a cheerleader.
Sad thing is, this will never happen again. Now NHL players play in the Olympics. This game was literally taking a team like Ohio State and having them play the Kansas City Chiefs or the Tom Brady led Patriots and win. This was boys beating men. Like a 12 year old kid playing his father in one-on-one and finally beating him. As I said, this will never happen again.
I hope USA in 2026, in some locker room somewhere where the Final is, is sitting there wondering, if and why them? Then they have a coach walk in and give them something like this that leads the USA to the 1st ever Gold Ball.
I remember sitting in a college dorm room with a six inch black & white TV watching the game and thinking no way they can beat the Soviet red army team!! I was so proud to be an American when they won and I'm still proud to be an American.
Machismo, Toxic Masculinity, Nationalism, white supremacy, ... Just horrible, this was the old Disney, before it WOKE up and confronted it's evil past.. Now, this scene would have people of color, black, Asian, Hispanic, LGBT equity, with prominent gay characters, and a Transgender player........... The NEW and Improved Disney!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tonight, we are the greatest hockey team in the world .... I would run through a brick wall after that line
Me? I would have eaten glass and shit marbles.
Locker room speeches are cliche in movies, but the effect they have is real. In my JV year of football, we were terrible but in the very first game at halftime (which we were losing) our coach gave us a speech that by the end he was literally crying, telling us we were better than this.
We ended up going undefeated that year, and in then the next 2 years of varsity. That one speech transformed the entire group of guys.
2024: Speech still sends chills down my spine.
Modern day David and Goliath!
God Bless those boys and coach!
RIP HB.
I was 11 when this happened. I still watch 1980 Hockey highlights. Core memory for me.
When Herb said "screw em"
The puck was officially dropped. You saw it in their eyes. They won the game right here.
he really said, 'fuck 'em' but this is Disney
@@bbb462cidI didn’t know that. I wish they would have kept it authentic for the movie
@@moose7454 Disney film, my friend
Kurt didn't even get an Oscar nod... Easily his best performance
I 2nd that 100%!
Hollywood tipped its hand ........They always hated anything pro America........There is no doubt this is Kurt Russell finest hour in the movies or TV. He was a child actor, remember seeing him in the Fugitive........He was robbed
kurt is conservative. votes republican. if his name were robert deniro hollyweird would still be jerkin him
40+ years later this is still a moment that will go down in history.
In Canada hockey is the dance of life, it's our game, but I've never seen anything like this Lake Placid US team before or since. Total desire, amazing performance. Indelibly etched on my mind 44 years later
I’ve seen so many comments from Canadians alive at the time to watch/listen to the “Miracle on Ice” back when it happened, and it seems like the border between the US and Canada didn’t matter at all, it was like their victory as well.
Totally agree. Greatest upset ever!! As a Canadian it was fantastic to see the US pull this off!
Great moments,were born from great opportunity!
Iconic line............Herb Brooks hit it out of the park w/ that comment. It will live forever in USA Sports History and beyond.
And thats what youve got here tonite boys
To me this is the greatest sports movie ever made.
Almost. I'd have to give that to We Are Marshall
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Agreed but rephrase to greatest sports story made into a movie
@@ryanjcureEasily. Miracle is a close second. Glory Road 3rd.
Because it was amateurs playing for their country against what would be considered as precessional. Sports suck now.
Greatest moment in the United States, sports history. Nothing comes close. I’ve had both of my daughters watch this movie so they could understand just how amazing it was. I wish every parent would explain the situation and have their kids watch this movie.
Well said, I watched the movie when it first came out and since I grew up playing Hockey it hit home with me. I also understood the gravity of what those young guys achieved. I watched the movie with my Son and he liked it and I had to keep emphasizing just how amazing this truly was given the odds against the US team.
Watched every game as a young teenager, still brings tears to my eyes.
Especially after seeing them get beat by the Soviets in NYC before the Olympics🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸what a gold medal 🥇
how about the 1960 team that won gold. remember in 80 the Usa beat Finland for the goal ... do you remember in 1960 who the usa beat for the championship?
Herb Brooks was on that team. .He took a team photo and was cut after. he is still in the team photo but cut atthe start of the tournamount. sent him home were his Dad told him in 1960 after the gold win was "they kept the right player"
1960 Herb Brooks made 1980 Miricale on ice possible.
Remember Jack Johnson remember the "fighting marine" Jack Tunney....rememer all...
john
My only child, my daughter as well! ❤
agreed! this is one of those few epic moments in sports history of david vs goliath.
BEST. sports.memory. ever. Period.
No, inches speech from Any Given Sunday by Pacino is the best speech.
Why. A. Period. After. Every. Word?
A foolish attempt at effect or creating sensationalism
THEY DID SOMETHING GREAT....Beyond Themselves!!!! UNDERSTAND??!! GRESTNESS!! THEY GAVE ALL THEY HAD AND IT WAS JUST GOOD ENOUGH!! Will never forget this!!
Gotta remember, that this coach is not talkative, DOES NOT GIVE SPEECHES. Look at the whole movie==he doesn't. Lovely speech, moved me!
His last locker room speech before Finland he simply said "You lose tonight you'll take it to your fucking grave.... Your fucking grave" they won 4-2
@@BerserkCD YES! I heard that recently.
@@veronicabellucci7129 I Give Speeches To My Baseball Team
@@kennybegeske8824 He was great, no?
@@BerserkCD Yeah the right point can fire you up. When I played in college (football) the worst team in the nation with the longest loosing streak was in our conference. They had gotten all new facilities and were improving but always got the shit kicked out of them in the 2nd half. When it was our turn I found out why. 21-17 back and forth at half. Whole damn locker room at halftime 'There is no way in hell I'm going to be on fucking ESPN because we lost to these fucking losers!!!!' Final Score 56-17
I watched the game and jumped for joy when we won! I grew up watching The Rangers in Madison Square Garden. The Lake Placid Olympic victory was an iconic sports victory for the ages! It brings a tear just remembering the passion, the joy, THE PATRIOTISM!
I fell in love with hockey, believe it or not, watching MSG on cable in Bismarck North Dakota. Ron Duguay era. Watching the USA/USSR game was just amazing. Me, my Dad, my two brothers (which was rare we were all together because my brothers were both in Army but home at the time). Never realized what we were watching was one, no, THE, greatest moments in sports history!
“That’s what you’ve EARNED here tonight”
One of my favorite lines in this movie.
Mine too. Said it all
My little sister plays hockey and the local rink plays a part of this speech out loud before her team’s home games. It’s a great way to generate hype.
The speech he gave the boys when they played Finland for the gold medal was even better… “If you lose this game, you’ll take it to your fu***** grave!”
Pretty sure that was between periods when they were losing 2-1........but I agree. Once sentence and he walked out.
If they had lost to Finland in 1980, no one would have remembered them beating the Soviets.
@@ericm.3791they beat a team that hadn’t been beaten in 20 years. This game mattered much more then the gold medal game ever did
I sent this to all my friends on election night. It's simple and true. May God Bless America. Together We Won't Lose.
We came out victorious, and the fruits of that take shape in less than 80 minutes.
I was 9 years old this game was played and it still brings tears to my eyes thinking about how proud I was and how big this win was for the USA. Easily the biggest game every played. I will remember it forever. I pray for an event like this to bring our country back together. Those days in our country are not a whole lot different then the way they are now.
Got chills the first time I watched it and still do fifty something times later watching it. Greatest sports movie ever. Kurt Russell doesn't get the credit he deserves. Miracle and Tombstone are masterpieces.
I remember this like it was yesterday. We actually left Church early to watch the team play. That was unheard of in my house.
I remember watching the actual game in college with a bunch of my ROTC friends. We all went absolutely nuts.
This was a wonderful speech - Kurt Russell did a fantastic job. And as someone born in Michigan's upper peninsula, who grew up hearing speech filled with immigrant 2nd generation accents? His was dead on - a small thing that shows the details of a great actor.
Loved his accent. Such a Midwestern souvenir.
Greatest sports event in history in my opinion. Watched it as a young girl and never forgot it. Nothing comes close. A group of college men beat the Russians who would have ever imagined it.
I agree with you, Lindy. I have never forgotten it, either. It was one of the greatest experiences I've ever known and will be with me forever.
He conditioned them beyond any team on earth
That speech makes me want to run through a brick wall for him
GREAT...AND YOU CAN STILL SEE THE BOY IN THEIR FACES...❤
“and the name on the front of the jersey is a hell of a lot more important than the one on the back. Get that through your head! Again.”
get tears in my eyes, every time.
This is what young people have to do. Work hard and grow. Grow from the neck up. Even if you do not see your star rising, in due time you will if you refrain from negativity, conspiracies, and abusing those people in your circle. Think and do family. That chain must and will be strong, forever!!!
what a great memory from a great year..
One of my high school teachers was Patrick Demsey's dad. Mr. (Gene) Demsey. He's is the Jolly Green Giant. Hope you're well Mr. Demsey.
When America was still built by men
The tap of the roster card on the binder is just so classic Minnesota. RIP
One of the greatest moments in sports history. USA. That chant from the crowd. We need that patriotism back in our world today. All of our elected politicians should watch this movie, so they could maybe understand what representing your country looks like
well said!!!
agreed 100%
Of course this guy brings up politics. We don’t need political references every video.
Love the ending. On this 4th of July, remember how lucky we are no matter how bad things seem. USA USA USA USA USA
I remember being so focused on the idea that you don't need to be the best all the time. Sometimes, you only need to be the best today. You dont need to worry about being the best later on. Or if people will remember you being the best ever. You just need to be the best today because you can. You don't always win, but put all the energy into winning today and it will matter today. Worry about tomorrow tomorrow,
If you were alive when these Olympics happened, this movie is as close to how it really felt. The malaise that the country was in, began to lift.
We need another miracle
@@eddiemoran8044agreed, but the ruling class won’t let that happen
That night was the start of the end of our country's malaise and decline of the 1970's.
I still remember my father, who is a relatively quiet man, yelling at the TV screen during this game, "Beat those commie bastards!"
I was young, but I know that if it meant that much to him that it was something important.
Once I got to my teenage years, I realized how important it was.
74 years old…..every time I watch this….I wanna put on the blades and bust out onto that fresh ice once again. Greatest game on earth.
I love the line "Maybe if they hate him enough, they won't have time to hate each other."
This country needed it.
If this scene doesn’t get you jacked up nothing in life will.
Kurt's such a pro....
It is impossible for me to ever hate America growing up seeing this in the 80s. Every young person today needs to see this.
i love this speach.
if coach giving that speech i’m giving a heart and a half n
Need English first my boy
Where ever you are and whatever your doing listen to this, it doesn’t have a be a game but life, this will change how you perceive everything.
I read that Herb Brooks told this team several times that the Russians were ripe for an upset. He showed film on how slow they were on line changes and things like that. This game turned around the pride of the entire USA.
The telegram and postcard wall must have been an amazing reward for them after learning who they represent and all the sweat and blood they paid to get there.
I wasn't born. But I heard my mother talking about it. And saying she was at the bowling Allen and after she heard we bet the Russian team for the gold. Everyone was jumping up and down. And is a great good movie😊
The following game was against Finland. Speech after the second period was “lose this one and you’ll take it to your Fu@king graves!” Another come from behind win!
USA 🇺🇸 !!!
Always well up!
Great movie!!!!!
This wasn't even his best speech in this Olympics. The US still needed to beat Finland for the Gold. Down 2-1 going into the 3rd period, Brooks was steaming. He walked into the dressing room and said, "If you lose this game you will take it with you to your fucking graves." He started to walk out then stopped, turned around and added, "Your fucking graves.”.
USA scored 3 goals in the 3rd to win 4-2.
The best team ever!
USA
Hockey players are just different but if every person was built like a hockey player we wouldn’t lack an effort as a people. Toughest people I know. Including all sports
We need this today . 2024
I remember my grandfather came up to our house about 8pm he knew we had won but he refused to tell me so i watched it
I subscribed to your channel
Even 44 years later I'm still ecstatic for Herb Brooks even posthumously because of what it meant to Herb. Here's a trivia question you can ask over and over again w/ friends & family and or sitting in a bar. What was the name of the player that had the winning contribution toward his team's victory in the greatest Win in Team Sports history? It's Mike Eruzione the team captain and less physically talented of his teammates. Greatest Moment in USA Sports History and there is NOT a close second!
Damned, what a speech!
That afternoon after Wrestling Practice, when i heard they beat Czechoslovakia, I had a tiny thought that they could beat The Soviets.
If this doesn't get you pumped up, you might need a pulse.
God Almighty, I need a brick wall loaded with 3 inches of concrete and rebar to run through now
Great coaches do all the planning, modifying, building, psychology, screaming, temper tantrums, deprecating cajoling, BEFORE the big game. If he's done his job, his team will perform DURING the big game where the coach becomes a cheerleader.
I still wonder what would’ve happened if the guy hadn’t tapped Eruzione’s helmet.
He believed, so they did.
Miracle on ice
Sad thing is, this will never happen again. Now NHL players play in the Olympics. This game was literally taking a team like Ohio State and having them play the Kansas City Chiefs or the Tom Brady led Patriots and win. This was boys beating men. Like a 12 year old kid playing his father in one-on-one and finally beating him. As I said, this will never happen again.
I hope USA in 2026, in some locker room somewhere where the Final is, is sitting there wondering, if and why them? Then they have a coach walk in and give them something like this that leads the USA to the 1st ever Gold Ball.
Hallo! Mother Father of all creation our creators are here on earth in physical body! Phone home today! Mama Papa are here to show the way~
Tonight!
Doc just recently passed away at 100.
☘️
Tap the stick on every letter
Remember the titans is
NOT TONIGHT!
USA!!!
wats the name of the movie??
Mayank Saxena miracle 😂
Miracle on ice
Broke back Mountain
@@MM-qi5mk That's just wrong. 😂
Miracle
they dont make them like this anymore
I don’t want to ruin an epic moment but this was not a miracle. Team USA deserved to win that game.
In fairness Coach Brooks taught the USA team how Europeans play hickey different from Americans/Canadians. That made all the difference in the world.
Duck I don't mean to be disingenuous..I hope you are doing well 4:03
1980 that's it
U S A. U S A U S A
I remember sitting in a college dorm room with a six inch black & white TV watching the game and thinking no way they can beat the Soviet red army team!! I was so proud to be an American when they won and I'm still proud to be an American.
Google, UA-cam ...the way they operate ...like snakes 🐍 figure there gonna control your freedom in digital realm ..."short shelf life operators" 😅😊
It’s sad today probably half the country would be pulling against them
You are one thousand percent wrong.
Dude in the front must be a big Jason fan
In the actual pre-game speech Herb didn't say "screw 'em"... :)
Dude
That event was not a miracle, It was an inevitability. Sooner or later you are bound to win.
Splooge
❤❤❤❤❤❤ herb 🌿 brooks Minnesota miracle hockey 🏒 ♥️ head coach Lola 😅😅end was eastbound still then the greatest coach ever lol
If this game were played in 2023, the entire GQP would be rooting for the Russians
Get some help
He can't help it, he's on his tenth c19 booster shot and his brain is so smooth you could shave in your reflection on it.
What exactly is a GQP?
Another liberal living in fantasy land. Moron
Stfu asshole. All you’re doing is trying the be edgy.
Every time I see this clip... I get a big lump in my throat.
What movie is this
Greatest sports moment of the 20th century
Patriots!!
Machismo, Toxic Masculinity, Nationalism, white supremacy, ... Just horrible, this was the old Disney, before it WOKE up and confronted it's evil past.. Now, this scene would have people of color, black, Asian, Hispanic, LGBT equity, with prominent gay characters, and a Transgender player........... The NEW and Improved Disney!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They needed to put a chick on the team and make her gay!!!
So true. It would be about separating every player down to their skin color, sexuality, and religion. Not about a team of players uniting as Team USA.
That's weak sickening and sad but unfortunately right now, you're right. Fuck
That's weak sickening and sad but unfortunately right now, you're right. Fuck
That's weak sickening and sad but unfortunately right now, you're right. Fuck
The single greatest feat in Amercican sports history.
The Russians.
They beat the Russians!