"It's the guy who's willing to die who's going to win that Inch." Motivates me to tears. By far the absolute best speech ever written when it comes to motivation
I think Miracle should be #1 b/c the odds were so impossible that they could win. Herb Brook's speech was so inspirational and motivational that the college kids did the improbible.
Once again Im pretty disappointed. There were no speeches from any of the Rocky movies. Why not the speech from the end of Rocky 4 or in Rocky Balboa when he talks to his son? Those are highly inspirational and actually inspired me to go start working out and to never give up. Im pretty disappointed with the lack of Rocky.
Thanks for the feedback, it's a very valid point... but what's more interesting is how many people appreciate and like the background music, so it's a tough call if we had to do it all over again. That said, we'll discuss for future similar clips. #WeListen ;)
+Bry son Agreed. ruined it. Also a very US centric list & where you've dipped outside US sports you've giot it wrong. The Brian Clough speech was notoriously unsuccessful. Missed out Mike Basset too...ua-cam.com/video/c-Xo8m865iY/v-deo.html
I think Jack Lengyl's speech from We Are Marshall should have been number one, it doesn't matter how many times I watch that movie, that one scene always moves me to tears
+AdsE462 Dude, it's my personal opinion, I'm not speaking for you or anyone else. Those two speeches just speak more to me than the others, that's all. Clearly the speech in Any Given Sunday is more your taste, and Remember the Titans and Miracle are more my taste, each to their own as they say.
It'd be funny to hear any player from one of the real-life accounts from which these scenes are based on to be like "I don't remember the coach being that inspirational when we were losin'. I just remember a lot of death threats and a lot more cussin'."
#1 any given Sunday speech my coach had us listen to it before our football games and it got everyone pumped up to go out and give 110% no matter what.
Mojo really dropped the ball on this one. Lou Gehrig's (Gary Cooper) speech in Pride of the Yankees was one of the greatest speeches not just in sports or cinema but ever. The full film is slow paced and places a greater emphasis on truth than drama. Without the closing speech it would just be a boring bio-pic. The film tells the true story of a 2nd generation immigrate whose parents both work hard for their son, he attends and ivy league school, he leaves school to play for the home town Yankees where he's the team captain, sets a record for consecutive games, and wins several world series. He also falls in love and is married; there is no dramatic character transformation he and his wife are both shown as good looking, kind, and successful people from start to finish. They are almost dull to watch because their lives seem so perfect. Both the film's Gehrig and the real man were the prototypical "golden boy" who worked hard, was well liked, and deserving of all his accolades, a great man but an unexciting character. This is all until he is diagnosed with a rare and deadly disease (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease). This disease causes paralysis in the body usually beginning in the limbs and progressing with loss of control in the urinary and respiratory system leaving the person unable to move and with difficulty speaking and eating all while the person is fully aware. The disease is incurable and the patient usually does not live more than 3-4 years after being diagnosed. This disease would understandably break even the best people leaving them asking "why me." After he worked hard and lived selflessly he should have had a few more years as a ball player and many more as a husband. But Gehrig never complains he never says 'why me,' instead he says "People all say that I've been given a bad break. But today... today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth." If the speeches on this list are made great because they 'transcend sport' than the Gehrig speech certainly tops them. It is not about motivating a team to win a big game its about accepting an inevitable death, and being able to look back at a life you can take pride in. Its about feeling loved even though you are dealt a hand you cannot over come. Even though he knows he will never play again and he only has a few years left he is still extremely fortunate to have had the love of his parents and mother-in-law, his coaches and teammates, the fans who filled the stadium and most of all his wife. The speech is a thank you to all of these people and helps them and the viewer accept Gehrig's early and unfair death. It shows Gehrig's appreciation for all of those who cared for him. Usually if fans have any role in a sports film it to serve as a critic, they are an antagonist to the hero, they are mean when the hero is down and live vicariously through the hero when he or she is on top and are seldom show collectively as a positive force. Gehrig however is greatful to them all for being supportive and lets them know that the love the fans have for him does not just go one way, he loves them back. The movie also came out in the summer of '42 a little less than a year after the real life Gehrig's death and only 3 years after the speech it is based off of so for those seeing it back then Gehrig was more than a character on a movie screen he was some they really watched and cheered for.
Pacino's speech is clearly the best of the bunch listed here. Missing - Stallone's speech from Rocky Balboa, about how it's not how hard you get hit, but how hard you get hit, but keep moving forward... or something like that.
We used to listen to the Any Given Sunday speech before our matches on the way to games. Even though we were playing rugby, it still got everyone in the mood to put 100% in!
i think sandlers speech in longest yard at the end was class..considering his whole team was against him but putting himself in the firing line on his own was worthy enuf
Life ain't about how hard you hit..its about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward..how much you can take and keep moving forward.. thats how winning is done! if you know what you are worth, then go out there and get what you are worth, but you gotta be willing to take the hit and, not pointing fingers saying "you ain't where you wanna be because of him her or anybody!" Not sure if that is accurate to the one he said but this should of been on the list.. I live by this speech today and it helped me through a lot.
Even though I did love Herman Boone's Gettysburg united speech in Remember The Titans that was shown. I will always be more partial to Will Patton's turn as assistant coach and defensive coordinator Bill Yoast (throwing away his dream of joining the hall of fame) when he first goes out on the field and tells the ref to call the game fair or else he would see to it that he will have all of them all thrown in jail for what they were doing to Boone. Then the defensive huddle where he utters to them that... "He doesn't want them to gain another yard. You will blitz all night. And they will forever remember, the night they played the titans!"
Miracle- Taking a couple college kids who hate each other and beat the Greatest Hockey team in the world thanks to a couple words. Perhaps the greatest underdog victory in History. You were on the 10 and it was a pick 6 (if you understand the joke)
I love "Game of Inches speech". It's a sort of life motivation, not only appealing to sport, but to the job, school, games, entire life. You realise that you have to take opportunity at the exact moment when you need it. Also I love speech about "Being perfect".
The Remember The Titans speech placed on the list is FAR inferior to Julius Campbell's halftime locker room speech to his coaches. It is a speech that not only gets the team ready for 2nd half, but also drives home the overarching theme of the movie, "to trust the soul of a man rather than the look of him."
The best sports movie speech was left out from 'Brian's Song'. While all of the 10 mentioned here are great motivation speeches, LIFE is more important than winning or losing a game. In Brian's song, Billy Dee Williams as Chicago Bear great Gayle Sayers, gives a short but highly emotional locker room speech informing his teammates of the illness and probable death of his 26 year old friend Brian Piccolo (James Caan). I don't see how anyone can watch this film and not be touched by it. Unknown by many is that Sayers & Piccolo were the first black & white NFL players to ever room together. Brian's Song is based on Sayers' book, I Am Third. "The Lord is 1st, my friends are 2nd & I am third," Great reading, great movie and should have been included somewhere on this list along with these other great sports movies!
I'm surprised there wasn't a Rocky speech in here. I mean, I don't care for Rocky IV but his speech after beating Drago, though similar to RtT's "respect each other" philosophy, is probably one of the greatest sport's movie speech I've heard. Even the speech he gives his son, though not sports related, is right up there. I mean, the "Pursuit of Happiness" speech, though only a few minutes long, is probably the best one the Rocky gives. I was happy you guys didn't jump to it, as it's on these lists about 98% of the time, but I keep looking at it and it bugs me, for some reason, that you snubbed it. It's literally the greatest sports movie series of all time, and yet it fails to even meet Honorable Mention criteria? I'm at a loss here.
It was great, but the speech to the soviet crowd at end of Rocky 4 was even better! ‘If I change...and you change...EVERYBODY CAN CHANGE!!!’ Watchmojo sucks for ignoring the Rocky series!
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Oliver Stone's Any given Sunday is one of the most overlooked sports films of all time. With a stellar cast and intense dialogues, the action off the playground is more interesting than the actual matches itself. A violent and effective movie made all the more interesting due to Stone's hyperkinetic direction.
I can only assume there's no mention of Rocky (despite Rocky Balboa deserving number 1) because there's a "Top 10 Stallone speeches" video coming soon?
"If I can change, you can change! Anybody can change!" Not exactly a speech. And Top 10 Stallone Speeches? Why would they make a video about that? And what exactly would that consist of besides the Rocky movies?
Decent list. A lot left out though. In Remember the Titans, the half time speech during the final game was the best. "Now, I'm not perfect, none of us are, but this team has never lost. That means, as of right now, this team is perfect. And I would prefer it stayed that way." The speech by the hotel cook in "Vision Quest" is one of the greatest ever, as is the speech by the janitor in "Rudy."
if you upload 5, 10 or 20 videos I watch them all, I think I might be addicted to this channel, the first thing I do whenever i get a hold of a computer is to check WatchMojo, and whenever I'm done watching all your videos I'm already thinking of your next video, what it will be.. it's almost like I'm in love :) anyway, great job guys! I just wanted to show my appreciation, i wanted to post this as a reply to one of your comments but for some reason it wouldnt let me.
I personally haven't seen all these speeches, but I will list my personal top 5 Sports Movie Speeches/Inspirational Moments. I say 5, because I haven't seen a lot of them either. 5) The visit to the prison (Invictus). Personally, while I'm not a huge rugby fan, Invictus was a brilliant movie, and this segment when the team visit the prison of Nelson Mandela was just so powerful. It really showed just how great a man Mandela was. 4) The last stand (Goal!) The first Goal! movie was pretty cliche in terms of story and ending, but there were some powerful scenes in there that was just as awesome as they were cliche. Santi's (main protagonist) dad doesn't really approve of his son playing football (soccer for you Yanks), but when Santi moves to Newcastle and his dad watches him play against Fulham, we see that not all is as it seems. Later, when Santi's dad dies from a heart attack, Santi gives up Newcastle to go home. But, before he leaves the airport, he has a moment of self-realization and decides to stay in Newcastle. The scene where he tells his manager exactly why he changed his mind is so awesome and so relatable because it talks about that independence from parents that all of us want, but fear. Buuttt that's not the best for me from this film. 3) The truth (Goal!) I personally think that Goal! is a freaking awesome film, and the ending certainly held out. Santi had just scored the crucial free-kick that gifts Newcastle a crucial win over Liverpool. They're celebrating, they're having fun...and then Santi's agent Glenn comes over and tells Santi that his grandma in Mexico is on the line. She tells him that his dad (who Santi thought never wanted him to be in England) actually went to a pub and watched his son play against Fulham. The emotion and tears of happiness Santi sheds as he shares this with Glenn is just so heartwarming, and the reconciliation between him and his dad is so gut-wrenching. 2) The end zone (Facing the Giants). While I personally haven't seen this film, this scene is so iconic because it's true. If you're an athlete or done school sports competitively, then this scene holds very true for you because it's raw and pure: you want to win? You work your ass off. When the going gets tough, it's those who push through the pain and uncertainty that triumph, and with that kind of self-belief and determination, an underdog can really make a difference. It's something that is constantly reiterated, but it's message is still very strong. 1) Miracle Speech. In all honesty, if I could, I would just fill this list with Miracle moments, because not only is it one of the best sports films I've seen (KIV I really haven't seen a lot of sports films. Here's the list that I have seen: Goal, Goal 2, Miracle, Invictus, Rocky 3(part of it)), but so much of it is true and really applicable if you're an athlete. The "legs feed the wolf" montage, the post-game Herbies scene, the family scene, everything about it is awesome. But the speech itself is simply magical and does a good job in summing up the movie. Despite all their training, despite everything they've done, the US is still an underdog against the world champions. There is fear in the camp, a real nervousness that fills the air. Herb Brooks knows this, and his speech is crafted in a way to say acknowledge that fear, and take it to them. He doesn't really play on their fear so much as mould it to strengthen their resolve, to instill them with that belief that this is that 1 game where they can make a difference. It's a speech that is delivered so masterfully that every time I watch it, I get chills.
I'm sorry but simply for cinematic goosebumps, I cannot recall a more classy and touching dialogue exchange between Roy Hobbs (Redford) and Coach (Wilford Brimley) as the injured slugger unexpectedly shows up in the locker room just before "The make it or break it Big Game" and does not state he wants or is able to play, rather he finally gives the audience and the coach the mysticle source of his love for the game. Brimley; not asking or requiring any further information states " Well you're the best one I ever had. And you're the best God-damed hitter I ever saw. Now suit up." "The Natural" will always remain in my top 3 for epic sports film dialogue. Watch it again and rethink your top 10 please !
"today is the best day of your life, believe it" - guy from the intro to A Football Life. "Every man must be committed to excellence, every man must be committed to victory." Vince Lombardi
I know it wasnt part of any of the games, but "at least he is not a book burner, you Nazi cow" speech from Field of Dreams is my favorite. James Earl Jones' "People will come, Ray. People will most definitely come." is pretty amazing too.
Rocky balboa! Come on! "it ain't about how hard you hit, its about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, how much you can take and keep moving forward! That's how minning is done!"
THANK YOU! I was trying to remember where I'd heard it. I thought it was Thy Majestie, but couldn't remember which song - it IS Haggard. But it sounds different - did they change it up?
Stoyan Momchilov Yeah, cause I was humming along with it and I knew I'd heard it. But I just went back and listened to it and it really is a bit different. I wonder if whoever does the music for Watchmojo just lifted it, re-sequenced it, and hoped nobody would know it. XD
22mohamido I don't know But I love remember the titans, you should make a top 10 songs in movies that are inspirational and a suggestion, you should let the people here the speeches other than talking about it...
Yea most of these are definitely a bit cliched. I believe the majority of the one in Any Given Sunday was improvised by Pacino, he didn't like his first take, so he winged it. Yea I would have liked to have seen Varsity Blues on here, even that coach was a bit of an asshole.
Ooooh yeah, Miracle on Ice, the big baaaad Sovjets, who all maybe should be jailed because they are so bad, against the soooo good, nice and heoric American college boys -.-
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, it’s that we are powerful beyond measure” possibly the most powerful sports quote ever.
Not a sports quote! Lmao.
@@Nibs333 it’s in a sports movie get a life
Nah g, bugs bunny in space jam when he got that water. It hit a little different.
I always loved this one.
Believe I’m yourself and you will achieve.
Fight for what you want in this life.
"It's the guy who's willing to die who's going to win that Inch."
Motivates me to tears. By far the absolute best speech ever written when it comes to motivation
I think Miracle should be #1 b/c the odds were so impossible that they could win. Herb Brook's speech was so inspirational and motivational that the college kids did the improbible.
Once again Im pretty disappointed. There were no speeches from any of the Rocky movies. Why not the speech from the end of Rocky 4 or in Rocky Balboa when he talks to his son? Those are highly inspirational and actually inspired me to go start working out and to never give up.
Im pretty disappointed with the lack of Rocky.
Me too, especially the one in Rocky Balboa.
would you count mickey's speech in part 5
well said about rocky. end of rocky 4
or the apollo speech in number 3
"It's not about haw hard you hit. It's about haw hard you can get hit... and keep moving forward." - The best inspirational sentence of all times.
Most of these movies either used silence or their own score that really drove the message home. This videos stock music really hurt this video
Thanks for the feedback, it's a very valid point... but what's more interesting is how many people appreciate and like the background music, so it's a tough call if we had to do it all over again. That said, we'll discuss for future similar clips. #WeListen ;)
Usually it's fine, but in this case the music didn't fit the tone of of the clips.
WatchMojo.com I agree with him. The music really destroyed the Friday Night lights speech. Frrustrating to say it politely.
+Bry son Agreed. ruined it. Also a very US centric list & where you've dipped outside US sports you've giot it wrong.
The Brian Clough speech was notoriously unsuccessful. Missed out Mike Basset too...ua-cam.com/video/c-Xo8m865iY/v-deo.html
+Dan Hosford it's like they didn't even watched the movie.Clough ends up leaving for gods sake!
I think Jack Lengyl's speech from We Are Marshall should have been number one,
it doesn't matter how many times I watch that movie, that one scene always moves me to tears
Miracle should have been number one. I mean how can that speech not motivate you? That and the Remember the Titans speech are the best one's here.
Miracle should have been number 1 it was one of the few on this list that actually happened in real life
No speech beats Al Pacino's speech from Any Given Sunday;)
+BonesLover247 i don't think you've seen any given sunday have you?
+AdsE462 Dude, it's my personal opinion, I'm not speaking for you or anyone else. Those two speeches just speak more to me than the others, that's all. Clearly the speech in Any Given Sunday is more your taste, and Remember the Titans and Miracle are more my taste, each to their own as they say.
+BonesLover247 I'm sorry, but nothing gets me going like the Any Given Sunday speech
Miracle better be #1, greatest motivational speech of all time
It'd be funny to hear any player from one of the real-life accounts from which these scenes are based on to be like "I don't remember the coach being that inspirational when we were losin'. I just remember a lot of death threats and a lot more cussin'."
#1 any given Sunday speech my coach had us listen to it before our football games and it got everyone pumped up to go out and give 110% no matter what.
Mojo really dropped the ball on this one. Lou Gehrig's (Gary Cooper) speech in Pride of the Yankees was one of the greatest speeches not just in sports or cinema but ever. The full film is slow paced and places a greater emphasis on truth than drama. Without the closing speech it would just be a boring bio-pic. The film tells the true story of a 2nd generation immigrate whose parents both work hard for their son, he attends and ivy league school, he leaves school to play for the home town Yankees where he's the team captain, sets a record for consecutive games, and wins several world series. He also falls in love and is married; there is no dramatic character transformation he and his wife are both shown as good looking, kind, and successful people from start to finish. They are almost dull to watch because their lives seem so perfect. Both the film's Gehrig and the real man were the prototypical "golden boy" who worked hard, was well liked, and deserving of all his accolades, a great man but an unexciting character. This is all until he is diagnosed with a rare and deadly disease (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease). This disease causes paralysis in the body usually beginning in the limbs and progressing with loss of control in the urinary and respiratory system leaving the person unable to move and with difficulty speaking and eating all while the person is fully aware. The disease is incurable and the patient usually does not live more than 3-4 years after being diagnosed. This disease would understandably break even the best people leaving them asking "why me." After he worked hard and lived selflessly he should have had a few more years as a ball player and many more as a husband. But Gehrig never complains he never says 'why me,' instead he says "People all say that I've been given a bad break. But today... today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth." If the speeches on this list are made great because they 'transcend sport' than the Gehrig speech certainly tops them. It is not about motivating a team to win a big game its about accepting an inevitable death, and being able to look back at a life you can take pride in. Its about feeling loved even though you are dealt a hand you cannot over come. Even though he knows he will never play again and he only has a few years left he is still extremely fortunate to have had the love of his parents and mother-in-law, his coaches and teammates, the fans who filled the stadium and most of all his wife. The speech is a thank you to all of these people and helps them and the viewer accept Gehrig's early and unfair death. It shows Gehrig's appreciation for all of those who cared for him. Usually if fans have any role in a sports film it to serve as a critic, they are an antagonist to the hero, they are mean when the hero is down and live vicariously through the hero when he or she is on top and are seldom show collectively as a positive force. Gehrig however is greatful to them all for being supportive and lets them know that the love the fans have for him does not just go one way, he loves them back. The movie also came out in the summer of '42 a little less than a year after the real life Gehrig's death and only 3 years after the speech it is based off of so for those seeing it back then Gehrig was more than a character on a movie screen he was some they really watched and cheered for.
ANY GIVEN SUNDAY! Always the best speech with Al Pacino!
What the fuck? Rocky doesn't get a spot? He doesn't matter? What the hell?!
Pacino's speech is clearly the best of the bunch listed here. Missing - Stallone's speech from Rocky Balboa, about how it's not how hard you get hit, but how hard you get hit, but keep moving forward... or something like that.
"But it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward…"
We used to listen to the Any Given Sunday speech before our matches on the way to games. Even though we were playing rugby, it still got everyone in the mood to put 100% in!
Any Given Sunday. Best speech in any type of movie hands down.
Rocky Balboa, "Life isn't about how hard you hit" speech. Definitely needed to give that one some love.
I could memorize Al Pacino's speech by heart now, and recite it in my heart every time before exam
Rocky's speech to his son in Rocky Balboa is one of the greatest speeches ever put on film, sports or otherwise.
…I hate that they left this one out!
Keanu Reaves in "The Replacements" should have been on this list somewhere....
"Wounds heal,
Pain fades,
Glory lasts forever,
And Chicks dig scars..."
Right.... so short but so epic
Moxon's speech in varsity blues at the end of the movie at halftime of the last game should have been in there. One of my favorite speeches!
Where's Rocky? Boxing is a sport
There are no real speeches but there are some quotes
quentin marks His speech to his son. Great speech
Thank you Tom Cook iT WAS GREAT
yoooooo adrien i did it!!!
Agreed, it was a phenomenal speech that should have gotten at least honourable mention.
i think sandlers speech in longest yard at the end was class..considering his whole team was against him but putting himself in the firing line on his own was worthy enuf
what about rockys talk to his son..that one really hit home for me.
Life ain't about how hard you hit..its about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward..how much you can take and keep moving forward.. thats how winning is done! if you know what you are worth, then go out there and get what you are worth, but you gotta be willing to take the hit and, not pointing fingers saying "you ain't where you wanna be because of him her or anybody!"
Not sure if that is accurate to the one he said but this should of been on the list.. I live by this speech today and it helped me through a lot.
thats deep.
james merrell it is... its probably one of the best motivational speeches I heard
Mickey's speech in Rocky 5 is the greatest in movie history!
Even though I did love Herman Boone's Gettysburg united speech in Remember The Titans that was shown.
I will always be more partial to Will Patton's turn as assistant coach and defensive coordinator Bill Yoast (throwing away his dream of joining the hall of fame) when he first goes out on the field and tells the ref to call the game fair or else he would see to it that he will have all of them all thrown in jail for what they were doing to Boone. Then the defensive huddle where he utters to them that...
"He doesn't want them to gain another yard. You will blitz all night. And they will forever remember, the night they played the titans!"
I am surprised that the speech from "The Final Season" did not make it. Great one there ending with, "How do you want to be remembered?"
Shortest sports speech "YOU CAN DO EETT".
The song in the background is Al Maiten Suite - Joaquin Lera
Average Joe's speech before Dodgeball finals.
"Pain heals, chicks dig scars,..glory lasts forever" -The Replacements; should have at least gotten an honorable mention here.
oh come on where the fuck is coach carter's final speech ?
Miracle- Taking a couple college kids who hate each other and beat the Greatest Hockey team in the world thanks to a couple words. Perhaps the greatest underdog victory in History. You were on the 10 and it was a pick 6 (if you understand the joke)
I love "Game of Inches speech". It's a sort of life motivation, not only appealing to sport, but to the job, school, games, entire life. You realise that you have to take opportunity at the exact moment when you need it. Also I love speech about "Being perfect".
I never really liked ice hockey, but I LOVED Miracle. Such a good movie.
The Remember The Titans speech placed on the list is FAR inferior to Julius Campbell's halftime locker room speech to his coaches. It is a speech that not only gets the team ready for 2nd half, but also drives home the overarching theme of the movie, "to trust the soul of a man rather than the look of him."
The best sports movie speech was left out from 'Brian's Song'. While all of the 10 mentioned here are great motivation speeches, LIFE is more important than winning or losing a game. In Brian's song, Billy Dee Williams as Chicago Bear great Gayle Sayers, gives a short but highly emotional locker room speech informing his teammates of the illness and probable death of his 26 year old friend Brian Piccolo (James Caan). I don't see how anyone can watch this film and not be touched by it. Unknown by many is that Sayers & Piccolo were the first black & white NFL players to ever room together. Brian's Song is based on Sayers' book, I Am Third. "The Lord is 1st, my friends are 2nd & I am third," Great reading, great movie and should have been included somewhere on this list along with these other great sports movies!
Miracle needs to be higher on this list
Totally
I don't know how the "Our deepest fear" speech didn't make the top 10, gives me serious goosebumps every time
I'm surprised there wasn't a Rocky speech in here. I mean, I don't care for Rocky IV but his speech after beating Drago, though similar to RtT's "respect each other" philosophy, is probably one of the greatest sport's movie speech I've heard. Even the speech he gives his son, though not sports related, is right up there. I mean, the "Pursuit of Happiness" speech, though only a few minutes long, is probably the best one the Rocky gives. I was happy you guys didn't jump to it, as it's on these lists about 98% of the time, but I keep looking at it and it bugs me, for some reason, that you snubbed it. It's literally the greatest sports movie series of all time, and yet it fails to even meet Honorable Mention criteria? I'm at a loss here.
How come Rocky 4 isn't mentioned??
Balboa's speech on "everybody can change" was amazing
what about rocky 6 speech
It was great, but the speech to the soviet crowd at end of Rocky 4 was even better! ‘If I change...and you change...EVERYBODY CAN CHANGE!!!’ Watchmojo sucks for ignoring the Rocky series!
How is the miracle speech not number 1..... not only is it amazing but 100% word for word accurate
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Top ten fictional wars please.
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Oliver Stone's Any given Sunday is one of the most overlooked sports films of all time. With a stellar cast and intense dialogues, the action off the playground is more interesting than the actual matches itself. A violent and effective movie made all the more interesting due to Stone's hyperkinetic direction.
Ok I'm sorry, but miracle only got #6?! That speech should be #1!
The we are Marshall speech was the best part of that movie. Made me cry a little bit 6:29-7:23
I can only assume there's no mention of Rocky (despite Rocky Balboa deserving number 1) because there's a "Top 10 Stallone speeches" video coming soon?
"If I can change, you can change! Anybody can change!"
Not exactly a speech. And Top 10 Stallone Speeches? Why would they make a video about that? And what exactly would that consist of besides the Rocky movies?
Oh, and I forgot the most memorable and most quoted part of the speech: "Adrian!"
Decent list. A lot left out though.
In Remember the Titans, the half time speech during the final game was the best. "Now, I'm not perfect, none of us are, but this team has never lost. That means, as of right now, this team is perfect. And I would prefer it stayed that way."
The speech by the hotel cook in "Vision Quest" is one of the greatest ever, as is the speech by the janitor in "Rudy."
Couldn't agree more the speeches in RUDY and VISION QUEST were outstanding
WARNING:
Do not underestimate the possibility of feeling choked up due to the incredible amount of "dem feels" during this video.
No one speechifies like Pacino. Sooooooo good in that role.
I'm sorry, But HOW THE FUCK did at LEAST ONE Rudy quote not get on this?! Right?!
There's heroes and there's legends heroes get remembered legends never die
Not even a little mention for "The Replacements"?
What about the "Our deepest fear"-speech in "Coach Carter" & the "Rocky 6"-speech ? O__o Those were PURE MADNESS!
Could've gone without the music imo
Music name??
if you upload 5, 10 or 20 videos I watch them all, I think I might be addicted to this channel, the first thing I do whenever i get a hold of a computer is to check WatchMojo, and whenever I'm done watching all your videos I'm already thinking of your next video, what it will be.. it's almost like I'm in love :) anyway, great job guys! I just wanted to show my appreciation, i wanted to post this as a reply to one of your comments but for some reason it wouldnt let me.
Thanks for the kind words.
The fact that the speech from "Miracle" isn't even in the top ten is a shame. AMERICA BABY!
Yes it is. Did you even watch the video?
I personally haven't seen all these speeches, but I will list my personal top 5 Sports Movie Speeches/Inspirational Moments. I say 5, because I haven't seen a lot of them either.
5) The visit to the prison (Invictus). Personally, while I'm not a huge rugby fan, Invictus was a brilliant movie, and this segment when the team visit the prison of Nelson Mandela was just so powerful. It really showed just how great a man Mandela was.
4) The last stand (Goal!) The first Goal! movie was pretty cliche in terms of story and ending, but there were some powerful scenes in there that was just as awesome as they were cliche. Santi's (main protagonist) dad doesn't really approve of his son playing football (soccer for you Yanks), but when Santi moves to Newcastle and his dad watches him play against Fulham, we see that not all is as it seems. Later, when Santi's dad dies from a heart attack, Santi gives up Newcastle to go home. But, before he leaves the airport, he has a moment of self-realization and decides to stay in Newcastle. The scene where he tells his manager exactly why he changed his mind is so awesome and so relatable because it talks about that independence from parents that all of us want, but fear. Buuttt that's not the best for me from this film.
3) The truth (Goal!) I personally think that Goal! is a freaking awesome film, and the ending certainly held out. Santi had just scored the crucial free-kick that gifts Newcastle a crucial win over Liverpool. They're celebrating, they're having fun...and then Santi's agent Glenn comes over and tells Santi that his grandma in Mexico is on the line. She tells him that his dad (who Santi thought never wanted him to be in England) actually went to a pub and watched his son play against Fulham. The emotion and tears of happiness Santi sheds as he shares this with Glenn is just so heartwarming, and the reconciliation between him and his dad is so gut-wrenching.
2) The end zone (Facing the Giants). While I personally haven't seen this film, this scene is so iconic because it's true. If you're an athlete or done school sports competitively, then this scene holds very true for you because it's raw and pure: you want to win? You work your ass off. When the going gets tough, it's those who push through the pain and uncertainty that triumph, and with that kind of self-belief and determination, an underdog can really make a difference. It's something that is constantly reiterated, but it's message is still very strong.
1) Miracle Speech. In all honesty, if I could, I would just fill this list with Miracle moments, because not only is it one of the best sports films I've seen (KIV I really haven't seen a lot of sports films. Here's the list that I have seen: Goal, Goal 2, Miracle, Invictus, Rocky 3(part of it)), but so much of it is true and really applicable if you're an athlete. The "legs feed the wolf" montage, the post-game Herbies scene, the family scene, everything about it is awesome. But the speech itself is simply magical and does a good job in summing up the movie. Despite all their training, despite everything they've done, the US is still an underdog against the world champions. There is fear in the camp, a real nervousness that fills the air. Herb Brooks knows this, and his speech is crafted in a way to say acknowledge that fear, and take it to them. He doesn't really play on their fear so much as mould it to strengthen their resolve, to instill them with that belief that this is that 1 game where they can make a difference. It's a speech that is delivered so masterfully that every time I watch it, I get chills.
Rocky 6, when he gives his son the speech.
"Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory lasts forever." - Shane Falco
Miracle at number 6? BS.
mystery, alaska? best sports movie of all time IMO, big slight here
miracle on ice shoulda made the top 5 If not the #1
The best list from watch mojo. I do think the speech from rocky should be in there too
The background music was annoying in this video.
runjab perhaps...but what is the music called
What's the name??
What is the music name??
I'm sorry but simply for cinematic goosebumps, I cannot recall a more classy and touching dialogue exchange between Roy Hobbs (Redford) and Coach (Wilford Brimley) as the injured slugger unexpectedly shows up in the locker room just before "The make it or break it Big Game" and does not state he wants or is able to play, rather he finally gives the audience and the coach the mysticle source of his love for the game. Brimley; not asking or requiring any further information states " Well you're the best one I ever had. And you're the best God-damed hitter I ever saw. Now suit up."
"The Natural" will always remain in my top 3 for epic sports film dialogue. Watch it again and rethink your top 10 please !
How the hell did Rudy not make the list?!?
"Pain heals, chicks dig scars, glory last forever." Shane Falco
Miracle shold be one because it actually happened
i live in odessa im so happy we were featured on here Mojonation!
Where is Rocky??????
I know right, I mean, the man ended The Cold War with his speech.
"today is the best day of your life, believe it" - guy from the intro to A Football Life.
"Every man must be committed to excellence, every man must be committed to victory." Vince Lombardi
Miracle has to be #1. He didn't see it, he lived it.
Denzel's speech in Remember the Titans was excellent, but Will Patton's "Leave No Doubt" speech was even better.
I havnt watched the video yet but a good spech would of been when the guy who played as rocky gave a speech to I think his son about life
22mohamido *Stalone
Just play the speeches in full, your voiceover and the music took away all the impact and power of these great speeches
what about the Death Crawl scene from Facing the Giants ???
I know it wasnt part of any of the games, but "at least he is not a book burner, you Nazi cow" speech from Field of Dreams is my favorite. James Earl Jones' "People will come, Ray. People will most definitely come." is pretty amazing too.
I used to listen to Al Pacino's legendary speech before every football game I played in.
deeshmond best part about that movie
Pretty much the speech my Dad gave me every time I fucked up in school or in life as a kid and occasionally still as an adult .
Movie 43 Terrence Howard's speech.
Rocky balboa! Come on! "it ain't about how hard you hit, its about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, how much you can take and keep moving forward! That's how minning is done!"
The point that the Miracle speech that actually happened isn't in the top 3 really makes me hate this channel more and more every time i watch it.
Where is the amazing speech from The Pride of the Yankees as delivered by the wonderful Gary Cooper?
The one from Rocky?
For anyone interested the background tune is from Haggard - The Origin.
THANK YOU! I was trying to remember where I'd heard it. I thought it was Thy Majestie, but couldn't remember which song - it IS Haggard. But it sounds different - did they change it up?
DemonmachinE I knew that someone like me would be banging his head to remember this tune.
Stoyan Momchilov Yeah, cause I was humming along with it and I knew I'd heard it. But I just went back and listened to it and it really is a bit different. I wonder if whoever does the music for Watchmojo just lifted it, re-sequenced it, and hoped nobody would know it. XD
Glory road? Was not mentioned once? The all first black basketball team that went pretty much undefeated in all the faces of racism. Come on?
How is Coach Carters speech where the hispanic talks about the humans greatest fear? it's HANDS down the best speech ever.
what music is this
ivan cherviakoff I’m not sure....but I would also like to know what it’s called, cause I really like it
The fact the Miracle speech is #6 is blasphemy. That's definitely the best speech of all time. Sports movie or not
Sorry but Miracle should've been number one
hahahha..the greatest speech starts with.. "I don't really know what to tell you". Alpacino is cool man!
why the hell was coach carter not number 1! haha
22mohamido I don't know But I love remember the titans, you should make a top 10 songs in movies that are inspirational and a suggestion, you should let the people here the speeches other than talking about it...
because it doesnt deserve to be lol
Cool runnings Sanka coffee speech should HAVE been in there. "We sure as hell better bobsled Jamaican".
I've known you since Julie Jefferies asked to see your dingaling.
Yea most of these are definitely a bit cliched. I believe the majority of the one in Any Given Sunday was improvised by Pacino, he didn't like his first take, so he winged it. Yea I would have liked to have seen Varsity Blues on here, even that coach was a bit of an asshole.
The speech Rocky gave to his kid in Rocky Balboa
Are you JOKING? Any Given Sunday? What a joke of a list lol
Shut up look at your name!
Paraguai123 Yea, I did it all 4 times...
Where is Pride of the Yankees. Lou Gehrig's luckiest man alive speech, which was in the movie is one of the most inspiring speeches ever!
Ooooh yeah, Miracle on Ice, the big baaaad Sovjets, who all maybe should be jailed because they are so bad, against the soooo good, nice and heoric American college boys -.-