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bornRaider · #1 (**permalink**) 05-02-2008, 02:19 AM

I dont know why, but i just saw any given sunday and the speech Pacino gives in the end has got to be the best pre-game speech I've ever heard.

Just read this and if you've ever played football it give you the chills. I havent played in 10 years and it makes me want to hit something.

Just sharing...do you guys know any other good speeches?

PACINO:
i dont know what to say,really…
3 minutes...to the biggest battle of our professional lives...all comes down to today…
Either, we heal, as a team, or we’re gonna crumble...inch by inch, play by play...to we’re finished, we’re in hell right now, gentlemen...believe me…
and...we can stay here, get the **** kicked out of us...or… we can fight our way back...into the light...we can climb outta hell...one inch at a time...now, i cant do it for you...im too old...i look around, i see this young faces,and i think...i mean,i’ve made every wrong choice a middle-aged man can make...I...eh...I pissed away all my money, believe it or not...i chased off anyone’s who’s ever loved me...and lately,I cant even stand the face I see in the mirror...you know, when you get old in life,things get taken from you...well thats....thats part of life...but, you only learn that,when you start losing stuff...you find out, life’s a game of inches...so is football...because, in either game,life or fottball,the margin for error is so small, i mean, one half a step too late, or too early, and you dont quite make it, one half second too slow, too fast, you dont quite catch it, the inches we need are everywhere around us… they’re in every break of the game, every minute, every second....on this team, we fight for that inch… on this team, we tear ourselves and everyone else around us, to pieces for that inch...we claw with our fingernails for that inch...because we know,when we head up all those inches,thats gonna make the ****ing difference, between winning and losing!
Between living and dying!! I’ll tell you this: in any fight, its the guy who’s willing to die,who’s gonna win that inch...and I know, if im gonna have any life anymore...Its because I’m still willing to fight and die for that inch...because, thats what living is! The six inches in front of your face...!! now, i cant make you do it, you gotta look at the guy next to you, look into his eyes!now, i think you’re gonna see a guy, who will go that inch with you...You’re gonna see a guy, who will sacrifice himself, for this team, because he knows, when it comes down to it, you’re gonna do the same for him… Thats a team, gentlemen...and, either we heal,NOW, as a team, or we will die...as individuals...thats football, guys...thats all it is...now, what are you gonna do?

**HITMAN** · #2 (**permalink**) 05-02-2008, 03:08 AM

The halftime speech on Friday Night Lights is pretty decent and you can't forget Knute Rockne's famous win one for the gipper speech.

**kennyrat923** · #3 (**permalink**) 05-02-2008, 03:15 AM

One of if not THE best ever:

American Rhetoric: Martin Luther King, Jr. - I Have a Dream

**AutumnWind32** · #4 (**permalink**) 05-02-2008, 03:21 AM

Classic Pacino, reminiscent of his Scent of a Woman speech. In an otherwise disappointing movie, that scene is worth watching the entire movie.

And like Hitman said, Billy Bob's speech in Friday Night Lights is also a great speech.

raidersrocker · #5 (**permalink**) 05-02-2008, 06:29 AM

Jack Lengyel: 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.
[Thumps his chest]
Jack Lengyel: 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 your ass 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...
Young Thundering Herd: Marshall!
Jack Lengyel: We are.
Young Thundering Herd: Marshall!
Jack Lengyel: We are!
Young Thundering Herd: Marshall!
Jack Lengyel: The funerals end today!

bornRaider · #6 (**permalink**) 05-02-2008, 06:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by raidersrocker

Jack Lengyel: 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.
[Thumps his chest]
Jack Lengyel: 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 your ass 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...
Young Thundering Herd: Marshall!
Jack Lengyel: We are.
Young Thundering Herd: Marshall!
Jack Lengyel: We are!
Young Thundering Herd: Marshall!
Jack Lengyel: The funerals end today!

Good One!

raidersrocker · #7 (**permalink**) 05-04-2008, 01:40 AM

YouTube - Remember the Titans - Coach Boone Speech