Screw 'Em! (Pardon my hockey-speak)

Two reasons for this post:

First, to recommend what may be my all-time favorite movie, Miracle, the story of the USA ice hockey team's victory over the Soviets in the semi-final match at the Lake Placid winter Olympics in 1980. (The USA went on to win gold.) Kurt Russell played the role of the USA coach, Herb Brooks, and this clip is of Brooks' speech to his players just before the game where they defeated the Soviet team who had DOMINATED ice hockey for years—undeniably the best in the world. The USA team was a bunch of college hockey players who defeated the Soviet professionals. I get tears and chills every time I watch Miracle, and especially this clip. (And by the way, if you haven't watched Miracle, or watched it lately, make it your next movie to see!)

Second, to show a little five-year-old guy who has memorized the speech from Miracle and who delivered it on the "Ellen" show this past week. You'll love the key line from Kurt Russell's speech delivered with five-year-old naiveté!

From the movie—Kurt Russell as Herb Brooks. Watch this first since a couple of words in the child's version are hard to understand:

The little guy delivering the speech at home:

The little guy on "Ellen:"