Analyzing Herb Brooks Speech In The 1980 Olympics

When Tim Collins begins his speech in regards to Marie Fatayi-Williams speech, he immediately identifies and relates to her speech. He explains that Marie speaks out in desperate hope of finding her son and stopping the terrorist attacks on innocent people. Tim Collins also relates back to his history of loss, killing and speaking to his men when describing how he could relate to Marie's story.

He tells them that they don’t have enough talent to win on talent alone and that the name on the front of their jersey means a lot more than the one on the back. He repeats his message of win or loose, play like champions. Over and over Brooks shouts “ Again “, driving the players to exhaustion. He doesn’t stop, ignoring the pleas of his assistants, until the future team Captain, Mike Eruzione, states “ I play for team USA. “ Brooks lets them go and a turning point has been reached. They are finally becoming a team , one of destiny with a common purpose.

Lou Gehrig gave this speech as part of his retirement. He did not intend of making a speech at the time and he gave a very good speech. He presented himself as a relaxed, grateful, and a very humble human being. In this speech he is showing a side of him that is very optimistic. He shared certain details about his life, the good parts. He shared his gratitude toward his parents, his wife, and mother-in-law. He shared his humble background and praised the people he worked with. He chooses to dwell on the good parts of his life, not his hardships. Gehrig wanted people to know that he has had a good life and they should not feel sorry for him. He does not feel sorry for himself. He said,

For my rhetorical analysis, I chose the movie "Rocky Balboa". This speech gave me a lot of insight on how to take care of things and to deal with the consequences afterwards. Rocky's speech to his son “Rocky Balboa Jr.” was very inspirational and motivational. The purpose of this speech was to encourage you to fight for what you want no matter how many times you get pushed down. It taught me to be myself regardless of what other people will say and think. The speech was informative and persuasive. It was informative because Rocky informed his son with factual advice knowing that he has endured the something growing up. It was persuasive because he persuaded his son to be the best possible version of himself. The context/meaning of the

Good afternoon everyone, today I will be addressing the theme of overcoming prejudice and racism through Coach Boone’s Gettysburg Adress scene. I will be talking about the use of high and low key lighting, the importance of the scene, camera angles and why this theme is relevant today.

My reaction to this video indicated that Ron Finley took the time out to show an interest for others. He focused on others well-being as he also encouraged and promoted a healthy lifestyle. He wanted to transform his neighborhood by growing food on empty lots and putting people to work and getting the children off the streets. Ron Finley was effective in his speech as he gave the people the tools that were needed to succeed in their diets to be able to live a healthier and prosperous life. He convinced the community that eating healthy promotes an extended life span, as he reached out to the

He speaks with great passion, intention, and dramatic pauses to keep the audience interested in his every word. His tone of voice and diction conveys the message of this powerful speech to his audience. The dramatic hand gestures also attribute to his passion for the topic, and a notable example of this occurs during the following line. “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” (Bige0980). First, he points to the team in the middle of the line, and then he beats his hand against his chest at the line’s conclusion. It can be interpreted that he is gesturing to his heart’s connection with his players’ hearts. His eye contact with the entire audience also alludes to his personal relationship with each individual player, as well as his fellow coaches. These aspects allow him to connect to the audience in this influential

“ Always remember others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.” This is a quote about Richard M. Nixon, i took out that from his importance he was hated. Being important figure will include going through meaningful processes help make progress in the world, which these processes are usually lead my people with great importance. Communities will praise them for what they do, but not everyone will agree. People will disagree and can dislike leading to hating someone for their decisions. As the president with what they try to reinforce into our country which they are leading. “He is comical but he also represents the worst of our country.” This was said about Donald Trump an opinion from one person showing hatred. Opinions of people show the hate there is for him, even with the hatred he is the leader of our country. Many people still praise him and believe in him or he wouldn't be our president. Important people get their importance from taking risks , their views, from gaining power, being hated and loved.

Chamberlain had many characteristics in his speech. His characteristics in his speech were honest, generous and fair. He was honest when he tells it straight to them, he doesn’t beat around the bush. Shaara stats that he is honest when “ ‘Gentlemen, I think if we lose this fight we lose the war, so if you choose to join us I will be personally very grateful.’(8) ” Second Chamberlain is generous when he gives the men a choice on whether to fight or not. It states that “ If you choose to join us and you want your musket back you can have them- nothing more will be said by anyone, anywhere If you chose not to join us well then you can come along under guard and when this all over I will do what I can to ensure you get a fair trial, but for now

Individual rights versus the good of the community, is an issue that America has struggled with for a long time. Mr. Erskine Halls delivered his speech in front of the Association of Newspaper Editors’ conference regarding his concern about the violations of the “First Amendment to the Constitution. To begin with, the “U.S Supreme Court has just issues its ruling in the case of Near v Minnesota” by attempting to void Minnesota’s “press gag law.”

The undefeated Union Titans huffed, puffed and panted going back and forth for sprints. Coach was brutal. One after the other the stampede ran across the field. Pain filled the faces of weak links, while the stronger starters held their pain in order to please coach. Usually if the next sprint is faster than the last we would have a shortened sentence but, today was different, today was the last time we could put in work before meeting face to face with Richland.

Lou Gehrig's signing with the baseball outfit New York Yankees was after his sophomore year at the University of Columbia. He went on to set many marvelous records that hold to date. However, in 1939, he fell victim to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease which forced his early retirement from the game ("Lou Gehrig | The official licensing website for Lou Gehrig," n.d.). On Independence Day of the same year, Lou went on to give his “Farewell to baseball” speech in front of a 62,000 fan-packed Yankee stadium. The expression and manner of the address were well-articulated thus eliminating the exigency of the situation.

Mr. Charles Hollingsworth was a well-dressed, 70-year-old, Caucasian married male who presented for interview and testing in a timely manner. His manner was forthright with no observable indication of misrepresenting his history or psychological complaints but, minimization of common shortcomings to which most would admit was noticed and discussed with him. He was oriented and alert. His speech was clear logical and goal directed. There was no evidence of severe anxiety, depression or psychotic thought process. Tearing was noted when speaking about his deceased father. Mr. Hollingsworth seemed to have good motivation to make positive changes in his life weight

The team was ready, we had been working extremely hard for the past seven months for this. We were all in great shape and very rested. A few of the returning players were meeting me at my house to carpool to the final game of the state championship tournament. Everyone knew that the hard work had paid off when we won the semi-final game the preceding day.

"Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country," is a well-known quote among Americans that has so much meaning behind it. John F. Kennedy was a president for the United States and loved among many American citizens. His speeches were always thought out and used many rhetoric devices to reel his audience in. Therefore, making his speeches brilliant and known the citizens of America. By going over the main points of rhetoric JFK used in his innagural speech like antithesis, pathos, and the theme one can realize how deep the speech actually is.