Originally Posted By Jafar30 Since today is the 25th anniversary of the USA beating the Soviets in the Olympics here are some Miracle quotes: Herb Brooks: "Great moments are born from great opportunity. That's what you have here, tonight, boys. That's what you've earned here tonight. One game. If we played them ten times, they might win nine, but not this game. Not tonight. Tonight, we skate. Tonight, we stay with them, and we shut them down, because we can! Tonight, WE are the greatest hockey team in the world. You were born to be hockey players, every one of you. And you were meant to be here tonight. This is your time. Their time is done, it's over. I'm sick and tired of hearing about what a great hockey team the Soviets have. Screw 'em. This is your time. Now go out there and take it! Herb Brooks: Red line, back. Blue line, back. Far blue line, back. Far red line, back. And you have 45 seconds to do it. Get used to this drill. You'll be doing it *a lot*. Why? Because the legs feed the wolf, gentlemen. I can't promise you we'll be the best team at Lake Placid next February. But we will be the best conditioned. That I can promise you. Al Michaels: Five seconds left in the game. Do you believe in miracles? YES! Herb Brooks: When you pull on that jersey, the name on the front is a hell of alot more important than the one on the back. Craig Patrick: You're missing the best players. Herb Brooks: I'm not looking for the best players, Craig, I'm lookin' for the right ones. Herb Brooks: You don't have enough talent to win on talent alone. Mike Eruzione: Mike Eruzione! Winthrop, Massachusettes! Herb Brooks: Who do you play for? Mike Eruzione: I play for the United States of America! Herb Brooks: If we play 'em 10 times, they might win nine. But NOT this game. Herb Brooks: So, why don't we start with some introductions. YOu know, get to know eacother a little bit. Where you from. Who you are. [looks at McClanahan] Herb Brooks: Go ahead. Rob McClanahan: Rob McClanahan. St. Paul Minnesota. Herb Brooks: Who do you play for? Rob McClanahan: I play for you. Here at the U. Herb Brooks: Jack? Jack O'Callahan: Jack O'Callahan. Charlestown, Mass. Boston University. Herb Brooks: Over here. [looks at Ralph Cox] Cox: I'm Ralph Cox. I'm from where ever's not gunna get me hit! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Herb Brooks: McClanahan, what are you doing? Put your gear back on. Rob McClanahan: But Doc said... Herb Brooks: I don't care what the Doc said, you're playing. I don't have time for quitters. Rob McClanahan: You want me to play, huh? Is that what you want? Herb Brooks: I WANT YOU TO BE A HOCKEY PLAYER! Rob McClanahan: I AM A HOCKEY PLAYER! You want me to play with one leg? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Herb Brooks: This is unbelievable. You guys are playing like this is some throw away game up in Rochester. Who we playing Rammer? Mike Ramsey: Sweden. Herb Brooks: Yeah. You're damn right Sweden! In the Olympics! [Turns to McClanahan] Herb Brooks: What the hell is wrong with you? Put your gear on! [Pause] Herb Brooks: I said put your gear on! Rob McClanahan: Doc told me I can't play. Herb Brooks: Yeah, yeah, yeah I know. You got a bad bruise. You know what put youre street clothes on because I got no time for quitters! Mike Eruzione: Come on Herb! No body is quitting here! Herb Brooks: You worry about your own game. Plenty there to keep you busy. Herb Brooks: A bruise on the leg is a hell of a long way from the heart, candy ass. Rob McClanahan: What'd you call me? Herb Brooks: You heard me! Rob McClanahan: You want me to play huh? Is that what you want? Herb Brooks: I want you to be a hockey player! Rob McClanahan: I AM A HOCKEY PLAYER! YOU WANT ME TO PLAY ON ONE LEG? HUH? I'LL PLAY ON ONE LEG! Herb Brooks: [walking out of the locker room with McClanahan still screaming] That'll get him going. Craig Patrick: O yeah. I'll clean up! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Herb Brooks: What the hell is wrong with you? Put your gear on. [Pause] Herb Brooks: I said put your gear on! Rob McClanahan: But Doc said I can't play Herb Brooks: Yeah I know you got a bad bruise. You know what, put your street clothes on because I got no time for quitters. Mike Eruzione: Come on Herb! No body is quittin here! Herb Brooks: You worry about your own game. There's plenty there to keep you busy! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim Craig: [reading the roster of players] A lot of guys from Minnesota and Boston. Jack O'Callahan: Yeah, that's gonna work. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack O'Callahan: [walking up to Craig, who's reading the tryout roster] Jimmy Craig. Jim Craig: Hey, Jack. Jack O'Callahan: What's up, you sieve? Jim Craig: [shakes hands] How's it going? Jack O'Callahan: Good. Jim Craig: [referring to tryout roster] Is there any reason why Joey Mullen's not here? Jack O'Callahan: Yeah, about thirty thousand of them all sitting in his New York bank account. Jim Craig: He got a $30,000 signing bonus? Jack O'Callahan: Crazy, isn't it? Jim Craig: Yeah. Jack O'Callahan: [referring to tryout roster] How's it looking? Jim Craig: [pauses and starts walking into locker room] A lotta guys from Minnesota and Boston. Jack O'Callahan: Yeah, *that's* gonna work. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Herb Brooks: If we play them ten times, they'll probably win nine. But not tonight. Tonight is our time. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Herb Brooks: We start becoming a team right now! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Herb Brooks: [opening his Christmas gift - a bullwhip] It's the gift that keeps on giving. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Herb Brooks: Tonight, *we* are the greatest hockey team in the world. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Herb Brooks: This is your time! Now go out there and take it! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Doc: Ah, so much hate and fear. Craig Patrick: What? Doc: Between the Soviets and the West. All these nuclear weapons pointed at each other. It's bound to end up in disaster. Craig Patrick: Aw come on, Doc, they'll work it out. They don't have any other choice right? Doc: I hope so, but it just seems to me like some people just never get along. Craig Patrick: Like hockey players from Boston and Minnesota. Doc: Our own private Cold War. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Craig Patrick: Hey, Doc, let me ask you a question. Doc: Well, of course. Craig Patrick: You've worked with Herb for a long time, right? Doc: I've known Herb for quite some time. Craig Patrick: So let me ask you, does he always treat his players like this? Doc: No... no, this I have never seen. No - but Craig, Herb has a reason for everything he does. Craig Patrick: Well, he's gonna end up with 20 players who hate his guts. Doc: Well, maybe if they hate him they won't have time to hate each other. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack O'Callahan: [O.C. is standing in the middle of the ice on crutches. Brooks walks onto the ice and stands next to him] Doc said, "No," right? Herb Brooks: He said you *might* be able to go in a week, maybe two. Jack O'Callahan: What if it's two? Herb Brooks: That puts me in a tight spot, doesn't it? Jack, I've got twenty guys to think about here, and they're all looking at me to do what's best for this team. Jack O'Callahan: I understand, coach. Herb Brooks: Which is why I'm hanging onto you. Jack O'Callahan: [turns to face him] I swear to God, Herb, if you're not being serious right now... Herb Brooks: I'm only saying this if you promise right now you won't even think about asking me to play until I tell you. Jack O'Callahan: I won't. I-I mean, I will, I promise, coach. Herb Brooks: Cause if you do, Jack, I'll stick your ass on an airplane, and you're headed back to Boston. [O.C. smiles] Herb Brooks: All right, Doc's waiting for you. Jack O'Callahan: [smiling] Thank you, Herb. [hobbles away on crutches, stops and raises crutches in the air, screaming] Jack O'Callahan: Woohoo! O.C. is playing, baby! Hahaha! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Herb Brooks: I'm thinking about sitting you down Jim. Jim Craig: What? Wait what are you talking about? Herb Brooks: No, it's not your fault. I played you way too much, and you're too tired. Besides that, I think it's time I give Janny a look. He's been waiting for seven months. Jim Craig: YOu're kidding me? Now? Herb Brooks: Of course I mean now! Jim Craig: That's my net man. You can't do that! Herb Brooks: They just scored ten goals Jim. Right now it's everybody's net. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Herb Brooks: Come on in boys. John 'Bah' Harrington: You wanted to see us, Coach. Herb Brooks: I'm thinking about keeping the three of you together on the same line. Everyone ok with that? Buzz Schneider: Yeah. John 'Bah' Harrington: Sure. Mark Pavelich: Sure. Herb Brooks: How 'bout you, Buzzy? You think this works with Bah and Pav here? Buzz Schneider: Yeah. It's going good. We're moving the puck well. It's just a little different plaing with them, you know? John 'Bah' Harrington: Yeah. I don't know how to explain it but we seem to find eachother on the ice and make things happen. Mark Pavelich: Yeah. Pass, shoot, score. John 'Bah' Harrington: Pass, shoot... Buzz Schneider: And score. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [last lines] Herb Brooks: [voiceover] Two days later the miracle was made complete. My boys defeated Finland to win the gold medal, coming from behind once again. As I watched them out there, celebrating on the ice, I realized that Patti had been right. It was a lot more than a hockey game, not only for those who watched it, but for those who played in it. I've often been asked in the years since Lake Placid what was the best moment for me. Well, it was here - the sight of 20 young men of such differing backgrounds now standing as one. Young men willing to sacrifice so much of themselves all for an unknown. A few years later, the U.S. began using professional athletes at the Games - Dream Teams. I always found that term ironic because now that we have Dream Teams, we seldom ever get to dream. But on one weekend, as America and the world watched, a group of remarkable young men gave the nation what it needed most - a chance, for one night, not only to dream, but a chance, once again, to believe. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Herb Brooks: 1. Again. [whistle blows] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack O'Callahan: This is crazy, Herb. Bringing him in this late. Rob McClanahan: We've got parents buying tickets. Getting rooms. What are we supposed to tell them? And with one of us going home as it is... Herb Brooks: I guess I don't have to ask where you stand on this do I, Rizzo? Rob McClanahan: This wasn't Rizzo's idea. Mike Eruzione: You want me to say "I'm scared of getting cut?" I'm scared of getting cut. Everyone is. Jack O'Callahan: We just want it to be fair, Herb. Herb Brooks: Don't try to tell me whats fair. He was right back there with us in Colorado. Mike Eruzione: That was six months ago! Herb Brooks: And you don't think he's been playing for the last six months? Mike Eruzione: Not with us he hasn't! Herb Brooks: So? Mike Eruzione: So there's a difference! Herb Brooks: Like hell there is! All I know is that that kid can flat out play! Jack O'Callahan: What and we can't? Herb Brooks: He's got great vision on the ice... Rob McClanahan: That's not the point! Herb Brooks: You know what else he's got? He's got the attitude I want on and off the ice, so somebody here better tell me why I shouldn't be giving him a hell of a look! Mark Johnson: Because we're a family! Herb Brooks: What? Mark Johnson: We're a family. Mike Ramsey: This is ridiculous. Mike Eruzione: Don't worry about it, Rammer. It'll be all right. Right OC? Jack O'Callahan: Herb's not gonna do a damn thing boys. He's just messing with our minds. Jim Craig: Oh, you think so, Jack? Jack O'Callahan: Yeah I do. Jim Craig: Well, we all know Herb made the Olympic team back in sixty. Jack O'Callahan: So? Jim Craig: So a week before the games, Coach Reilly calls him in his office and sends him home. Jack O'Callahan: What's your point? Jim Craig: My point, Jack is that one week later Herb's home on his couch with his old man watching his team win the gold medal. Come that close and get nothing. He'll do whatever it takes. That's my point/ Al Michaels: Mike Eruzione, out of Boston University, the captain of this team, has just put he US ahead for the first time! Herb Brooks: You know, I've been meaning to ask you, how's your family doing? [referring to how his family is coping since his mother's death] Jim Craig: They're doing alright. Herb Brooks: And you? Jim Craig: I'm doing okay. Herb Brooks: Look, I've got twenty-six guys trying to make this team; Jim, only twenty are going to Lake Placid, so I have to know now how committed you are to being here, because if you're not, you're just wasting our time. Jim Craig: Look Coach, my dad's going through a rough time right now. He's got nothing, he lost his job, and with Atlanta trying to sign me... [trails off] Jim Craig: [Herb turns to leave, but then Jimmy keeps talking] Bottom line: my mom wanted this, me playing on this team. Can't say no to someone who drove me to practice everyday right? Herb Brooks: You still haven't answered my question, Jim. Jim Craig: I'm here, aren't I? Herb Brooks: I'll see you in the morning. [Pauses, throws his newspaper in the garbage as he walks away] Herb Brooks: Don't forget to bring your game. [Jimmy stares after him as he walks away] Patty Brooks: Herb, there's no disgrace in losing to this team. Herb Brooks: Yeah, I know. Patty Brooks: The important thing is, you got this far. Herb Brooks: The important thing? [Pause] Herb Brooks: The important thing is that those twenty boys know in twenty years, they didn't leave anything on the table. They played their hearts out. That's the important thing. [leans over and kisses Patty on the cheek, while she rests her head on his shoulder] Herb Brooks: How about you? Mark Pavelich: Mark Pavelich. Herb Brooks: Who do you play for? Mark Pavelich: UMD Bulldogs Herb Brooks: How about you? Dave Christian: Dave Christian. Herb Brooks: Who do you play for? Dave Christian: University of North Dakota. Herb Brooks: What's your name? Mark Johnson: Mark Johnson. Herb Brooks: Where you from, Mark? Mark Johnson: Madison, Wisconsin. Herb Brooks: Who do you play for? Mark Johnson: University of Wisconsin, Coach. Herb Brooks: [As the players who were cut depart] Take a good look, gentlemen, cause they're the ones getting off easy. Herb Brooks: I'll be your coach, I won't be your friend. If you need one of those, take it up with Doc or Coach Patrick."
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