Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Our deepest fear, 24th post
A clip taken from a basketball movie : Coach Carter.
You should watch it. Truly motivational and touching. Everytime I watch/listen to this part of the movie, I would shed some tears.
The movie, Coach Carter, is about a High School Basketball Team that trained hard under the influence of Coach Carter. Basically, the players of the team are fantastic in basketball(UNDEFEATED) but their academic results are failing. Coach Carter's ideal players are STUDENT ATHLETES, focusing on the word student. Upon seeing the failing grades of his players, he locks up the gym to prevent them from training and matches with other schools and wants them to study to improve their grades. The public was unhappy about this as they wanted their basketball team to play ball(In USA, people think more highly of basketball than academics). Coach Carter was on the verge of quitting when the school board ends the lockout of the gym.
He went back to the gym to collect his stuff and this is when the video starts. Enjoy
Our deepest fear - Coach Carter