Pure Inspiration

"3 minutes…till 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…til we’re finished
We’re in hell right now, gentlemen
Believe me
And we can stay here…get the shit kicked out of us
Or we can fight our way back into the light
We can climb out of hell...
One inch at a time
You know when you get old in life..things get taken from u
That’s part of life
But u only learn that when u start losing stuff
U find out life’s this game of inches
So is football
Becos in either game..life or football
The margin error is so small..
One-half a step too late or early..n u don’t quite make it
One-half second too fast..too slow..u don’t 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 n everyone else around us!...to pieces for that inch
We claw with our fingernails for that inch!
Becos we know when we add up all those inches..
That’s gonna make the fucking difference between winning n losing!..
Between living n dying!
In any fight..
It’s the guy who’s willing to die who’s gonna win that inch
And I know if I’m gonna have any life anymore..
It’s becos I’m still willing to fight n die for that inch
Becos that’s what living is!
The 6 inches infront of ur face!
U gotta look at the guy next to u!
Look into his eyes!
I think ur gonna see a guy who’ll go that inch with you..
Ur gonna see a guy...who’s gonna sacrifice himself for this team...
Becos he knows when it comes down to it..
Ur gonna do the same for him
That’s a team...gentlemen
And either we heal now as a team...
Or we die...as individuals
That’s football guys...
That’s all it is."

Tony D'Amato's (Al Pacino) 3 mins speech to his players before a particular important game in "Any Given Sunday"