It's the Coach again.
Recently, I had watched the movie 'Coach Carter". Again. For some reasons, I liked this movie the 1st time I've seen it. Maybe the picture the movie was trying to potray somehow really did inspired me. Or maybe the fighting spirit that each player showed to win their game.
Coach Ken Carter(Samuel L.Jackson) really stars in this movie. He grounded his entire undefeated team and sent them to the library when they failed to fufill their contracts. Now, what will you think if your coach grounded you? Yo, I thought that was our parents' power?
Because of the passion and concern by the coach, his players began to think of their lives, their parents' lives, and most importantly, what they wanna be in the future. To do that, they have to sort out their priorities; instead of having the summer basketball season as the only highlights of their lives, they began to start being straight with their classes and to work for their college scholarship.
So the movie was great. Really suitable for teenagers who are trying to find some meaning into their lives and fight out of their family dilemma. And of course, for those who really really loved basketball, this is the movie!
I end this post with a quote from the movie. It is a reply to the question 'What's your deepest fear', a question Coach Carter asked gengster-turned-student Timo Cruz. Here it is-
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. -Timo Cruz
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