A warrior does not give up what he loves, he finds the love in what he does.” (Socrates). In the movie, Peaceful Warrior, Dan Millman refuses to cease his passion for gymnastics. Nothing could stop Millman from doing what he loves. One of his many stimulated ambitions is to make it to the Olympics. Although Millman goes through difficult obstacles in the movie, he gets through it with the help of a generous man named Socrates, another character in the movie. Even through all the struggles that Dan faces, it all shows his ambition for gymnastics and how self-improving he is. To begin, one event in Peaceful Warrior that is an example of ambition and self-improving is when Dan attempts to accomplish the triple flips on the rings. His coach, Coach Garriek, then started to vociferate at Dan telling him how much better he could do and then called him “cocky.” Dan took it to heart and started lacking, but he eventually got his act together after a few realizations. Dan mentions the words, “It doesn’t matter what you do, only how well you do it.” After getting into an intense argument with Socrates, Dan goes back to his old self; drinking and partying. His mind was not in the right place, which triggered him into driving recklessly and getting into a motorcycle crash. The crash shattered his leg, so …show more content…
Dan has had his ups and downs. There were times where Dan wanted to give up and quit. Even so, Dan was doing it all out confusion. Later on, Dan finally found himself. He improved his actions and revealed his mind up to different possibilities. He realized he didn’t want to give up. His ambition for gymnastics makes him eager to continue. In conclusion, Dan is not a quitter. He pushes himself to be the best he can be. A warrior is someone who fights for what or whom they love; someone who is willing to do anything for anybody. Dan Millman is a
An example of this is in the essay Confessions of a doper by Jonathan Vaughters. When playing sports you have to have the “resolve” to do it as said in the essay.(8) Physical strength is not only physical ability but also, self centeredness. For those who do not have much physical prowess in sports, the mind evens the playing field. The mind opens up opportunities where we once believed there were none. With critical thinking we can overwhelm even the most worthy opponents. There are some methods of self defense that do not matter if you are the smallest in your class or age group. Tickery, mind games and quick thinking let you outsmart most
... a need to serve justice out to the world. He would go out looking for injustice and cruel people that he could teach a lesson to. Finally he simply became obsessed with and would go looking for any reason to fight people. He had slowly became the person he had feared as a child. After a long time he was sick of what he had become and turned to creativity to change that. He began to write and from that writing he realized that he did not need to fight he could write and that writing made him feel better than fighting ever did. This memoir really portrays the impact violence has on a person’s life and how with a push in the right direction then can be helped. No one ever stops being who they were but they can build on that person to become someone stronger and more to their liking.
“It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game” is a quote by Grantland Rice which suggests that winning is not important as long as one tries their best. In the movies “Chariots of Fire” and “Next Goal Wins”, the notion and meaning of sport is explored in both similar and dissimilar ways. Although “Chariots of Fire” and “Next Goal Wins” both follow the journey of sport and competition, the characters in the respective films show contradicting views on the idea that winning or losing sport is unimportant in light of the best effort.
Zamperini’s troubled upbringing changed his personality and character later on in life and made him a stronger individual. “If it was edible, Louis stole it...When he discovered that the cooling tables at Meinzer’s Bakery stood within an arms length of the back door, he began picking the lock, snatching pies, eating until he was full, and reserving the rest as ammunition for ambushes” (Hillenbrand, 6). He was not afraid of the consequences of his actions. After observing his behavior, Louie’s brother, Pete, could not stand to see his brother act out any longer. He decided to distract Louie by forcing him to join a sport. This was the start of Louie’s olympic care...
The film that I saw during my History & Philosophy of Sports class was The Real Olympics which was released on August 3rd, 2004 by the PBS Video studio This film was about ancient history in how the games were played. In reality,” The Real Olympics sets out to demythologize the legendary sporting event by comparing and contrasting the ancient Greek games with their modern-day counterpart through archival footage and dramatic reenactments” (Real Olympics). This film that the instructor chose to show had a lot of significance to what he taught in the class specifically regarding to Greek athletes. Relating to the Greek’s character, it said during the film,” Winning is everything, losing did not matter.” Winning is the number one reason they
Some forms of inspiration are driven from defeat. The Garden City’s football team’s catalyst before their football game was, “Having lost to the rival Red Devils in each of the past two seasons was motivation enough for Garden City, Which rolled to a 68-20 victory that ended by the 45-point mercy rule late in the fourth quarter”(Whitson 1). Having lost two seasons in a row by the same team, caused each player to exert themselves to their highest capability to vanquish the Red Devils. The Lubbock tennis team, just like Garden City, was defeated, but the Lubbock tennis team lost at regional finals. “’Last year we fell short and lost in the finals of the regionals to Wichita Falls Rider, and basically we started working for this very thing at that point last year,’ Dotson said”(“Finding Motivation No Problem” 1). Their melancholy was used as fuel to ignite triumph that upcoming year. In the book The Perfect Mile, Bannister embraced this concept when Neal Bascomb said, “Bannister had stepped up his training. His failure in Helsinki had left him with a need to redeem himself- to deal with ‘unfinished business’”(Bascomb 88). “But the sting from his devastating loss at the Olympics had driven him to continue running and to seek the four-minute mile as evidence that his approach to sport still had merit”(Bascomb 242). Bannister desired to have satisfaction with his achievements and wanted to close o...
Instead of giving up he should have persevered and not let the town's opinions affect him , “It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up.”- Vince Lombardi. If the Ex-Basketball player rose after he was pushed down he would be twice as strong, he'd be known as the guy who never gave up,instead of the man with the wasted talent. Now as he greys he's full of shame and regret, knowing he could have gone farther in life than the man that works at the gas station. Dribbling tires because it's too late for him
The Ancient Greeks admired their heroes and tried to learn from both their achievements and their mistakes. They believed that most great leaders and warriors followed a predictable behavior cycle, which often ended tragically. In Homer’s epic poem, The Iliad, Achilles is a great warrior who traces the stages of the behavior cycle twice, from arete to hubris to ate and then to nemesis. Achilles is a highly skilled warrior and a great leader who becomes a narcissist and an arrogant person, which leads to selfish and childish behavior resulting in the death of his best friend. Following Patroclus’ death, Achilles repeats the behavior cycle by regaining his courage and motivation, and goes back to battle against Hector. The pride he feels in killing Hector and his overpowering hatred for him, leads Achilles to another bad decision: disrespecting the body of his enemy. This foolish choice leads directly to Achilles death. Although The Iliad is mainly known as a story about the Trojan War, it is understood as a story about Achilles and his struggle to be a hero.
Dear Dan Gable, I was born into a wrestling family. My family gave me hope that I would become a good wrestler. My grandpa was a state champ when he was a senior and my dad placed third in districts. I started wrestling when I was four years old. My dad taught me a lot of moves that I could use in a match. Then I started going to clubs and putting more work into wrestling. Im sure Dan went to many clubs to get better.
Have you ever wondered about being so determined about winning something that you really wanted? But in the story ”The Marble Champ” by Gary Soto, the main character Lupe is just the way she is by not winning any sport medals or trophies. Lupe tells the story by talking about her not being an athletic person and her story about training for the Marble Games. Lupe is a determined to finally win in a sporting event. Lupe is determined because she is not an athletic person and because she is a hard worker.
Housman is completely correct. An athlete must never get caught up in a victory. “.. And early though the *laurel grows It withers quicker than a rose.” (Housman). This signifies how the fame and glory come quickly, but it will also fade quickly. This gives athletes the idea that you may obtain glory and fame, but that glory and fame will disappear as quickly as they got it. “Now you will not swell the *rout of lads that wore their honors out, Runners whom renown outran and the name died before man.” (Housman). Housman goes on to say that there have been many men who have worn their glory out, and they lose to those who are truly dedicated to getting better. Housman talks about people losing glory before when he says “You will not swell the rout of lads that wore their honors out...” (Housman) Housman says you will not increase the crowd of people that abused their glory and fame. Housman warns the reader that there is a large group that has used their glory and fame and just gave up; he says though that that is not the right way to approach glory and
Since the beginning of mankind, it has been the need to attain a specific goal, which has driven humans to work hard. Without any ambition, humans would not be inspired to overcome adversities and challenge themselves to become increasingly adaptable. When one is motivated by certain factors in their environment, the probability of them being satisfied with the results of their deeds depends on the moral value of their inspiration. If the individual is aware of the fact that their deed is immoral, then no matter how dire their circumstances which forced them to perform the actions, they will not be content. The irony establishes itself in the fact that those characters who are motivated by a cause bigger than themselves, tend to be happier,
For my book project I read the book Way of the Peaceful Warrior, by Dan Millman. Set in Berkeley California, Dan Millman a college student struggles to find the part of himself that has always been missing. One night while out walking from his dorm, Dan comes across a gas station and a strange man that is soon to turn his life upside down. This man, known as Socrates, shows Dan a side of existence that only few people had ever seen. To become a warrior like Socrates and have the mind to not allow the regular struggles of life to control a single part of you. Socrates takes Dan in and tries to create a warrior from a young star athlete with the ignorance of every other human on this earth. Through his teachings Dan comes across an elusive women named Joy. This spiritual journey shows Dan a side of life never seen by his own eyes before, and guides him to his final conflict that hopefully will help him reach his destination he has always yearned for. The missing piece of the puzzle that is Dan Millman. This book shows life in a way that I had never thought of before. It shows the many steps it takes to become, "a warrior." In most cases it is Socrates showing the ignorant Dan the differences between their
ethic. He overcame his legal matters, and survived through the persecution of his religion, he still managed to accomplish more than any boxer, and a majority of any athletes. Though it was just self-proclaimed confidence, he turned out to be just what he told the world, “The Greatest”
“Changing your perspective is a very valuable tool for understanding a situation better and avoiding false view” (Shifting Your Perspective). To change the perspective of ones mind, helps them break down a bad situation, and analyzes the possible ways to act out, help gain a feeling of how another person might feel, and ways to become a better problem solver. “Negative emotions give birth to negative reactions” (Solarin). As this quote represents, one acts how one feels, and if the individual has a different mindset, their mind would be matured, and they will have the ability to think deeply about the way they should act. There are a few steps to help the process of thinking positive, (1) spend time with positive people, (2) take responsibility for ones behavior, (3) contribute to the community, (4) read positive and inspirational material, (5) recognize and replace negative thoughts, (6) create a daily gratitude list (Morin). Something that is common amongst athletes is that they try to think in an “all-or-nothing” (Melemis) feel the need to be perfect all the time, and if it does not go perfect, they then think they failed. “The emotion you feel at any. Given time determines your perspective at that time. So, in order to see the positive side of any negative situation, you need to first change your emotion from the negative to the positive” (Solarin). In this case,