"The Team"

Submitted by richarjo on

"We want the Big Ten championship and we're gonna win it as a Team. They can throw out all those great backs, and great quarterbacks, and great defensive players, throughout the country and in this conference, but there's gonna be one Team that's gonna play solely as a Team. No man is more important than The Team. No coach is more important than The Team. The Team, The Team, The Team, and if we think that way, all of us, everything that you do, you take into consideration what effect does it have on my Team? Because you can go into professional football, you can go anywhere you want to play after you leave here. You will never play for a Team again. You'll play for a contract. You'll play for this. You'll play for that. You'll play for everything except the team, and think what a great thing it is to be a part of something that is, The Team. We're gonna win it. We're gonna win the championship again because we're gonna play as team, better than anybody else in this conference, we're gonna play together as a team. We're gonna believe in each other, we're not gonna criticize each other, we're not gonna talk about each other, we're gonna encourage each other. And when we play as a team, when the old season is over, you and I know, it's gonna be Michigan again, Michigan."

It gives me chills everytime.  If you haven't made it to the second page, check out the unreal hype video by jswavel34 that takes the words to a whole new level.

Just click HERE if you want the video.

weasel3216

September 4th, 2010 at 11:00 AM ^

Trying to set my bias aside i do not think that there is a better sports speech ever.  Wife calls me a loser for feeling the chill down my spine during this speech.  Women just don't get it.

MayzNBlu

September 4th, 2010 at 11:11 AM ^

Correction:  SOME women don't get it.  I, on the other hand, am a woman who grew up a Michigan fan, spent four years in the band, and have been on the edge of my seat for every game for years.  I celebrate the wins and despair with the losses just as much as any man.  I am a woman who gets it.