Herb Brook Speech

The 1980 Olympic hockey team pulled of one of the greatest upsets in sports history by beating the Soviet Union in the Olympic semi final. The movie Miracle tells the story of this legendary team. Before the game against the Soviet Union Herb Brooks (played by Kurt Russel) comes out and gives them an amazing emotional speech.

Ethos: Herb Brooks is their Coach and his players respect and believe what he says. He also talks about how the team has earned to be in this game and they earned the right to win this game.

Pathos: This whole speech is meant to hit the team emotionally. He gets the team fired up and believing that they can beat the Soviet's. He brings down the Soviets by insulting them and he builds up his team and gets them emotionally ready to go.

Logos: He uses a logical by saying you deserve to be here you deserve to win so go and do it. He gives his team hope that they can really beat the Soviets.