to thank them before they met the President. Air Force One was sent to Lake Placid and the next day thousands of people lined the streets of Washington, D.C. Two days later they won the gold medal game. players would have made the Soviet roster. You were meant to be where you are, and this day, this moment, is yours.” It may not be flying around on the ice, but it is something. “You were born to be hockey players, each and every one of you. Taking out a yellow index card that he had written his speech on, he said: In the locker room, coach Herb Brooks walked in minutes before game time and put a hand on the shoulder of the first player he walked by. The chant USA! USA! USA! started that day with Americans saying it over and over again as Team USA prepared to face the mighty Soviet Union hockey team, the best hockey team of all time. New York state troopers would lock arms outside the arena as no one else would be admitted after the start. Above this cramped locker room, 11,000 people had crammed into an arena that seated 7,700. I was in Lake Placid, New York, to do more research on my newest motivational talk “More Than a Miracle”. It was in this room on February 22, 1980, that a group of young men would be on the cusp of galvanizing America. I got chills this past Friday as I sat in the space where one of the most effective speeches ever was delivered.
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