Our team got a kick out of this post of a little boy reciting Herb Brooks’ speech to the U.S. Olympic hockey team before its game against the Soviet Union. Maybe you can use it, too.
Some rhetorical points worth noting:
Brooks created sense of history by using the phrase “great moments.” He then mentioned “great opportunities.” [...]
Sherlock Holmes: “You think, sir, that unless this document is recovered there will be war?”
Client: “I think it is very probable.”
Sherlock Holmes: “Then, sir, prepare for war.”
On this date in 1980, the U.S. Olympic hockey team defeated the Soviet Union 4-3 at Lake Placid, N.Y. Two days later, the Americans beat Finland to cap what [...]