Many people know the inspirational story of basketball superstar Kobe Bryant, who walked through the streets of Los Angeles at 4 a.m. every day to the training gym for physical training and shooting practice, and insisted on it for more than a decade.
What everyone doesn't know is that Kobe Bryant worked so hard because he was greatly influenced by a person, who was the archetypal character daniel lee in the movie "DreamIng of a Pure Heart". Rudy.
Rudy has loved rugby since he was a child, but he is short, not strong enough, has no athletic talent, and his academic performance is not good, and in China, he is equivalent to a student who cannot even pass the college entrance examination, which is the most ordinary character, and he has pursued his rugby dream with unremitting efforts.
Rudy's inspirational story was adapted into the movie "Chasing Dreams and Pure Hearts", which inspired countless Americans, including Kobe Bryant.
First, the seeds of dreams
Rudy was born into an ordinary working-class family, and his whole family was a football fan, especially the Notre Dame University football team, and every game was broadcast.
As a child, Rudy had a dream of playing football at the University of Notre Dame after graduating from high school.
This dream was ridiculed by everyone, because Rudy did not have any talent in football, his academic performance could not even enter the community college, he wanted to visit the University of Notre Dame, but the teacher would not let him go because of his poor grades, and said that not everyone should go to college.
His friend Peter is the only one who believes in Rudy and has always encouraged and supported Rudy's dreams, which he says make life endure.
However, Peter was killed in a boiler leak. Peter's death made Rudy grief-stricken, but he also understood that the world was uncertain, and he decided to leave his hometown, leave his girlfriend, and go to the university of Notre Dame of his dreams.
At the parting station, my father told Rudy that pursuing unrealistic dreams can only make you and the people around you feel sad. The University of Notre Dame belongs to smart, rich kids and great athletes, and you don't belong there.
Rudy didn't want to be like his father and brother, and he embarked on a dream-chasing journey without hesitation.
Second, go out and attack
Dreams alone are not enough, but also need to take the initiative and do everything possible to put dreams into action.
Rudy never gave up on his efforts, he insisted on playing rugby, exercising, and working to save money after graduating from high school, preparing everything to achieve his dreams.
He sought a solution from the priest and said to him, "I have wanted to get into the University of Notre Dame since I was a child, but everyone said it was impossible, and all my life others were talking about what they could do and what they couldn't do, and I had always listened to them, and I never wanted to do it again."
Impressed by Rudy's determination, the priest gave him a chance to try out for a semester at the nearby Two-Year College of the Holy Cross, and if he completed the credits, he would have the opportunity to continue his studies and, when he had a good grade, would have the opportunity to apply to the University of Notre Dame.
In addition to studying hard, he did not miss any opportunity to get close to the University of Notre Dame, he took the initiative to go to the University of Notre Dame Stadium to work for free, familiar with every inch of the venue he loved;
He went to the coach of the Notre Dame football team, told him about his desire and the efforts he had made to do so, and that he was willing to do any service to the team;
He helps the teaching assistant chase the girls, and the teaching assistant helps him with his homework;
He impersonated a University of Notre Dame student to participate in the activities of the Rugby Logistics Club;
He is a great admirer of all the players on the Notre Dame football team, and every game is backwards.
At the end of each semester, he applied for admission to the University of Notre Dame, failed three times, and was approved for transfer to the University of Notre Dame on the fourth occasion.
When his parents and family did not believe that he had joined the Notre Dame football team, he took the initiative to apply to the coach, hoping to get a chance to officially play, and the coach gave him this opportunity.
Because of the change of coach, he lost his original commitment, but he infected the players with his love and persistence, and the players won him a chance to play.
Third, the success brought by blunt sensitivity
In my opinion, a very important reason why Rudy can achieve his dreams is that he has super blunt sensitivity.
The Japanese writer Junichi Watanabe, in the book "Blunt Sense", summarized the five iron laws of blunt sense:
1. Quickly forget things that are unhappy;
2. Identify the goal, even if it fails, continue to challenge;
3. Be open to gossip;
4. Always be grateful for jealousy and irony;
5. In the face of praise, do not inch forward, do not forget the shape.
Like Xu Sanduo in "Soldier Assault" and Forrest Gump in Forrest Gump, Rudy has a blunt sensitivity that is different from ordinary people.
Rudy's brother has a super high rugby talent, but he cares too much about the evaluation of outsiders, too much about winning or losing, so he can only love rugby while giving up rugby, and finally do the factory work he hates.
Another person in the film who has a weak sense of weakness is the stadium administrator who encouraged and helped Rudy, who was originally a member of the Notre Dame University football team, sat on the cold bench on the team for two years, thought that he was a black talent and was not valued, and quit the team in discouragement, but regretted it for the rest of his life.
There is also Rudy's grandfather, because he can't face his own failure, he left his wife and children to run away from home, and there is no news.
On the contrary, Rudy can calmly face gossip, identify goals, continue to challenge even if he fails, and quickly forget unhappy things, so he can always be self-consistent, stick to his dreams, and finally realize his dreams.
Fourth, unremitting efforts
With the blessing of dreams, initiative and blunt sensitivity, Rudy's unremitting efforts have finally borne fruit.
To outsiders, rugby is a very barbaric and violent sport, as brutal as war. Rudy entered the sparring team, simulating and practicing the opponent's playing style, and practicing with the regular players.
With each practice, Rudy put all his strength into practicing like a Super Bowl game, expecting the full team members to achieve the final victory.
Countless impacts, countless injuries, countless falls and get up.
His behavior was incomprehensible to the regular team members and other sparring team members, because no one used all their strength during training like he did.
Like Joey in Journey to the Heart, whose lifelong dream was to play at the best jazz club in New York, Rudy's dream was to become an official player on the Notre Dame Football Team and play.
The coach who had promised him to play resigned, and the new coach never gave him a chance to play, and he was desperate to give up rugby.
The black logistics administrator said to him, "You don't have any athletic cells at all, but you've been on the best college football team in the world for two years, and you're going to get a notre dame diploma, and you don't have to prove anything to anyone in your life, except to yourself." ”
Rudy listened to the administrator and returned to the training ground, greeted by the applause of all his teammates, and the love he devoted himself to, infecting and encouraging many people.
The next scene is the most classic and touching, the official players one by one into the coach's office, put their jerseys on the coach's desk and said, I want Rudy to play my position.
Rudy has used more than ten years of unremitting efforts to win the opportunity to play for himself. In the final 27 seconds, he pounced on the attacking opponent and was lifted aloft by his victorious teammates and carried off the pitch in an honor never before.
After 1975, no one at the University of Notre Dame was carried off the pitch.