Life without the track is like death

Buster 2022-04-19 09:01:52

This movie, like Million Dollar Baby, always poked my tears in places that others would not notice. Overall, even though I'm long past the sad age of giving up on my athletic dreams, the residual adrenaline rushes involuntarily whenever I see this type of film. Beyond the empty, so-called disputes over women's status or patriarchy, the film's greatest significance to me is a reminder of the profound meaning of competitive sports itself. I can often recall that every time I stood at the starting point of the track in high school, the crowd cheered and my friends stood at the finish line waiting for you to rush over first, surrounded by opponents whose bodies were tense like an ambush beast. You held your breath, arched your body, and when the starting gun sounded, the world seemed to suddenly become quiet, there was only the wind in your ears, and only the road in front of you. reach the end. The feeling of a face-to-face, non-negotiable fight, without a trace of detours or delays in victory, can't be replaced by any other feeling.

So every time I encounter someone who says that spiritual pleasure is greater than physical pleasure, I will say: that is something you have never experienced.

The joy brought by the strength of physical fitness is indescribable. This is probably why, despite the development of various so-called knowledge and technology today, the Olympic gold medal can still bring such a direct and powerful sense of honor to a country. Victory in competitive sports is irreplaceable both for individuals and for the collective. For a poor, backward country without self-confidence, the inspiration from the birth of a gold medal may be more powerful than the advancement of knowledge and technology. many.

The older sister in the film, despite being reluctant to train in wrestling as a child, stayed up all night after losing her first match, asking her dad when the next match was. Only a person who has been on the field and worked hard can understand what kind of thoughts he will have when he loses. Competitive sports will tell you in the most direct way, what is failure, what is success, what is persistence, and what is fall Come back, what is never admit defeat. Even if one day the track has nothing to do with you, no matter what you do, you will be like the sister in the film, insisting on telling yourself "I haven't lost yet" until the last moment; as Dad said, understand that only gold medals It is the glory, and the silver medal will only be forgotten; will believe that you can get what you want with your own strength, and any doubts from others are only their own business; they will discipline themselves strictly, make unremitting efforts, every time When you want to give up, think about why you came here. Your life is always fighting, and only fighting is meaningful.

Although people regard this film as an inspirational film for women, to a certain extent, most people, whether men or women, are more or less constantly losing to themselves. The issue of women's status has never been just a question of how a man views women, but more importantly how women can prove themselves, to win rather than wait for respect.

If women are brave enough and willing to be a fighter like the sisters in the film, then the so-called "ceiling" may never exist - after all, if you want to be wonderful, you must first fight with yourself, not in the competition Tao's life is like death.

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Dangal quotes

  • Mahavir Singh Phogat: You have to fight in a way that people will remember you. If you win silver, sooner or later, you will be forgotten. If you win gold, you will be an example, And examples are given, child... not forgotten. See those girls? If you win tomorrow, you will not win alone. Millions of girls like them will win along with you. It will be a victory for every girl who is considered inferior to boys; who is forced into household chores, who is married off to just raise children. Tomorrow's match is the most important one. Because tomorrow, we are not fighting just that Australian, but all those people who think lesser of girls.

  • [from trailer]

    Mahavir Singh Phogat: All along, I was desperate for a son so he could win a gold in wrestling for India. But what didn't occur to me was that gold is gold. Whether won by a boy or a girl.