There are two sports biographical inspirational movies recently.
"The Birth of a Legend": It tells the story of the growth of Brazilian football king Pele.
Pele: Brazilian player and world champion. At the age of 17, he represented Brazil in the World Cup and led the Brazilian team to three World Cup championships.
He played 1,366 games in his career and scored 1,283 goals, a number that was included in the Guinness Book of World Records.
He was named the best athlete of the 20th century by the International Olympic Committee and FIFA.
He was one of the 100 most influential people in the 20th century by the American "Time" magazine.
The FIFA page about Pele has only a short one-line title: "The King of football".
"Loser is King": It tells the story of the growth of Li Chongwei, the king of badminton in Malaysia.
Lee Chong Wei, Malaysian badminton men's singles player. One of the four kings of badminton in the world.
In 1999, Li Chongwei, who was only 17 years old, won the Malaysian National Championships.
In January 2006, Li Zongwei for the first time ascended to the number one position in the badminton world, becoming the world's first brother of men's singles players.
In 2010, he became the first player in history to achieve three consecutive championships in the World Badminton Finals.
He is the first athlete in history to reach the badminton men's singles finals in three consecutive Olympic Games and won the runner-up in the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympic badminton men's singles.
The shooting techniques of the two films are similar, both of which are based on biographical methods, telling the protagonist’s growth from childhood to his peak.
Moreover, the growth process of these two superstars is also very similar. One can't help but think of a sentence: The roads of successful people are similar, and the losers have their own reasons.
Here, let's sort out the life trajectory of these two kings in detail.
Born poor
How poor is it?
Pele was born in a slum in Brazil. His parents were cleaners and couldn't afford a football. He could only use his clothes to be rolled up to play the ball, and he used the mangoes on the tree to practice his skills.
Li Zongwei, can't afford a racket, usually plays with his friends with a pan, fishing net and fork, and was tricked into participating in a gambling game on an underground court for a good racket.
But is being born in poverty a key to success?
no.
They were born in poverty but still succeeded because their talents were so amazing that they couldn't hold back even such a difficult environment.
But many prospective Baileys, many prospective Li Zongwei, were crushed to death by suffering and poverty.
Genetics and role models for parents
Bailey's father is a football player.
Li Zongwei's father is an excellent badminton player.
Although they no longer play football due to various reasons, their talent in this area and their love for football and badminton have also been transmitted to their children invisibly.
Therefore, there is a scientific basis for the dragon to be the dragon and the phoenix to be the phoenix.
Why are there so many musical, scholarly, and political families? Parents' genes, as well as precepts and deeds, are very important ways to cultivate genius.
I have seen many parents put their children in various overloaded training hobbies and interest classes, always wanting to cultivate a genius, and anxious to explode.
It's better to think about what talents you have, what hard work you have done for your dreams, and what role models you have set for your children.
Own love for talent
Everyone has their own strengths, but not everyone will cherish and develop their own strengths.
After all, innate talents may not guarantee benefits and success in exchange.
Moreover, eating, drinking and having fun is more comfortable than studying and training, and making a living is more practical than studying hobbies.
Therefore, many talented people often lose sight of everyone.
But Bailey and Li Zongwei are people who have talent and love it.
They have tried every means to fight for all possibilities for their hobbies in an extremely scarce environment since they were young.
Without football, Pele just made it himself out of old clothes, and went barefoot to a football game, even if he was laughed at.
In order to have badminton, Li Zongwei Elementary School went to work in a sporting goods store. He couldn't afford a racket, so he had to sign up for the game.
It is precisely because they have seized all opportunities to get in touch with the sport they love, that's why they were chosen by Bole during the game and stood out.
Parent support
When children are underage, they have no autonomy, and their path is often guided and decided by their parents.
Therefore, whether parents have a vision and a pattern is crucial to the future of their children.
Bailey's father retired from the game due to an injury, which caused difficulties in his family life. Li Zongwei's father rebelled against the underworld for forced gambling, causing his golfers to be attacked and the golden basin washed his hands. So they didn't want Bailey and Li Zongwei to develop in the sports world at first.
But in the end they respected their choice and became their most reliable support force.
Their parents are not financially well-off. If you just look at the front, letting their children work as laborers to earn cash is the best way.
Or tether the child to the end of life for oneself, this is the benefit that can be seen.
However, their parents respect their children's wishes, affirm their children's talents, and do not use their own ideas to influence their children's lives, and let them go to a higher level.
And regardless of success or failure, the attitude towards them is encouragement and support.
Such parents are too rare.
Bailey and Li Zongwei have such parents, it is their luck.
Encounter Bole
As the saying goes: Chollima often has it, but Bole doesn't often have it.
Everyone has their own more or less strengths, but whether they are unearthed, or to what height they can develop, in addition to their own efforts and talents, it also depends on whether they can be discovered by Bole, who has a discerning eye and talent, and whether they can adapt to local conditions. Teach people according to their needs.
Bailey and Li Zongwei did not receive professional training since they were young, so their skills did not conform to the norms at the time and belonged to the wild.
If it is not for a coach who loves and cherishes talent, the probability of their success is much smaller.
It is true that coaches are not perfect, and there may be mistakes in judgment and incorrect attitudes, but in general, the higher the platform, the higher the level of the coach, and the more effective the training of their will, physical strength, and skills. .
The craftsmanship of the master is indispensable for carving a piece of uncut jade to invaluable value.
Persistence and self-discipline
This is the most critical point.
If there is no such thing, all the time and place will be zero.
No matter how many talents and good mentors and friends you have, if you don’t persevere and work hard, you will not be able to achieve long-term success.
In the film, we can see Bailey and Li Zongwei, who have been doing various high-intensity learning and training: practice late at night, exercise in the morning, watch the game, and compete with each other...day in and day out.
All skills are improved in countless boring, high-intensity training.
If you want to be an expert in a certain field, to outperform other talented people, you have to work hard.
Just as Gladwell pointed out the ten thousand hours rule in the book "Alien": The reason why people think of genius is not superhuman talent, but continuous effort. Ten thousand hours of training is a necessary condition for anyone to become a world-class master from ordinary.
The reason why ordinary people are ordinary people is often because they are not reconciled to mediocrity, but they don't have the willpower to persevere, they are anxious about the status quo, and they don't have the willpower to change.
After all, long-term, boring, rigorous training is too hard.
Therefore, most people are intermittently smug, and continue to eat and wait for death. I usually fish for three days and sun the net for two days.
The reason why I know this is that I am such a person myself.
And these two movies are like a shot in the heart, which can make people uplifted.
Because they are biographical movies, the protagonists are real characters, so their path to success is more authentic and credible than virtual heroes.
Also because they are shooting sports competitions, they are dramatic enough, and there are intuitive and fierce competitions, which make people immersive and empathetic.
Such a movie will make people feel inspiring and feel that they have been injected with positive energy, and they will have more desire to work hard in their future.
The effectiveness of energy may be long or short, but there are more moments of striving to be optimistic, and fewer moments of depression.
Over time, who knows what miracle will happen?
Perhaps, the fundamental change in our lives requires this little catalyst.
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