Olympic spirit

Arnold 2021-12-21 08:01:22

The "Olympic spirit" is the bond that maintains peace and unites mankind; in the "country" of sports, the improvement of each individual is to better promote the overall harmony and development; a person who participates in it is both national and national. It is also of the world. The collision and combination of "patriotism" and "cosmopolitanism" make the "Olympic spirit" a condensed ideal of the "universal world". At the same time, the "Olympic spirit" is also the "social teacher" who inherits the "soul of warriors": it inherits the wisdom of the ancient Greeks and teaches us to be beautiful with a healthy body and strong vitality; it has taken over the bravery of the ancient Romans. Our mentality determines success or failure, and our pursuit is endless. We must be proud of "unwilling to be mediocre", "excellence" and "victory"; it maintains the "Fair Play" (fair competition) of medieval knights, allowing us to deeply experience integrity and integrity And never give up is the supreme glory of man. In modern times, what it teaches us, in Coubertin’s own words: “There is only one way to reach the culmination, that is training and hard work”, “In the Olympics, the most important thing is not victory, but participation.” "In life, the most important thing is not triumph, but struggle."

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  • Lupe 2022-03-25 09:01:10

    The soundtrack is so classic that I can't get tired of it any more. Although the movie was the best picture at the Oscars, it seems to be lackluster now. There are big problems with the screenwriter's performance and editing. It looks more like a religious film in a sweatshirt to me. The two protagonists, even the rich second generation who won the silver medal, can make a movie alone. The result of mixing the three people together is that each of them is not well-made, and each story and character are superficial. But before watching this movie, I never knew that there was a missionary who won an Olympic gold medal and died in a Japanese prisoner of war camp in Tianjin. His story deserves a movie of his own.

  • Kamille 2022-04-22 07:01:32

    It's a good movie, but it's just helpless to have no love for sports themes, no matter how good it is, it's hard to watch it. The protagonist of the film, Eric Liddell, has some roots in his hometown. He was born in Tianjin and returned to China in the glorious period after winning the eighth Olympic gold medal. He became a middle school teacher, preached and gave charity, and died in the Japanese concentration camp in Weifang, Shandong in 1945.

Chariots of Fire quotes

  • Lord Birkenhead: You Americans have a number of men who are rated as world-beaters; but, this contest is in Europe, not in the rarefied climes of the United States.

  • Sandy McGrath: The heats for the 100 are on Sunday after the opening ceremony. The semis and final, a couple days after. It's only a heat. Does it make all that difference?

    Eric Liddell: Yeah. Yeah, it does.