Being who you are is better than being a superstar.. As simple as that.”, But when the off-camera interviewers ask him, “... Do you think that if you’re destined to be great, you’re going be great?” Gretzky answers, “You’re gonna be great. This film highlight and then shuts out the noise and the pressures, and shows us, mostly through professional athletes, that indeed any measure of success, in any field really, must be given space to grow and evolve individually. Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2019. Wayne Gretsky. Wayne Gretzky, in full Wayne Douglas Gretzky, byname the Great One, (born January 26, 1961, Brantford, Ontario, Canada), Canadian ice-hockey player who was considered by many to be the greatest player in the history of the National Hockey League (NHL). Insightful interviews and research about the 'how' and 'why' of legendary athletes. But how many other people could achieve similar things if the conditions were right?”. But standards define a baseline of good and serviceable players. For all those coaches who scream and yell... boo on you. I enjoyed viewing some of the greatest players in their respective sports analyzing what made them great. That’s not to disparage those who became great — as an athlete, you have to have an almost delusional mindset, to believe that you’re the exception of exceptions, in order to put in the amount of work that it takes to be great. 2: Winning Techniques, To John with Love: A Tribute to John Candy, The Passion Returns: The 1992-93 Toronto Maple Leafs, The Magic of David Copperfield XV: Fires of Passion, 75 Years of NHL Hockey Heroes and History, Victory & Valor: Special Olympics World Games, You Don't Know Bo: The Legend of Bo Jackson, The NHL's Masked Men: The Last Line of Defense, Best of Saturday Night Live: Special Edition, Upper Deck's Wayne Gretzky: The Official Homepage. Those standards that they loathe, by merely existing, created space for their oppositional force. Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2019. Right before Gretzky’s answer, Robinson, says: “People have immense deep talents that are often overlooked by the systems that are designed to educate them or to take care of them. Those at the top will almost always reason that their position was earned by merit and destiny, because those people have always needed to believe that to flourish. Epstein referenced a study on the 2014 World Cup winning German national team (evidently a study by Manuel Hornig, Friedhelm Aust and Arne Güllich from December 2014) to prove this point: “There’s a great study recently out on the German soccer team that just won the World Cup, looking at the development path of the guys who made the national team and the guys who were one rung below that. While each athlete's career and challenges are unique to the athlete, what they all share is a drive to over-come any obstacle and an ability to enjoy what others consider plain old hard work. That tension hinders what could have been an illuminating film. Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2019. Because greatness is usually opposed to the day’s standards, the world can’t help being a step behind. Looking for some great streaming picks? In Search of Greatness examines legendary sports athletes to find out what made them successful. At the time of his retirement at the end of the 1998-99 NHL season he was the NHL's all-time scoring leader in Goals, Assists & Points in both the regular season & Stanley Cup Playoffs. If everyone else had been like Gretzky, there would have been no Gretzky. In their words. That unluckiness can take many forms, but often comes in financial and social constraints that limit an individual’s opportunities to expose their talent to the right people. And standards, as long as they’re not dogmatic, serve a purpose. Nicknamed "The Great One", he has been called the greatest hockey player ever by many sportswriters, players, and the NHL itself. And the only big difference that they could come up with was that the guys who made the national team had a lot more time in unstructured small-sided play when they were young ... and continued with more unstructured play into pros.”. The athletes also skirt the fact that they helped write the modern standards, though they did so inadvertently. Pelé spent most of his time playing soccer in the street, rather than on the beach with the more formally trained players. Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2019. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Hockey great Wayne Gretzky has purchased his old six-bedroom, eight-bathroom mansion in Thousand Oaks, California, for $13.5 million. “What is right, then?” is the natural follow-up to someone saying that something is wrong, and the film only provides half answers like “creativity” and “seeing the game differently,” suggesting that greatness is something innate in certain humans that can’t be measured or manufactured. Pele. A 2013 study in the “International Journal for Cross-Disciplinary Subjects in Education” found that kids in unstructured situations were more daring and creative but when parents were present, “the behavior of the children took on more expected and less imaginative traits.” And a study in 2009 supported the idea that unstructured play was instrumental in the development of professional soccer players. Aaron Judge whacked his head on the outfield wall failing to rob a home run. My biggest problem with the film was with the idea of fate. Everyone should see this movie, it is one you won’t forget. This documentary should be played in schools. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. According to Polsky, greatness lies in individual creativity, not in measurable parameters. A phenomenal documentary from start to finish. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. But our cultural idea of genius — an idea that “In Search of Greatness” feeds — is so individualistic, that pointing out that genius is highly structural invalidates the stories about the value of hard work that underline our collective identity. This documentary is necessary for those who wish to find their voice and are bogged down by external pressures. The film’s anti-standardization stance isn’t wrong. Gretzky, Rice, and Pelé may have been iconoclasts, but after their eras, generations of athletes have been burdened by their examples. Khalil Mack flipped a 320-pound offensive lineman with one arm like it was nothing, Manuel Hornig, Friedhelm Aust and Arne Güllich, supported the idea that unstructured play was instrumental, LeBron James is creating a legacy bigger than basketball | SB Nation NBA Preview 2018. This innate special quality apparently manifested itself in individual quirks for Gretzky, Rice, and Pelé. Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2019. Rice used to toss a football in the air and practice catching it in the dark. It is all about allowing the motivation of the athlete and a bit of luck, Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2020. As nice as it is to have Gretzky, Rice, and Pelé speak about their careers, if “In Search of Greatness” aims to make a statement against standards, we should hear from those who had the talent, but never the opportunity, to be great. Jerry Rice. They elevate the current field of talent. The Lakers made multiple blunders on their final possession of Game 5. Yet as compelling as the subjects are, that unanswered question creates an unspoken tension in the film. You have to fight back.. Life is all about you.. Never run away from an enemy... You fight or figure out a way back..... Mike Jordan said it best.... Just do it.. Video availability outside of United States varies. Wayne Gretzky, nicknamed "The Great One, " is widely considered the greatest hockey player of all-time. 5 stars. Inspiring. There's a problem loading this menu right now. When I asked him what qualities were necessary for an athlete to become “great,” Polsky responded: “See we’re doing it again. As a child, Gretzky would draw the outline of a hockey rink on paper, and then follow the movement of the puck with a pen as he watched games so that he could see where in the rink the puck spent the most time. A must-see for coaches, parents, educators and teens. There’s multifarious factors on whether or not people achieve what they achieve, when they achieve them. Even when an athlete reaches the professional ranks, they need luck to land in the right situation for their particular talents to flourish. How badly does a kid want to succeed and do the right things happen. The film contains a contradiction that is all-too natural in conversations about greatness. I got lucky the style that I was playing in, and I got really lucky with the coaching that I had, and more importantly, the players I played with. Aaron Judge thought he was about to rob a home run. That hatred of standards pivoted on how they prevented potentially great athletes from surfacing. A must-see for anyone who admires the pursuit of excellence and/or the nurturing (vs. manipulation) of talent. Wayne Gretzky, nicknamed "The Great One, " is widely considered the greatest hockey player of all-time. Gretzky, Rice, and Pelé, weren’t the fastest or strongest players, and they didn’t have the best training growing up, but they were able to excel because greatness can’t be reduced to those formulas, they argue. None of them admitted to being the best in the world they emphasized instead their passion for the game and the journey that passion led them on and the experiences that inspired them to continue to improve and grow as athletes. Wayne Gretzky, Actor: D2: The Mighty Ducks. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Draymond Green was seen as an undersized, slow, rotation player going into the NBA, but in Steve Kerr’s system, he is pivotal to the best team of this generation. Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. Gretzky was special, and was allowed the freedom to express his creativity because he was different from everyone else. You’re trying to put exact labels on it, the way we do it with standardization.”. In Search of Greatness looks at Wayne Gretzky, Jerry Rice and Pele to find a recurring them: passion for creative play. Let those you coach own their experience and they will do great things. In sports, we are often too fixated on visceral and physical qualities rather than genius and artistry. You just like countrys that want to come to the USA . It’s like, there’s natural resources that’s much deeper than we realize. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. The new sports documentary ‘In Search of Greatness’ talks to Wayne Gretzky, Pelé, and Jerry Rice, and rages against the sports machine. Wayne Gretzky, Jerry Rice, Pel ... A phenomenal documentary from start to finish. Select the department you want to search in. In life these things exist. Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2019. For all those coaches who scream and yell... boo on you. This idea of play as a form of training helps athletes develop in a way that their formally trained peers don’t. Only those who have been left behind can truly understand how broken the system is. And the ones we know about, are the ones whose talents came to fruition because the conditions prove to be favorable to them. After Pelé, there was, and still is, a search for the new Pelé. At the end of the film, Gretzky explains that luck plays a huge factor in greatness, too: “I got lucky the era I played in. Loved that this film was not about cliches and platitudes. Exceptional athletes can point out the flaws in a system that they transcended, but they will inevitably justify that same system by dismissing it, because it never impeded them.
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