Coach Carter
Mar 17th, 2005 by Ashley
// So if I may speak a little more //
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you Not to be?
You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the World. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us, it is in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
It's a quote from the film Coach Carter which was adapted from Mandela's Inaugural Speech in '94. I was looking for this, which I felt awkward to be in the movie at that paticular moment but still like, well, like the feel of it, and I came across a review and eventually found the quote. As some of the replier said, it came out of the blue. Carter asked Cruz this question (what's your biggest fear) over and over in the begining of the movie, and after having more understanding of his background, I tended to expect that he'd say “my biggest fear is to die on the street.” But apparently the screenwriter (or whoever made the decision) decided that they're bigger than this. It'snot the only flaw of this movie, but truthfully, so what. I did sorta enjoy it, and it didn't cost me too much. However, it's a pity that it had the potential to be great.