(2005 FILM STARRING SAMUEL JACKSON).
Summary:
Coach Carter is based on a true story starring Ken Carter (Samuel Jackson), it is a story about a basketball coach trying to teach his athletes that there is more to life than basketball. Ken Carter was once a starting player in the Richmond High School Oilers basketball team and years after basketball life, he has established himself in marketing and publishing he returns to Richmond High School as the new basketball coach. Ken Carter then finds out that his work is cut out for him – the team is having a terrible season and their fights off the court are more aggressive than on the court. Ken Carter wants to make the team winners, but not only that, he wants them to excel in school, learn to respect themselves and each other. Under Carter’s guidance, the team turns around their losing season, with a state title. When he learns that his students are failing to meet the agreed 2.3 grade point average, he locks the players out of the gym and send them into the library to study until all of their marks improve. His plan then causes controversy among parents and the school, and ends up making news in the media, a lot of them are not sympathetic to his belief that his players must have goals beyond college basketball or the NBA.
Intrinsic motivation:
Success is an intrinsic motivation for the basketball players in Coach Carter.
Motivational clips from the movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_Cvz_Bfue4 – our deepest fear http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOFhHEepF4s - trailer
Motivational quotes from the movie:
“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. You’re playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” – Timo Cruz
“You really need to consider the message you're sending this boys by ending the lockout. It's the same message that we as a culture send to our professional athletes; and that is that they are above the law. If these boys cannot honor the simple rules of a basketball contract, how long do you think it will be before they're out there breaking the law? I played ball here at Richmond High 30 years ago. It was the same thing then; some of my teammates went to prison, some of them even ended up dead. If you vote to end the lockout, you won't have to terminate me; I'll quit.” – Ken Carter
“l came to coach basketball players, and you became students. l came to teach boys, and you became men.” – Ken Carter
“You said we're a team. One person struggles, we all struggle. One person triumphs, we all triumph.” – Jason Lyle