Yes Sir!: Rudy Part 1

"Rudy" is considered a movie that shows he spirit of an undersized, under talented, underclassed guy from the Midwest whose dream is to play football for Notre Dame. He comes from a college uneducated background; steelworkers who believe in hard work, but lack the dreams of applying that hardwork elsewhere. Success to this group is getting on fulltime at the Mill and retiring after 40 years of 40 hours. Rudy fights against all odds to not only attend Notre Dame, but to play with the football team. His dream is to one day run out onto the field for everybody, especially his father, to see. However, like the character Rudy, there's more to this movie and story than meets to eye.

There is a scene that sets up the final scenes of the movie. Rudy is assigned to the practice squad- basically live meat for the first team. He's half the size of the guys he's playing against and gets mad when he feels they are holding back because of it. When told he needs to lighten up so he doesn't get hurt, he states he is there, not to play one game, but to make the team better. He was willing to sacrifice himself for the good of the team.

Lesson- He had his personal reasons why he was doing what he was doing- to run out of the tunnel a player for Notre Dame, but they were his and his alone. His stated goal was to help eveyone else achieve what they needed and wanted- a better team.