Every coach has a different approach when it comes to motivating their team. Different forms of locker room communication range from yelling, cursing, instilling fear, encouraging, and incorporating individual drive. Coach Gaines focuses on the importance of self encouragement, connection between teammates, and the idea of perfection to motivate his team in the final minutes of their last game. From the film Friday Night Lights about the bond between athletes, Coach Gaines’s speech of his specific meaning of perfection in athletics is meant to inspire young athletes using ethos and pathos instead of decibel levels to understand the game and what it means to each specific person.
There is no one better than Coach Gaines to give this speech to the football team; he shares a connection with the team members on a physical and emotional level due to his previous experiences as a player and his current ones as a coach. Coach Gaines is a retired quarterback and went on to coach for 35 years, with this experience, he understood the distinct situation the boys were in, as well as the emotions they were feeling. “Now ya’ll have known me for awhile, and for a long time now you’ve been hearin’ me talk about being perfect” (Gaines, Gary). This specific line employs ethos, creating the credibility …show more content…
He uses these two words directly, three times in his rather short speech; he also references to them multiple other times as well. To Coach Gaines ‘Being Perfect’ is being able to be content with yourself and your performance, in the moment as well as afterward. Being Perfect is about being able to look at your friends and family, and not feeling like you let them down. Being Perfect is not the score on the scoreboard at the end of the night, it is not whether you win or lose. To be perfect one has to have love, respect, and honesty in their heart; they have to give it their all and never look back with