Al Pacino

Al Pacino

Al Pacino's rousing 'Inch by Inch' speech as coach Tony D'Amato in the gritty tale Any Given Sunday has been sent to Andy Murray to give him the competitive edge ahead of Wednesday's match - along with nine other titles named the Most Motivational Movie Speeches.
 
Following the British number one saying he was bored by the film choice on TV, LOVEFiLM polled over 2,000 film fans to find spiritual, courageous and fired-up words of motivation for the British tennis hopeful which have been delivered straight to his door in Wimbledon Village.
 
Al Pacino's performance scored high with 18 per cent of the vote for his locker room speech, where his character barks: 'In any fight it's the guy whose willing to die who's going to win that inch and I know that if I'm going to have any life anymore it's because I am still willing to fight and die for that inch.'.
 
The Top Motivational Movie speeches are:
1. Coach Tony D'Amato: 'Inch by inch' speech (Al Pacino) Any Given Sunday (1999) - 18 per cent
2. Aragorn: 'Black Gate' speech (Viggo Mortensen) Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - 16 per cent
3. William Wallace: 'Freedom' speech (Mel Gibson) Braveheart  (1995) - 15 per cent
4. Mikey Walsh: 'Down here it's our time' speech (Sean Astin) The Goonies (1985) - 12 per cent
5. Rocky's speech to his son (Sylvester Stallone) Rocky Balboa (2006) - 10 per cent
6. King Leonidas' 'This is where we hold them' speech (Gerard Butler) 300  (2006) - 9 per cent
7. John Keating: 'Carpe diem' speech (Robin Williams) Dead Poet's Society (1989) - 7 per cent
8. Rick Gonzalez: 'Our deepest fear' speech (Timo Cruz) Coach Carter  (2005) - 5 per cent
9. Elizabeth Swann: 'Hoist the colours' speech (Keira Knightley) Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End (2007) - 4 per cent
10. Jerry Maguire: 'Help me help you' speech (Tom Cruise) Jerry Maguire (1996) - 3 per cent

Fliss White, Head of Brand Marketing at LOVEFiLM, commented: "As the nation gets behind Andy Murray as he moves closer to Sunday's final, we thought we would do our bit to support the British hopeful. 

"We have sent out the top ten motivational movie speeches ahead of his quarter-finals match.  Fingers crossed our collection of films gives him that extra push to become the next Wimbledon men's champion.
 


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