Random Video: The Underappreciated 'Vision Quest'

In my humble opinion, 'Vision Quest' is one of the most underrated sports movies of all time. And the following short scene is one of the most underrated in sports movie history, if not movie history. You never hear anybody talk about it, but it poetically encapsulates not only what's great about sports movies -- touching moments, inspiring moments, motivational moments, goosebump moments -- but also what's great about sports -- its ability to elevate from our everyday experiences to experience something special.

A little background: Louden (Matthew Modine) is preparing to wrestle the legendary Shute, a badass high school wrestler who's never been beaten. Louden has lost weight and trained his ass off, and now on the night of the match, he's stopped by to see Elmo (J.C. Quinn), a cook he works with at a hotel. What follows is one of the most inspiring speeches about sports I know of:



If you're not moved by that, you probably don't have a soul. And if you don't know whether Louden wins the match after seeing that, you've probably never seen a movie before.