Daily Dialogue — October 12, 2016

“This is Gettysburg. This is where they fought the battle of Gettysburg. Fifty thousand men died right here on this field, fighting the same fight that we are still fighting among ourselves today. This green field right here, painted red, bubblin’ with the blood of young boys. Smoke and hot lead pouring right through their bodies. Listen to their souls, men. I killed my brother with malice in my heart. Hatred destroyed my family. You listen, and you take a lesson from the dead. If we don’t come together right now on this hallowed ground, we too will be destroyed, just like they were. I don’t care if you like each other of not, but you will respect each other. And maybe… I don’t know, maybe we’ll learn to play this game like men.”

— Remember the Titans (2000), written by Gregory Allen Howard

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Coaching.

Trivia: According to Coach Herman Boone in an article published by ESPN, he really did integrate the buses before they left for football camp. Boone said “I forced them on each other, I forced them to learn each other’s culture. I forced them to be a part of each other’s lives.”

Dialogue On Dialogue: I’ve never been to Gettysburg. It’s definitely on my list. I can only imagine the feelings it must evoke. Here the coach, played by Denzel Washington, uses this hallowed ground stained with blood and alive to ghosts from the past to drive home a point: United… or divided.