A Moment In Time, An Unforgettable Speech

Nowadays everyone whips out their phones wanting to capture the moment. Seldom do you ever see authenticity, because self-consciously people know the camera is rolling.

We have seen and heard all the motivational speeches delivered on the big screen, those well rehearsed moments move us, but it’s take after take, tweak after tweak.

When you’re in the audience or in the theatre you’re riveted, but the back story of the actors delivering the dialogue usually comes out after the fact or in the bonus features.

That’s what makes this next story so special. There were no cameras, no rehearsal, no second takes.

It was raw, it was real and it was from the heart.

Things get said all of the time in dressing rooms all over the hockey world. Again, nowadays the camera is always rolling to catch those special behind the scene moments.

The “all access” moniker takes on several connotations, but the timing of this speech was exceptional, just like the leader who had the courage and confidence to say it.

Leaders lead, that’s what they do, but when a true leader stands up and delivers a message from the heart it resonates throughout the room, especially if that message relates to everyone within the group.

There were no cameras, just heart and honesty. A moment shared, a speech that will be forever remembered.

When a player and a leader stands up and speaks from the heart for themselves and passionately represents everyone in the room, it empowers and inspires. An already tight group develops an even stronger bond that can never be broken or severed.

There were no cameras, only a leader speaking from the heart, to the people that matter most.

A moment in time, an unforgettable speech.