Película «Air» – Michael Jordan – Discurso Motivaciona.doc

 

Air – Discurso Motivacional Jordan – Resumen.

 

Just forget about the shoes. Forget about the money. You’re gonna make enough money. It’s not gonna matter.

 

Money can buy you almost anything. It can’t buy you immortality. That, you have to earn. I’m gonna look you in the eyes, and I’m gonna tell you the future. You were cut from your high school basketball team.

 

You willed your way to the NBA. You’re gonna win championships. It’s an American story, and that’s why Americans are gonna love it. People are gonna build you up. God, are they going to.

 

Because when you’re great and new, we love you. Man, we’ll build you into something that doesn’t even exist. You’re gonna change the fucking world. But you know what? Once they’ve built you as high as they possibly can, they’re gonna tear you back down.

 

It’s the most predictable pattern. We build you into something that doesn’t exist, and that means you have to try to be that thing all day, every day. That’s how it works, and we do it again and again and again. And I’m gonna tell you the truth. You’re gonna be attacked, betrayed, exposed, and humiliated, and you’ll survive that.

 

A lot of people can climb that mountain. It’s the way down that breaks them. Because that’s the moment when you are truly alone. And what will you do then? Can you summon the will to fight on through all the pain and rise again?

 

Who are you, Michael? That will be the defining question of your life. And I think you already know the answer, and that’s why we’re all here. A shoe is just a shoe. Until somebody steps into it, then it has meaning.

 

The rest of us just want a chance to touch that greatness. And we need you in these shoes, not so you have meaning in your life, but so that we have meaning in ours. Everyone at this table will be forgotten as soon as our time here is up. Except for you. You’re gonna be remembered forever because some things are eternal.

 

You’re Michael Jordan, and your story is gonna make us want to fly. I know Mr. Fox already shared this with you, but I wanted to give it to you in person, because it’s the most significant offer Nike basketball has ever made to any athlete. We’re expecting others to bid in a similar range.

 

Thank you, David.

 

Nonetheless, Nike has long been in search of its basketball star. We believe you are that star.

 

Well, thank you, Mr. Vaccaro, Mr. Knight, Mr.

 

Strasser, Mr. White, thank you. Ah, Mr. White, this is going on. Thank you.

 

Thank you. Well, you guys could come this way. That’s all. Thank you so much. Thank you.

 

Mr. Jordan. Thank you, Michael. You should call me anytime. I’m going to take a hard look at everyone’s numbers, and we’ll let you know when we let you know.

 

Great speech. Emotional. Great. Thanks, David. Where the hell did that come from?

 

I don’t know. Sonny made it audible. There you go, Sonny. What the fuck is that thing with with the fines, by the way? It doesn’t matter.

 

We I think we have them. We just have wait and see. It’s a hell of a speech. What’s good? What’s good?

 

Everyone at this table will be forgotten. I think I’m gonna be remembered. I’m not I think I’ve done something impressive, you know? I I mean, it was a good speech. We got him.

 

Hello, Falk. Mr. Beccarl. Mrs. Jordan.

 

I have some news for you. Just do it. You didn’t expect me to call? Well, typically, would I’d hear from Mr. Falk.

 

But this is a pleasant surprise. I promise. Well, I told Mr. Falk I would handle it from here. I have a lot of respect for that.

 

Thank you. Michael will accept the 250,000 salary guaranteed, and the shoe will be named for Michael and our family. What? What? Yes.

 

Really? -Mr. Vecora, don’t sound so surprised.

 

-No, this is No, great decision. You’re not going to regret it, and I can give you my personal guarantee.

 

-I’m not finished. -No. Yeah. Excuse me. Sorry.

 

Go ahead. -Now, we are willing to accept the deal and commit right away with one minor provision. Name it. It’s nothing, really. It’s So obvious that its omission, I assume, from the term sheet was a clerical error.

 

I’m sure it was. Michael will get a percentage of the revenue of the sale of each shoe that is sold. -I’m sorry? -Not all Nike shoes, just the ones with this name on them. -Oh, Mrs.

 

Jordan, so that’s not how the business works at all. I mean, I I understand the assumption, but, what the the athletes get a licensing fee. In this case, obviously, a groundbreaking fee, but they don’t actually participate in the gross sales of the shoe. And because Nike is a public company, that they can’t that would disrupt the industry, and they wouldn’t take there’s a there are a whole other set of economics around this. It’s very complicated.

 

Yeah. I’m sure it’s quite complicated. But, this way it’s cleaner because you know and the family knows exactly what’s gonna come in every year. Well, that’s not his concern. Okay.

 

Uh-huh. His concern is that in order for the shoe to be meaningful, in order for young people, many not of real means, to wanna go out and spend the money that they worked all week, two weeks at the mall for, then Michael has to create the meaning in that shoe. His name is on that shoe. Yeah. So actually, we think that’s a benefit to him because his likeness gets marketed by Nike.

 

No.

 

His likeness, his name is not in any way meaningful to Nike unless he scores 40 points a night, every night, beats Akeem as rookie of the year, makes all star and all NBA team.

 

Okay. That would be exceptional. And and, you know, it is the NBA, so these are the best of the best.

 

Well, he has to be better. He will win championships, multiple championships, final MVPs. I know my son. All Star Selection, All Star MVP, Defensive Player of the Year.

 

But, ma’am, with respect, Sidney Moncrief is the Defensive Player of the Year.

 

Adrian Dantley won the scoring title. They’re not you don’t get to be magic and Michael Cooper. It’s basketball.

 

But if he does, he deserves to be compensated. You eat, we eat.

 

That’s all he’s asking. That’s a fair point, But that’s just not how the business works. I mean, they they invest the capital and they get the reward, that’s how it goes. No. Maybe that needs to change.

 

Because if he does what I think he’s gonna do, what you also think he’s gonna do, and what Michael knows he’s gonna do, then it won’t be the NBA promoting my son. I promise you, it’ll be the other way around. And in that case, he deserves a piece.

 

Mrs. Jordan, I I understand what you’re saying.

 

I I actually agree with you, but that’s just not how it goes in this life. People like your son, people who work for a living, they don’t let us own anything. We take the best we can get. And this is a great deal. This is the biggest deal this company has ever offered anyone by far.

 

Michael could blow out his knee next week.

 

Mr. Baccaro, I agree that the business is unfair. It’s unfair to my son. It’s unfair to people like you.

 

But every once in a while, someone comes along that’s so extraordinary that it forces those reluctant to part with some of that wealth to do so not out of charity, but out of greed because they are so very special. And even more rare, that person demands to be treated according to their worth because they understand what they are worth. -Or their mother does. -You purport to know a good deal about my son. You tell me.

 

Is it me who believes in Michael, his name, or am I just a healthy reflection of who he is and what he believes about himself? Isn’t that why you came to my home? Yes, it is. Okay. Now I’m gonna put it to you plain once again.

 

Michael will get $250,000 and a Mercedes Benz that will be forgotten in a year. But he gets a piece of the revenue of the shoe and all future Air Jordan shoes. A shoe is just a shoe until my son steps into it.

 

What? What happened?

 

We didn’t get him. What are talking I heard you were down there closing with Mother. Adidas matched. He needs more. More money?

 

I’m sorry, Phil. He wants the face of the shoe, gross revenue, just everything with his name on it. I know. I’m sorry. Jesus Christ.

 

I’m really sorry. Fuck it. We should do it. Correct me if I’m wrong, Sonny. I thought you believed in this guy.

 

Well, of course I do. There’s not a lot of point in having a basketball guru if you know what somebody has to say. The board’s never gonna do that. I mean, this never happened before. You’d be putting yourself in a real bad spot.

 

They could call for your removal.

 

If this guy is who you think he’s gonna be, it’d be the best thing that ever happened to this company, and it’d be worth every penny. Let me worry about the fucking board. It’s a big risk. You’re remembered for the rules you break.

 

Close the fucking deal. Hey, Sonny. It’s how I built this company. I get it, Phil. Go get it.

 

Hello? This is Jordan. Yes. I’ve spoken to our CEO. And?

 

The Nike Corporation is going to accept your terms and offer Michael Jordan a direct revenue share from the sale of every single shoe with his name on it anywhere they are sold in the world. Yes. Congratulations. Thank you. Is Michael there?

 

Could I speak with him? Yes. It’s time. Hello? Hey, Michael.Welcome to Nike. Hello. I need to see you in the bullpen. Hey. Sonny, you know It’s important, Rob.

 

Well, I’d say it’s been a pleasure doing business with you, David, but it never really is. Nor should it be. I don’t have friends. I have clients. Okay?

 

That’s why I’m a great fucking agent. I’m gonna sell my business one day, and I am gonna be a very rich man. I will eat alone, but I’ll be rich and so will my clients. I don’t worry about friends. Well, you call me the next time you have a once in a generation talent.

 

We’re closed. Congratulations. You okay? Just concentrating on my breath. Why?

 

Just doing a forgiveness meditation for myself. What are you forgiving yourself for? I think it’s possible we may have set a very dangerous precedent. And now every athlete’s gonna want a percentage. Next thing, they’ll all want equity.

 

Fuck it. Too many cows. If we ruin the business, at least we had fun doing it. Felt like the old Nike days for a little while.

 

Yeah.

 

You know, I thought it was pronounced Nikki, first time I saw the word. I had a really strong instinct we should call the company Dimension Six. You think I would’ve been successful with that name? No. Now you name it after the godes of victory, it’s probably more appealing to competitive athletes.

 

-Well, you just did that because the consultants told us people like four letter words. -I like four letter words. And what about the swoosh? Supposed to be a sound. Sound of what?

 

I don’t know. I paid Carolyn Davidson $35 for that design in 1971. I heard you didn’t like it. My. I said it would grow.

 

I mean -Well, maybe it will. Hey, Phil. Nobody else would have hired me. That’s the truth. I appreciate it.

 

You’re a brilliant guy, sonny. You have courage. That’s what you do here.

 

Thanks, Phil. I think it’ll be fine.

 

That’s the most we ever sold on a shoe. Dollars 3,000,000? He’s one guy. How much can it be? My mom, without her, she’s a rock.

 

She’s unbelievable. She right now, she takes over two jobs. She’s an unbelievable woman. She constantly keeps me focused on the good things about life. You know, how people perceive you, how you respect them, you know, what’s good for the kids.

 

It all came from my parents, you know, came from my mom. And she’s still at this stage, and I’m 46 years old, she’s still parenting me today. And that’s a good thing about that lady. I love her to death. I love her to death.