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In Search of Greatness

Through the eyes of the greatest athletes of all time, IN SEARCH OF GREATNESS is a cinematic journey into the secrets of genius.

Director

Gabe Polsky

Year

Genre

documentary, sport

Box Office

$58,090

Production

IMG Films,Gabriel Polsky Productions

Awards

3 nominations

Homepage

https://www.insearchofgreatness.com

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He did it. The
greatest goal scorer in National Hockey League history. - In Search of Greatness

He did it. The greatest goal scorer in National Hockey Leagu...

Goal! Pelé! - In Search of Greatness

Jerry Rice is
just unstoppable. - In Search of Greatness

Jerry Rice is just unstoppable.

Jerry Rice showing
you why he's the best - In Search of Greatness

Jerry Rice showing you why he's the best

The world illusion
is the idea of - In Search of Greatness

The world illusion is the idea of

I don't think I was the most
talented receiver
to play in NFL. - In Search of Greatness

I don't think I was the most talented receiver to play ...

Talented, I'm talking about
size-wise, speed-wise, - In Search of Greatness

Talented, I'm talking about size-wise, speed-wise,

If you can run
a good 40 time,
that can throw you right - In Search of Greatness

If you can run a good 40 time, that can throw you right

Let me tell you.
If they had me in the Hockey
Combine, I would probably be - In Search of Greatness

Let me tell you. If they had me in the Hockey Combine, I wou...

Jumping is not
something that I was great at. - In Search of Greatness

Jumping is not something that I was great at.

My cardio was my forte, so I
would do well at the anaerobic - In Search of Greatness

My cardio was my forte, so I would do well at the anaerobic

Sometimes we read way
too much into this stuff. - In Search of Greatness

Sometimes we read way too much into this stuff.

If you lined me up to run
a 40-yard dash and I didn't - In Search of Greatness

If you lined me up to run a 40-yard dash and I didn't

And that was the knock on me,
that I was not fast
like these sprinters, - In Search of Greatness

And that was the knock on me, that I was not fast like these...

There's a difference
between being fast
going around the rink once... - In Search of Greatness

There's a difference between being fast going around th...

But getting to loose pucks
is a whole different speed, - In Search of Greatness

But getting to loose pucks is a whole different speed,

As he gets a step on
O'Callahan, off he goes,
Gretzky. - In Search of Greatness

As he gets a step on O'Callahan, off he goes, Gretzky.

...coming up... He scores.
Gretzky with that
deceptive speed. - In Search of Greatness

...coming up... He scores. Gretzky with that deceptive speed...

I didn't have the hardest
shot in the game, - In Search of Greatness

I didn't have the hardest shot in the game,

I love data, right?
I love data analysis - In Search of Greatness

I love data, right? I love data analysis

So there's this...
this almost desire to validate - In Search of Greatness

So there's this... this almost desire to validate

It's not measuring it
because it's important, - In Search of Greatness

It's not measuring it because it's important,

I think The Combine measures
are stupid, so that's
a different thing. - In Search of Greatness

I think The Combine measures are stupid, so that's a di...

I'm not against stats or data,
it's all very important. - In Search of Greatness

I'm not against stats or data, it's all very impor...

The problem is, it-- it--
the tail has started to - In Search of Greatness

The problem is, it-- it-- the tail has started to

If the stats come to
dominate your judgment, - In Search of Greatness

If the stats come to dominate your judgment,

It's not about push-ups and how
high a guy can jump off the ice. - In Search of Greatness

It's not about push-ups and how high a guy can jump off...

Why don't people
say, "We need guys
like Wayne Gretzky." - In Search of Greatness

Why don't people say, "We need guys like Wayne Gre...

Why does
everyone look at you and say,
"This is the exception." - In Search of Greatness

Why does everyone look at you and say, "This is the exc...

When the human genome
was sequenced, there was
this hopeful thinking - In Search of Greatness

When the human genome was sequenced, there was this hopeful ...

But it actually turns out
the networks of genes
work together in - In Search of Greatness

But it actually turns out the networks of genes work togethe...

The Garrincha rose to the top of world football is even more - In Search of Greatness

The Garrincha rose to the top of world football is even more

He had one knee that went in
and one knee that went out. - In Search of Greatness

He had one knee that went in and one knee that went out.

Normally, people have both knees going in or both going out. - In Search of Greatness

Normally, people have both knees going in or both going out.

But his disability
influenced his style. - In Search of Greatness

But his disability influenced his style.

Rocky Marciano was one
of the greatest heavyweights by - In Search of Greatness

Rocky Marciano was one of the greatest heavyweights by

He was fierce and
completely unconventional. - In Search of Greatness

He was fierce and completely unconventional.

He was lighter than most
heavyweights, shorter - In Search of Greatness

He was lighter than most heavyweights, shorter

67 inches, this way here,
which is not very long. - In Search of Greatness

67 inches, this way here, which is not very long.

You had to devise this
style of punch - In Search of Greatness

You had to devise this style of punch

I had to sort of get low and try
to come up, as we say, - In Search of Greatness

I had to sort of get low and try to come up, as we say,

He realized the limitations
of his own physique - In Search of Greatness

He realized the limitations of his own physique

A left. Another left
a blazing right... - In Search of Greatness

A left. Another left a blazing right...

He had over 40 professional
fights and never lost. - In Search of Greatness

He had over 40 professional fights and never lost.

What punch did you feel that you
knocked Joe Walcott down with? - In Search of Greatness

What punch did you feel that you knocked Joe Walcott down wi...

I thought it was
the right uppercut - In Search of Greatness

I thought it was the right uppercut

He didn't fit
the textbook at all,
but he turned out - In Search of Greatness

He didn't fit the textbook at all, but he turned out

I didn't have that sort
of strength and size to be - In Search of Greatness

I didn't have that sort of strength and size to be

At 14, I moved to Toronto
to play bantam hockey, - In Search of Greatness

At 14, I moved to Toronto to play bantam hockey,

Now I'm playing with some men."
On the very first practice, - In Search of Greatness

Now I'm playing with some men." On the very first ...

It was new for people.
I started playing out of the
corner and from behind the net - In Search of Greatness

It was new for people. I started playing out of the corner a...

Consequently, I wasn't standing
in front getting knocked over - In Search of Greatness

Consequently, I wasn't standing in front getting knocke...

By the time they sort of... kind
of figured it out, I'd retired. - In Search of Greatness

By the time they sort of... kind of figured it out, I'd...

So, even at 13, 14
when I was playing - In Search of Greatness

So, even at 13, 14 when I was playing

What was going to get me
to the next level - In Search of Greatness

What was going to get me to the next level

Jerry, okay,
so do you feel like you - In Search of Greatness

Jerry, okay, so do you feel like you

I worked on certain qualities
that maybe I was lacking. - In Search of Greatness

I worked on certain qualities that maybe I was lacking.

Say, because of my speed, I
had to run disciplined routes. - In Search of Greatness

Say, because of my speed, I had to run disciplined routes.

The ball is halfway to you
before you come out
of that realm. - In Search of Greatness

The ball is halfway to you before you come out of that realm...

There's no such thing as
a sports gene, but there are
innate biological factors - In Search of Greatness

There's no such thing as a sports gene, but there are i...

That takes care of itself, that
filter, so the question is, - In Search of Greatness

That takes care of itself, that filter, so the question is,

If you got a child, you
don't sit this child down - In Search of Greatness

If you got a child, you don't sit this child down

If they are exposed to them
at an early enough age,
they will learn - In Search of Greatness

If they are exposed to them at an early enough age, they wil...

That's the key to
learning skills,
is setting up an environment - In Search of Greatness

That's the key to learning skills, is setting up an env...

When I was four years old, I
used to watch hockey in Canada, - In Search of Greatness

When I was four years old, I used to watch hockey in Canada,

Then without
looking at the paper, - In Search of Greatness

Then without looking at the paper,

I would see where-- which part
of the ice the puck was in more
often than the other side, - In Search of Greatness

I would see where-- which part of the ice the puck was in mo...

What I would do just to get
the feel of the football - In Search of Greatness

What I would do just to get the feel of the football

Developing skill in anything is - In Search of Greatness

Developing skill in anything is

Anyone who's ever enjoyed
training is because, - In Search of Greatness

Anyone who's ever enjoyed training is because,

When we were kids,
we used to knock on doors - In Search of Greatness

When we were kids, we used to knock on doors

When I was ten years old, I
played in a minor hockey team in
my hometown Brantford, Ontario - In Search of Greatness

When I was ten years old, I played in a minor hockey team in...

I remembered being in the car
one day and driving home
from the tournament. - In Search of Greatness

I remembered being in the car one day and driving home from ...

My dad was driving, and my dad
said the most incredible - In Search of Greatness

My dad was driving, and my dad said the most incredible

He said, "You know, their
team is better as a team than - In Search of Greatness

He said, "You know, their team is better as a team than

There won't be one boy from that
team that ever plays in the NHL, - In Search of Greatness

There won't be one boy from that team that ever plays i...

The defense stay back,
the left-wing and right-wing - In Search of Greatness

The defense stay back, the left-wing and right-wing

We had five boys
off our minor team - In Search of Greatness

We had five boys off our minor team

There's a great study recently
out of the German soccer team
that just won the World Cup, - In Search of Greatness

There's a great study recently out of the German soccer...

A big part of it is giving
people the freedom
to experiment, - In Search of Greatness

A big part of it is giving people the freedom to experiment,

You actually see this in chess.
If kids study too rigidly
certain types of openings, - In Search of Greatness

You actually see this in chess. If kids study too rigidly ce...

If you take ten kids
through a pond today - In Search of Greatness

If you take ten kids through a pond today

We were much freer to come
and go then than I think
kids are now. - In Search of Greatness

We were much freer to come and go then than I think kids are...

We've lost our creativity
and imagination that - In Search of Greatness

We've lost our creativity and imagination that

I was looking at a
report recently saying that, - In Search of Greatness

I was looking at a report recently saying that,

And if you think of it,
that's probably right. - In Search of Greatness

And if you think of it, that's probably right.

Medium high-security
prisoners get to get - In Search of Greatness

Medium high-security prisoners get to get

There's so much competitive
balance now in sports, - In Search of Greatness

There's so much competitive balance now in sports,

The parents of eight, nine
and ten-year-old kids - In Search of Greatness

The parents of eight, nine and ten-year-old kids

They all have that
dream of, "Okay, my son - In Search of Greatness

They all have that dream of, "Okay, my son

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Through the eyes of the greatest athletes of all time, IN SEARCH OF GREATNESS is a cinematic journey into the secrets of genius.

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Director: Gabe Polsky

Writer: Gabe Polsky

Production: IMG Films,Gabriel Polsky Productions

Genre: documentary, sport

Year: 2018

MetaScore: 72/100

ImdbRating: 6.9

BoxOffice: $58,090

Released: 02 Nov 2018

Awards: 3 nominations

Homepage: https://www.insearchofgreatness.com