Inspiring, more impressive how motivational one minute can be.  The message is plain and simple -- everybody get’s knocked down, what determines where we go when the unfortunate situations occur determine the character and fortitude of our selves.

In a race to the finish, often times it’s not the one with the most talent, but the one with the most heart that gets the gold.  Just watched The Matrix trilogy on TV, probably my 85th time.  It’s the ability of the heart to force the mind to direct the body to perform amazing feats and accomplish anything -- if it’s wanted, or for better words of the heart -- loved badly enough.

To stay at the top of our game, we can expect to be knocked down -- it’s the only way we can dig in and find that renewed determination to succeed.  No matter how far we’ve fallen, or what we should have done -- all that matters is the present and what we do from here on out.

Taken straight from the Nike YouTube site:

From Lance Armstrong on his bike, to a six-year-old in China learning martial arts, movement is the universal language that connects us all. It’s a language of beauty, drama, tragedy and triumph. And the road to athletic greatness is not marked by perfection, but the ability to constantly overcome adversity and failure.

“It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish. It’s not where you’re from, it’s where you’re at. Everybody gets knocked down, how quick are you going to get up?”

Nuff said, awesome commercial.  Enjoy, share, show some love.