Patriotism, Perseverance, and Beating the Russians, with "Miracle on Ice" Team Captain Mike Eruzione | Ep. 302

The Megyn Kelly Show

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🗓️ 18 April 2022

⏱️ 95 minutes

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A story of perseverance and patriotism... Megyn Kelly is joined by Mike Eruzione, the captain of the legendary "Miracle on Ice" 1980 Team USA hockey team, to talk about love of country and patriotism, beating odds and beating the Russians, how the victory brought a wave of patriotism, the value of hard work and perseverance, the way kids grew up in the past versus how they grow up today, the importance of playing outside, the importance of family, the skills from playing a variety of sports, the values of leadership, the future of American hockey, how money in sports affects the game, the state of patriotism today, and more.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Megan Kelly show, your home for open, honest and provocative conversations.
0:07.0	Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly, welcome to the Megan Kelly show.
0:15.0	I am so excited for today's conversation.
0:18.9	Our guest today is somebody I've wanted to meet forever.
0:22.6	You probably do too.
0:23.6	He's an American icon, a hero, Mike Arusione.
0:28.2	Mike was captain of the, the 1980 team USA hockey team that beat the Soviets and what
0:35.1	is commonly referred to as the miracle on ice.
0:39.2	Mike's life is fascinating and there's a lot for all of us to learn from the way he grew
0:43.8	up, scrappy outside of Boston and a home working class family with his entire extended
0:49.4	family all around him.
0:51.2	Unlike the kids of today who are forced into one sport early on and coached and trained
0:56.1	and geared to be Olympic athletes from the time they're two, he grew up like a lot of
1:01.5	us did.
1:02.5	Playing a bunch of different sports, learning from a bunch of different coaches, lessons
1:06.1	of life and sportsmanship and hard work.
1:09.6	And one of those sports was indeed hockey, but he wasn't the best.
1:13.8	He wasn't the fastest.
1:14.8	He wasn't the greatest and he didn't know what was going to happen with his hockey
1:19.4	future.
1:21.2	And one day a chance encounter led him to his future in division one hockey, something
1:26.1	that was not secure for him prior to that moment and eventually to team USA.
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