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Believe it or not, a goldfish might just hold the secret to happiness. Join us as we count down our picks for the most uplifting, life-affirming words of wisdom from everyone's favorite optimistic coach, Ted Lasso! We're favoring the moments when Ted truly inspires, comforts, and encourages over his equally iconic puns and one-liners.
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00:00To believe in yourself, to believe in one another, man, that's fundamental to being alive.
00:07Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for Ted Lasso's most uplifting, life-affirming words of
00:13wisdom.
00:14You beating yourself up is like Woody Allen playing the clarinet. I don't want to hear it, alright? So just,
00:20you know, knock it off.
00:21We're favoring the moments when the endlessly optimistic coach inspires, comforts, or encourages over his equally iconic puns and playful
00:29one-liners.
00:30Number 20. I Envy Your Ability to Change
00:33The line lands as a joke when Rebecca reveals she has switched her favorite color to green, but it quietly
00:39anticipates Ted's larger struggle in home.
00:41I finally watched Breaking Bad. Hilarious.
00:43And, uh...
00:46Come on, three seconds.
00:47I've recently switched my favorite color to green.
00:50And I envy your ability to change.
00:52Back in Kansas City, he's built a life centered around his son Henry, yet his attention keeps drifting toward coaching.
00:58When Rebecca, Keeley, and Higgins arrive with an offer to lead AFC Richmond's new women's team, the possibility of returning
01:04to the sport becomes impossible for him to ignore.
01:07I can't take the job. I gotta stay put. This is home.
01:12You know, sometimes home is just a state of mind.
01:14His admiration for Rebecca's tiny reinvention becomes unexpectedly revealing.
01:19Change is easy to celebrate in others and much harder to embrace ourselves.
01:23Sometimes, growth begins with allowing ourselves to want something new.
01:44Dubai Air is owned by a horrible company.
01:47One that has turned the southern coast of Nigeria, my home, into a hellish, fiery swamp.
01:55I can no longer wear their name on my chest.
01:57Sam Obesanya's brave stand transforms a sponsorship crisis into AFC Richmond's clearest test of character.
02:03After learning that Dubai Air's parent company has polluted the Niger Delta,
02:07he covers its logo on his jersey and worries that his teammates will resent him.
02:11Ted answers with this beautifully uncomplicated reassurance, refusing to treat conscience like a calculation.
02:17How you feeling?
02:19Good. I think...
02:21I just hope the rest of the team is not upset with me.
02:24Hey, doing the right thing is never the wrong thing.
02:26The line matters because it does not promise safety, approval, or victory.
02:31Richmond actually loses the match, while Sam still faces the press.
02:35Yet Ted's support helps create space for everyone else to choose courage too,
02:39from the Nigerian players to Jamie, whose decision brings the entire squad alongside Sam.
02:44A toast to Sam, who did something incredible tonight.
02:48Built in that jeering, stole my thunder.
02:51No, but seriously, to Sam.
02:55To Sam!
02:55It is a compact reminder that integrity may cost something, but compromise charges interest.
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03:09No moral dilemma required.
03:12Number 18.
03:13The right idea.
03:14Richmond have been mired in a runner-poor form,
03:16and you have to applaud Ted Lasso's efforts to try something new.
03:20But this...
03:21What's the word I'm looking for, Chris?
03:24Sucks, Arlo.
03:25The word is...
03:27Sucks.
03:27Three goals down against Arsenal,
03:29AFC Richmond reaches halftime with its shiny new system looking like a spectacular misfire.
03:34Rather than panic,
03:35Ted tells a ridiculous story about cycling through ill-advised facial hair before landing on his signature mustache.
03:41Coach was right, though.
03:42Not a good look.
03:43Not on this face.
03:45So I shaved that puppy down, right into a Foxworthy, and I never looked back.
03:50Point is, a lot of times the right idea is just sitting behind a couple of the wrong ones.
03:54The point gives Jamie enough confidence to voice the insight he has been holding back.
03:59The team should stop playing to him and start playing through him.
04:02I should be here, right?
04:04Let Danny go up front.
04:05Move Colin over there.
04:07Richard there.
04:07So stop going to me, right?
04:10And start going through me, all right?
04:13That's total football.
04:14That adjustment helps Richmond produce a dazzling second-half goal.
04:18Ted's wisdom extends far beyond soccer.
04:20Validating the awkward drafts, failed attempts, and embarrassing experiments that often precede a breakthrough.
04:26Progress rarely arrives fully formed.
04:28Sometimes, we have to clear away the almosts before recognizing what works.
04:33We're slowly but surely building a club-wide culture of trust and support through thousands of imperceptible moments,
04:37all leading to their inevitable conclusion.
04:40Total football.
04:41How about that?
04:43It's gonna work.
04:44Number 17.
04:45Day-Old Rice
04:46Even a basic training instruction becomes memorable once Ted raids the refrigerator for an analogy.
04:52Let's go, gather up.
04:53Come on now.
04:54All right, fellas, you gotta remember, your body is like day-old rice.
04:57If it ain't warmed up properly, something real bad could happen.
04:59Addressing Richmond during training, he compares unprepared muscles to leftovers,
05:03prompting Sam to volunteer an extremely graphic food poisoning story.
05:07One time, I was being sick, and at the same time, I was having diarrhea.
05:11Mmm, yep, that'll happen.
05:12Danny naturally responds by marveling at the human capacity to be sick from both ends at once,
05:17and Ted calmly praises his perspective.
05:20So, fellas, we all know speed is important, but being able to stop and change directions quickly,
05:24well, that's like Kanye's 808s and heartbreak.
05:28You don't get nearly enough credit.
05:29The exchange is ridiculous, but the advice underneath it is wonderfully practical.
05:34Take preparation seriously, whether you're stepping onto a soccer field or tackling an ordinary day.
05:39Ted never needs sternness to make a point stick.
05:42By wrapping sensible guidance in an image nobody could possibly forget,
05:46he turns looking after yourself into something communal, funny, and refreshingly free of macho posturing.
05:51Oh, it's like that now, huh?
05:53Heck, we both of you guys.
05:55Gonna focus up here on practice.
05:57There you go, Danny, dig in, baby.
05:59Number 16, Choose to Forgive.
06:01What you looking for up there, Jamie?
06:03I'm looking for my daughter.
06:04I can't find him.
06:05He's freaking me the f*** out.
06:06Yeah, I get that.
06:07It's like when you don't know where Freddy Krueger is.
06:09Jamie Tartt's history with his abusive father, James, has shaped much of his emotional journey.
06:14After an injury sends him to the sideline during Richmond's match against Manchester City,
06:18he searches the stands for James but cannot find him.
06:21Ted recognizes that hatred is no longer helping him and suggests a radical alternative.
06:26You know, Jamie, if hating the pops ain't motivating you like it used to,
06:29it might be time to try something different.
06:32He's forgiving.
06:33Jamie protests that forgiveness would reward the man who hurt him,
06:37but his coach reframes it as something reclaimed for his own piece.
06:41How you feel?
06:43Yeah.
06:44Yeah.
06:44Yeah, I feel good, Coach, yeah.
06:45Yeah, so you could talk help, huh?
06:47Mostly the painkillers in the adrenaline, I think, but...
06:50But, yeah.
06:51It's all called, yeah.
06:52The advice neither erases the abuse nor demands reconciliation.
06:56It simply offers freedom from letting James dictate his emotions.
06:59Jamie returns and scores against his former club, helping Richmond secure the victory.
07:05Sometimes moving forward begins when we stop waiting for someone else to deserve our healing.
07:11Number 15.
07:12Never give up.
07:13Ah, yes, Jamie.
07:14You know, my wife and I really thought he and Amy were meant for each other.
07:18But, no, he won't be coming back to Man City.
07:21We wish him luck.
07:22At rock bottom, Jamie Tart learns that talent cannot protect him from the consequences of treating others badly.
07:28After Manchester City rejects him and no other club will take him, he asks Ted for another chance at Richmond.
07:34Just wondering, like, what the chances were of me coming back to play for your Richmond.
07:40I don't know, Jamie.
07:41You burned a lot of bridges over there.
07:43Look, Coach, I need Richmond.
07:46And Richmond needs you.
07:48Ted initially refuses, while Sam objects, having experienced Jamie's disrespect firsthand.
07:53However, Sam's bond with his father reminds Ted that Jamie never had the same support.
07:58Sam just reminded me that he himself has got a great dad.
08:02Not everyone has that.
08:04And isn't the idea of never give up one of them things we always talk about in sports and shouldn't
08:08that apply to people too?
08:09Although Beard and Nate oppose the move, Ted argues that perseverance should apply to people too,
08:14framing second chances as faith in someone's ability to grow.
08:18All right, Diamond Dogs, as canines, we are supposed to lack opposable digits,
08:22but right now I'm going to ask you thumbs up and thumbs down.
08:29Number 14.
08:31Every choice is a chance.
08:33Morning, Susan.
08:34Oh, are you all right, Ted?
08:36Yes, ma'am.
08:37Are you sure about that?
08:40After Trent Krimm's article exposes Ted's panic attack,
08:43honesty becomes his first priority with Richmond.
08:46He admits the players should have heard the truth from him and plainly calls his silence a mistake.
08:51Y'all found out about something from somewhere when you should have found out about it from me first.
08:56But I chose not to tell y'all and that's dumb.
08:59Rather than dwelling on what he can't redo, Ted focuses on the opportunity he surrendered,
09:04building greater trust with his team.
09:06His apology models accountability without self-pity, excuses, or blame.
09:10More importantly, it transforms regret into forward motion.
09:14Because every choice is a chance, fellas.
09:17And I didn't give myself the chance to build further trust with y'all.
09:21To quote the great UCLA college basketball coach, John Obi-Wan Gandalf,
09:26it is our choices, gentlemen, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
09:31We cannot retrieve yesterday's decisions,
09:33but we can let them guide us toward better action today and far beyond.
09:38Number 13.
09:39Listen to your gut.
09:40Rebecca Welton faces a decision that neither logic nor longing can settle alone.
09:45Sam's a really great player.
09:46We want the best we got.
09:48But do I want him to stay because of my feelings for him?
09:50Good question.
09:53We really work great together.
09:54After telling Ted about her relationship with Sam,
09:57she admits that Edwin Akufu's offer has made their future harder to assess.
10:01Ted refuses to prescribe an answer,
10:03instead encouraging her to consult both instinct and emotion.
10:06You just listen to your gut, okay?
10:09And on your way down to your gut, check in with your heart.
10:13Between those two things, we'll let you know what's what.
10:15His advice respects the complexity of choices involving love, opportunity, and possible regret.
10:20Rather than forcing one part of herself to overrule another,
10:23he suggests clarity emerges when her signals align.
10:27Sometimes wisdom means trusting the conversation already happening within us.
10:31Same time, same place last year, you dropped another truth bomb on me.
10:38See you next year.
10:40Can't wait.
10:41Number 12.
10:42Success is not about wins and losses.
10:44It's established early on how selfless Ted Lasso is.
10:48And this is one quality that helps him win people over.
10:51Oh, no, I know Trent.
10:52Yeah, he's a tough cookie.
10:54Ready?
10:54Yeah, that's okay.
10:56You know what you do with tough cookies, don't you?
10:57No.
10:58Dip them in milk.
10:59Not long into Ted's tenure as the Richmond coach,
11:02Trent Krim, the tough-as-nails reporter for The Independent,
11:06is commissioned to write an up-close and personal profile on him.
11:09Do you feel it sends the right message, having a party after a loss?
11:13Well, Trent, I've never really concerned myself too much with wins and losses.
11:19The two have an eventful day, culminating in a super spicy supper at an Indian restaurant.
11:25Krim thinks it's irresponsible of Ted to coach a sport he knows nothing about.
11:29But Ted assures him, in between fire breaths, that success means something different to him.
11:34Me?
11:35I love coaching.
11:37Now, I'm gonna say this again, just so you didn't think it was a mistake the first time I said
11:40it.
11:40For me, success is not about the wins and losses.
11:44It's about helping these young fellas be the best versions of themselves, on and off the field.
11:47It's a moment that changes Krim's perception of Ted,
11:50and assures us, the audience, that the first step in achieving our goals is being our truest selves.
11:56And it ain't always easy, Trent.
11:58But neither is growing up without someone believing in you.
12:01Number 11.
12:02They need to believe in themselves.
12:04I do love a locker room.
12:07Smells like potential.
12:10And am I getting notes of Axe Body Spray?
12:12One of the major themes of the show is the power of belief,
12:15whether that be in oneself or in the collective strength of a team.
12:19It is so central to Ted Lasso that it literally hangs over the door of his office.
12:25When team owner Rebecca gives Ted a tour of the club,
12:28she shows him an old picture of the stadium,
12:30adding that people claim to still see ghosts from that era.
12:33Yeah, some of the locals claim they still see fallen soldiers wandering around the pitch.
12:37Ooh, that's spooky.
12:38Oh, do you believe in ghosts, Ted?
12:41I do.
12:41But more importantly, I think they need to believe in themselves.
12:45Ted's response proves that a belief in one's own potential
12:48is far more important than anyone else's validation.
12:52This, he later points out to Nate when he's insecure about the strategy he suggests.
12:57Tricky time hearing folks that don't believe in themselves,
12:59so I'm going to ask you real quick again.
13:00Do you think this idea will work?
13:02Yeah, I do.
13:02Whoa!
13:03Why are you screaming at us, Nate?
13:05We're right here!
13:07And even though that belief may be crooked,
13:09all that matters is that it exists.
13:12Number 10.
13:13Rom Communism
13:14I'm sorry, Roy.
13:16But I came here tonight because when you realize
13:18you want to spend the rest of your life coaching with somebody,
13:21you want the rest of your life to begin ASAP.
13:23Please don't.
13:25You complete our team.
13:27You're an asshole.
13:28Well into the second season of the show,
13:30the Richmond team is still struggling.
13:33Mostly due to a lack of effective leadership.
13:35Ted makes the team re-watch their recent loss,
13:38hoping that they'll be able to learn from their mistakes,
13:40but this only results in them pointing fingers at each other.
13:43Never the speech maker.
13:44Ted informs the team of his new worldview.
13:46If all those attractive people,
13:48with their amazing apartments and interesting jobs,
13:50usually in some creative field,
13:52can go through some light-hearted struggles
13:53and still end up happy,
13:55then so can we.
13:56It's a beautiful reminder to always stay positive,
13:59even in difficult times,
14:00because more often than not,
14:02things tend to fall just in the right place.
14:04Gentlemen, believing in rom-communism
14:06is all about believing that everything's gonna work out in the end.
14:09Number 9.
14:10The Wisdom of Age
14:11Easy, easy, easy now.
14:13Coach, tell these boys what the first rule of my fight club is.
14:15No fight club!
14:16No fight club.
14:17One of the most prominent conflicts on the show
14:19is one that's as old as time itself.
14:22The conflict between the young,
14:24super striker Jamie Tartt,
14:25and old,
14:26midfielder later turned assistant coach Roy Kent.
14:29During the charity auction,
14:31Ted puts both players at the same table
14:33in a bid to mend their fences.
14:35Well, hey,
14:35you don't need to be best friends
14:36or be great teammates.
14:37Think about Shaq and Cody, right?
14:39Lennon and McCartney.
14:40Heck, even Woody and Buzz
14:41got under each other's plastic.
14:43Wasn't Woody made out of claw?
14:44Yeah, I appreciate your name,
14:45but now's not the time.
14:46You know what all those dynamic duos had in common?
14:49Mutual respect.
14:50This initially doesn't go well,
14:52until Ted points out to Roy
14:54that he was once young and arrogant,
14:56just like Jamie.
14:56You know how they say that
14:58youth is wasted on the young?
15:01Well, I said don't let the wisdom of age
15:03be wasted on you.
15:04All he does is plant a seed of mentorship
15:07in Roy's head
15:08and watches it germinate.
15:09We're all a lot more similar than we think,
15:12even with people we do not like.
15:14And while we may not agree on everything,
15:16we can at least be respectful of each other.
15:19I just came up with that.
15:21I feel pretty good about it.
15:23Number 8.
15:24Taking on a Challenge
15:25On the surface,
15:26the premise of Ted Lasso is simple.
15:28A fish-out-of-water coach
15:29travels across the world
15:30to take on a job
15:31he has zero knowledge and experience for.
15:34Classic comedy trope.
15:35But it's also much more complex than that.
15:38And nothing more perfectly
15:40encapsulates that complexity than this.
15:42Are we nuts for doing this?
15:45Yeah, this is nuts.
15:46Hey, but taking on a challenge
15:47is a lot like riding a horse, isn't it?
15:49If you're comfortable while you're doing it,
15:51you're probably doing it wrong.
15:51While on the plane with Coach Beard
15:53as they head overseas,
15:54Ted notes that stepping out
15:55of one's comfort zone
15:56can be quite scary,
15:58littered with enough stress
15:59and anxiety to fill two internets.
16:01How about I go ahead
16:02and address the larger
16:04than average elephant in the room?
16:05No, I have never coached the sport
16:07that you folks call football.
16:09At any level.
16:11Jesus.
16:13And heck,
16:14you could fill two internets
16:15with what I don't know about football.
16:17But sometimes,
16:18a little stress is what we need
16:20to perform at our very best.
16:22Ted lets his vulnerability
16:23shine through
16:24every step of the way
16:25in his new job
16:26and is a great example
16:28to emulate
16:28because only when we're vulnerable
16:30are we able to find
16:31our true voice.
16:32going out to the pitch,
16:34the grass here,
16:35to watch practice.
16:36Training.
16:36They go practice training.
16:38Oh, it's vernacular.
16:39It won't be tough.
16:40You know what?
16:40I'm gonna get it though
16:41because training makes perfect.
16:42There you go.
16:43Number seven.
16:44Things that make you cry.
16:46Season two starts
16:47on a pretty tragic note.
16:49Danny Rojas takes a penalty kick
16:51during a game
16:51and accidentally hits
16:53the Richmond mascot Earl,
16:55sending it to dog heaven.
16:56At a press conference afterwards,
16:58Trent Grimm,
16:59the independent,
16:59asks Ted about
17:00the unfortunate incident.
17:02Well, when I was three years old,
17:03I got attacked
17:03by our neighbor's dog.
17:05I don't remember it happening,
17:06but my mother said
17:07it was pretty,
17:08pretty scary.
17:09You know?
17:10I do remember being afraid
17:11of dogs while growing up though.
17:13Rather than pull out
17:14a clever response
17:14from his bank
17:15of eternally optimistic responses,
17:17Ted proceeds to tell
17:18a moving story.
17:19Then in high school,
17:20our neighbor,
17:21Mr. Grady,
17:22his wife passed away.
17:24And he was real sad
17:25about that,
17:26as you can imagine.
17:27And he just
17:29kind of stopped
17:30taking care of their dog.
17:31Same one that bit me.
17:33About being terrified
17:34of dogs
17:34after getting attacked
17:35by a neighbor's,
17:36but later loving
17:37and caring for that same dog
17:39before sadly
17:40having to put it down.
17:41It's funny to think
17:42about the things
17:43in your life
17:44that can make you cry.
17:45Just knowing
17:47that they existed
17:48can then become
17:49the same thing
17:49that make you cry
17:50knowing that they're now gone.
17:51Dealing with the loss
17:52of a loved one
17:53is always traumatic.
17:54But Ted acknowledges
17:56that their presence
17:56in our lives
17:57certainly helps us grow.
17:59I think those things
18:00coming to our lives
18:02helps get from one place
18:03to a better one.
18:05Number 6.
18:06Being alone
18:06and being sad.
18:08And I want you
18:09to be grateful
18:09that you're going
18:11through this sad moment
18:13with all these other folks.
18:15The first season
18:16of Ted Lasso
18:17takes the Richmond team
18:18on a roller coaster
18:19of events,
18:20capping off
18:21with a last-minute pass
18:22by former teammate
18:23Jamie Tartt
18:24and rival club
18:25Manchester City
18:26in their final game
18:27of the season.
18:28Naturally,
18:29the team is crushed.
18:30The faces
18:31of the devastated players
18:32and fans
18:33likely mirror
18:34those of the audience.
18:35We may not have won,
18:36but y'all definitely succeeded.
18:38Ted walks into
18:39the downtrodden locker room
18:40and reminds the players
18:42how important it is
18:43that they have each other
18:44to lean on
18:44in this collective moment
18:45of sadness.
18:46Because I promise you
18:49there is something worse
18:50out there
18:50than being sad
18:51and that is being alone
18:53and being sad.
18:56Ain't nobody
18:57in this room alone.
18:58Ted also rejects
18:59the idea
19:00that hope
19:00is what destroys us,
19:01arguing that it's
19:02the absence of hope
19:03that truly does the damage.
19:05I think it's the lack
19:06of hope
19:06that comes and gets you.
19:09See,
19:09I believe in hope.
19:12I believe in belief.
19:13Number 5.
19:14Weakest Moments
19:15After we came in,
19:18Nate had to hide
19:19under my desk here
19:19for like three whole hours
19:21while we were all
19:22hooping and hollering
19:23and celebrating
19:24all around him.
19:26Then,
19:27once we all split,
19:28he thought he was
19:28in the clear.
19:30Boom.
19:30Cleaning crew shows up.
19:32When Coach Beard
19:32strongly opposes
19:33Nate's return to Richmond,
19:35Ted responds
19:35by showing him
19:36the security footage
19:37revealing that Nate
19:38hid beneath his desk
19:39for hours
19:39after tearing
19:40the believe sign.
19:41I don't know
19:41about you, Coach,
19:42but I hope
19:44that either all of us
19:45or none of us
19:47are judged
19:48by the actions
19:48of our weakest moments
19:51but rather
19:52by the strength
19:53we show
19:54when
19:54and if
19:56we're ever given
19:57a second chance.
19:58His appeal
19:59about second chances
20:00carries special weight
20:01because Ted once
20:02extended that grace
20:03to Beard
20:03after a serious betrayal.
20:05Recognizing the parallel,
20:06Beard visits Nate,
20:07shares his history,
20:09forgives him,
20:09and offers him work.
20:10Monday,
20:1110 a.m.
20:13The moment argues
20:14that redemption
20:15does not erase
20:16wrongdoing.
20:17It asks whether
20:18someone can be
20:18more than their
20:19lowest act
20:20when given
20:20the opportunity
20:21to change.
20:23Number 4.
20:23Be curious,
20:24not judgmental.
20:25In what is arguably
20:27one of the best scenes
20:28of the entire show,
20:29Ted agrees to a game
20:31of darts
20:31with Rupert,
20:32proposing that
20:33if Rupert loses,
20:34he will forfeit
20:35his seat
20:35in the owner's box.
20:37Rupert takes him
20:37up on this,
20:38oblivious of how
20:39seasoned a dart
20:40player Ted is.
20:41Oh, wait a second.
20:43I forgot I'm left-handed.
20:48I was gonna be a poop.
20:50Although initially losing,
20:52Ted recounts this
20:53rather impressive story
20:54about a Walt Whitman
20:55quote he once saw
20:56painted on a wall.
21:18This made him realize
21:19that the guys
21:20who underestimated him
21:21made wrong assumptions
21:23instead of actually
21:24getting to know him.
21:41He then hits a bullseye
21:43and wins the game.
21:44Curiosity may kill the cat,
21:45but the satisfaction
21:47of knowledge
21:47will always bring it back.
21:50Number 3.
21:51Change can be scary.
21:52Fellas,
21:53we're broken.
21:55We need to change.
21:57And look,
21:58I know change
21:58can be scary.
21:59One minute,
22:00you're playing freeze tag
22:01out there at recess
22:03with all your buddies.
22:03Next thing you know,
22:04you're getting zits,
22:05your voice gets low.
22:06The fifth episode
22:07of season one
22:08sees Ted having to make
22:09two difficult
22:10but important decisions
22:11about his career
22:12and his marriage.
22:13On the pitch,
22:15Jamie remains
22:16as arrogant
22:16and self-centered
22:17as ever,
22:18to the detriment
22:19of his teammates.
22:20This leads Ted
22:21to make a highly
22:22controversial decision
22:23to substitute him
22:24right before halftime,
22:26even after scoring
22:27both goals for the team.
22:29In the locker room,
22:30Ted highlights
22:31to his players
22:31how important it is
22:32to embrace change
22:34in order to make progress.
22:36Most of the time,
22:37change is a good thing.
22:38I think that's what
22:39it's all about.
22:42Embracing change.
22:43Being brave.
22:45His decision pays off
22:46as Richmond wins the match
22:48without Jamie.
22:49Ted also realizes
22:50he needs to embrace
22:51the change in his marriage
22:52and eventually makes
22:54the painful yet admirable
22:55decision to let Michelle go.
22:57I promised myself
22:58I would never quit
22:59anything in my life.
23:01You're not quitting, Ted.
23:05You're just letting me go.
23:07Number two.
23:07To believe in yourself.
23:09All we need to win
23:11are the fellas
23:12in this room
23:12right now.
23:14And all you fellas
23:15need to do
23:16is believe it.
23:21With Richmond reeling
23:22from defeat
23:23and Zava's
23:23abrupt retirement,
23:24Ted strips the team's
23:26philosophy down to its core.
23:27When the locker room sign
23:28begins falling apart,
23:29he tears it up,
23:30insisting that conviction
23:31cannot depend on something
23:33hanging from a wall.
23:34Belief doesn't just happen
23:35because you hang something
23:36up on a wall.
23:37All right?
23:38Comes from in here.
23:40You know?
23:40Up here.
23:42Down here.
23:43Only problem is
23:44we all got
23:45so much junk
23:46floating through us,
23:47a lot of times
23:48we end up getting
23:48in our own way.
23:49He names envy,
23:50fear, and shame
23:51as the noise
23:52blocking people
23:53from recognizing their worth,
23:54their capacity
23:55for improvement,
23:56and their right
23:57to be loved.
23:57You know what
23:58I want to mess around with?
24:00The belief that I matter,
24:02you know?
24:03Regardless of
24:03what I do
24:04or don't achieve,
24:07or the belief
24:08that we all deserve
24:09to be loved.
24:10Crucially,
24:11his message embraces
24:12those who have been hurt
24:13and those who have
24:14caused hurt.
24:15The speech turns optimism
24:16into inner work,
24:17arguing that shared hope
24:19becomes stronger
24:19than any symbol
24:20meant to represent it.
24:21If you can do that,
24:23if each of you
24:24can truly do that,
24:31can't nobody
24:32rip that apart.
24:33Before we unveil
24:34our top pick,
24:35here are some
24:36honorable mentions.
24:37The Best Stew.
24:38After Nate apologizes
24:40to Colin,
24:40Ted sees that some problems
24:42can resolve with time.
24:43Anything I need
24:44to address?
24:47Well, like I always say,
24:48sometimes the best stew
24:49is the one you leave
24:50sitting on the stove
24:51overnight because
24:52you fell asleep
24:52watching Citizen Kane
24:53after too many beers.
24:54You don't have to go
24:55through it all by yourself.
24:56After Colin comes out,
24:58Ted shows that real support
24:59means making sure
25:00no one feels alone.
25:02You care about who you are
25:04and what you must
25:05have been going through.
25:07Yeah.
25:09Hey, from now on,
25:12you don't have to go
25:13through it all by yourself.
25:15The harder you work,
25:16the luckier you get.
25:17Ted believes effort
25:18can invite good fortune.
25:20Already burning
25:20the midnight oil,
25:21I see, Ted.
25:22Well, as the man once said,
25:24the harder you work,
25:24the luckier you get, huh?
25:25Girl, listen.
25:26During Rebecca's
25:27dating update,
25:28Ted learns support
25:29starts with listening.
25:30Rule number one,
25:31even though it's called
25:32girl talk,
25:33sometimes it needs
25:33to be more like girl,
25:34listen.
25:35Got it.
25:35Learn on the fly here.
25:36Come on, hit me.
25:37Don't sell yourself short.
25:38When Roy downplays
25:39his talent,
25:40Ted reminds him
25:41not to undervalue himself.
25:43I don't know why
25:43I've been around
25:44great athletes all my life.
25:45Heck, Roy,
25:46you're a great athlete.
25:47No lies over.
25:48Oh, come on.
25:48Don't sell yourself short.
25:49If anything,
25:50sell yourself tall
25:51and get it altered later.
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26:24Number one,
26:26be a goldfish.
26:27One of the surprising stars
26:28on Ted Lasso
26:29is the young right back
26:30from Nigeria,
26:31Sam Obisanya.
26:32I heard my name.
26:33The player from
26:34the Nigerian Football League
26:35has trouble fitting in
26:36with his new teammates,
26:37a newcomer in a foreign land
26:39much like Ted himself.
26:40Well, we know
26:41you haven't been home
26:41in a while,
26:42so we thought
26:42we'd bring some home to you.
26:43How are you guys, man?
26:45It's you.
26:48It's you going.
26:51After getting shown up
26:52by Jamie
26:53during a training session,
26:54Ted awkwardly tells Sam
26:56not to let mistakes
26:57weigh him down
26:58and to let them all go,
26:59just like a goldfish.
27:01You know what
27:01the happiest animal
27:02on earth is?
27:03It's a goldfish.
27:05You know why?
27:08No.
27:08Got a 10-second memory.
27:10Be a goldfish, Sam.
27:12Once Sam is able to do this,
27:14he fits right in
27:15with the rest of the team,
27:17eventually rising
27:17to become one
27:18of the top scorers
27:19and a pretty influential player,
27:21gaining his team's support
27:22on his Dubai air protest.
27:24Ted even calls back
27:25to his goldfish advice
27:26in the first season finale
27:28after the team's
27:29devastating loss.
27:31Let's be sad now.
27:32Let's be sad together.
27:33And then we can be
27:34a gosh-darn goldfish.
27:38Onward.
27:39Forward.
27:39Which Ted Lasso quote
27:40has stuck with you
27:41long after the final whistle?
27:43Share the words
27:43you live by
27:44in the comments.
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