迈克尔，一个出生在贫穷人家的孩子，他的家就在毒瘾圈子不远的地方，他的周围到处是堕落而又无助的人，每当他的妈妈做“坏事”的时候，就会让迈克尔闭上眼睛，做完坏事后，数1,2,3让迈克尔睁开眼睛，并告诉迈克尔明天依旧美好。在肮脏而又嘈杂的环境里，充满了黑暗与暴力，一个大个子男孩像货物一样从一家运到另一家，他停驻的居所里的人都在假装对他好，最终都放弃了他。
一个这样背景的孩子，如果他变坏，那是理所当然的事情，可他依旧不愿意成为那个坏人，他慢慢地自闭，沉默。电影中你会看到一个偌大的身材经常出现在冰冷的夜里，只为能够免费洗自己的仅有的1-2件衣裳或者寻找可以吃的食物和睡觉的地方。他不断地被学校以各种理由开除，你会想这big man完蛋了。他的人生已经被判了死刑。
可不曾想过，他愿意将看球台上的吃剩的垃圾袋拾起，他愿意将别人施舍过他的被子整理好之后离开……出生在这样家庭环境中的孩子怎么可能做到？可迈克尔做到了，最终他为了保护领养家的弟弟而用手挡在了前面，他为了保护自己的家人而在赛场上打败了对手，他甚至为了家人而选择了密西西比大学。他的原因很简单：“因为这是我家人上学的地方”。一个从小没有得到爱的人，当他得到了爱，他愿意用自己的生命去呵护这份爱。
在变好与变坏之间，有时候就在一念之间，你选择了什么，就会成就什么？
我很喜爱迈克尔关于《勇气》的毕业论文
Courage is a hard thing to figure，You can have courage based on a dumb idea or mistake，but you're not supposed to question adults or your coach or your teacher, because they make the rules, maybe they know best, but maybe they don't, it all depends on who you are, where you come from didn't at least one of the six hundred guys think about giving up and joining with the other side?
I mean,valley of death that's pretty salty stuff, that's why courage it's tricky, should you always do what others tell you to do? Sometimes you might not even know why you're doing something, I mean any fool can have courage, but honor,that's the real reason you either do something or you don't
It's who you are and maybe who you want to be, if you die trying for something important, then you have both honor and courage. that's pretty good, you should hope for courage and try for honor, maybe even pray that the people telling you what to do have some, too.
