Mental Coach Jegal (Mental Coach Je Gal Gil / Mentalkochi Jegalgil / 멘탈코치 제갈길)

(Names, businesses, products, events and places are used fictitiously.)

My father told me...

luck makes up for 70 percent.

In this world, 30 percent is skill and 70 percent is luck.

Those who try hard can't beat the lucky ones.

Come on.

- There you go. - I'm dying here.

Let me take the useless card.

- Oh, darn it. - Just my luck.

Hey, son.

Life is all about the cards you're left with later.

However hard you try, what isn't meant to be won't happen.

If you just leave it to your destiny,

there are times when what isn't meant to be happens.

There.

I scored!

Son, did you see that?

Life is about the later cards.

However good your hand or your skill is,

you can't beat the lucky guy.

My father lived his life betting on the better cards he'd be dealt,

and thanks to him, my life always tanked.

Hey, son!

Life is about the later cards.

Don't get intimidated and just go all out.

I don't believe in later, better cards.

I'll get what I want through hard work.

If I don't work hard, what can I, with no connections or talent...

possibly do?

This is my life,

and I'll save it from the sewer it's in.

With skill.

It's in place, but one wrong move and it'll blow out.

You might never use this leg again.

- How about Moo Tae? - He dropped out.

His shoulder got banged up.

Why did you two fight?

Attention!

You punk.

Who said you could stand up?

I refuse to get beaten up. I have a competition in a few days.

Moo Tae, get up. You compete too.

Come on. Get up.

Hey, Jegal.

Let go.

Darn you.

Too bad you don't want to get hit.

You shouldn't have kicked a senior in the face while practicing.

Do you know what a sparring partner does?

Why are we always your sparring partners?

I don't know. It's our club's rule.

The juniors must respond...

Out of all your juniors, we're the only ones here.

The ones in college are excused. It's just us two who are on a team.

If we always play to lose, when do we get to win?

If losing becomes a habit, we'll lose games we can win.

Our competition is coming up, and we need...

You talk way too much.

Hey. If you hate getting beaten up,

quit sports and go out and talk for a living.

Hey. You!

If you hate losing,

quit sports and go out there and fight.

Hey. Stop making a fuss and get back in position.

Relax.

Sir. He has to compete in two days.

Sorry.

Who here doesn't compete in that competition?

I compete in that too.

Hey, if you don't assume the position, I'll whack you anyway.

Before you become a sportsman, you need to become a decent human.

Moo Tae. Are you all right?

Hey, sort him out.

How could you?

You psycho.

Come here.

Darn it.

Let's drop out.

Gu Tae Man will compete in the Olympic Games anyway.

- With this leg... - I'll win.

No, you'll lose.

The referee's from his college,

and the association and coaches all support him.

When a game went to a decision, no one ever beat his club.

I won't take it to a decision. I'll knock him out.

This isn't judo.

KO in taekwondo happen once in a blue moon.

Will you be quiet, sit down and finish up?

There's nothing you can do with a leg like this.

You can't fly.

As if you can win.

(The 2008 Taekwondo National Team Selection Finals)

Attention.

Bow.

Headgear.

Oh, dear. I think you're trying too hard.

I can't represent the country if I were to give up over this.

The moment we're equal in abilities, the one with a stronger mind wins.

When it comes to a mentality, I have one of a gambler.

You think we're equal in abilities?

Your mentality isn't quite right.

If you're intimidated, drop out.

Okay.

Ready.

(The 2008 Taekwondo National Team Selection Finals)

(The 2008 Taekwondo National Team Selection Finals)

Fight.

KO.

Are you okay?

Fight.

Void! Step back.

Get up.

My father also said this.

What? Are you dealing from the bottom?

Are you all hoodwinkers?

What are you talking about? Fold if you feel intimidated.

If I shake you up and find anything, you all are dead.

Guys! We have frauds here.

- What? - Frauds?

- Arrest them all! - Go, go.

- What... - Keep still!

Not me. Go after them.

- They're the card sharps! - Where do you think you're going?

I bet less than a dollar at a time!

Father!

My father left saying that he'd be back very soon,

but he couldn't come home for a year.

This was what he wrote...

in his letter to me.

Even the luckiest man...

can't beat a cheater who is determined to dupe him.

Never play against a cheater.

No. You were wrong, Father.

Even the luckiest man or the slyest cheater...

can't beat the one who does his best...

because this is a sport, not a gamble.

I won't live like you, Father.

One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

Five.

Six.

(The 2008 Taekwondo National Team Selection Finals)

So what do you think happened in that game?

As you probably all know,

the other player won.

He won by decision.

And as you can see,

I am...

standing before you now.

You see, I always believed in the power of hard work.

Firmly believing in it was the only way...

to get out of the boon docks and turn my life around.

"I can do it. My dreams will come true."

"If I want something with all my heart,"

"the entire universe will conspire in helping me achieve it."

"If I work hard,"

"everything will get better."

But I was wrong.

If you feel like you gave your all but couldn't achieve something,

or if you feel like you failed...

and were abandoned because you were incompetent...

or didn't try hard enough...

If you feel that way,

please let me tell you this.

It is not your fault.

There was a cheater in the game you were playing.

There are many things you can't do even if you try your best.

Why must we try so hard and work ourselves to the bone?

Tell the people who turned this world...

into a place where hard work doesn't get you anywhere...

that it's about time they tried harder!

- Yes! - Yes!

You're so handsome!

Thank you.

- Thank you. - Thank you.

I'm a huge fan.

I was a big fan when you were a taekwondo player too.

Here you go.

- You're really handsome. - I know. Thank you.

How's your leg? Do you have to keep using the walking stick?

How did you become a mental coach?

Oh, I guess you haven't read the book yet. Read the book.

- Here. - Read the book.

If you buy two,

- you'll get 50 cents off. - Oh, I see.

- Here. - Thank you.

- Do you take credit cards? - Sure thing.

By any chance,

do you offer counselling services?

Yes, for sure. That's no problem at all.

Why not?

Hey. Every time I give a lecture, it's a full house.

So how come they don't read my book?

But it beat the book that the monk wrote.

It's number one in the new essay category now.

Hey, do you know what makes me the happiest...

after quitting taekwondo?

What is it?