Inspirational Film Scene - Champions 1984 - The Children's Cancer Ward

Bob has decided against any more cancer treatment. He has given up as he wants to go home and die. As he is about to phone his sister to come and pick him up, he spots the children's ward. He goes inside and speaks to the children. One says "Can you help me please" and then a girl riding a rocking horse asks him "Are you going to die or are you going to get better". His mind focuses and he answers "He is going to get better". He does get better and wins the Grand National riding Aldaniti. He is still alive today 40 years later. When facing a difficult decision always think of the consequences of your action and Never Give Up.

[@darrellirwin8412]

I’m not going to lie but that hospital scene definitely drew a tear from my eye

[@stevep4126]

Brilliant scene. Horrified that children were going through the same ordeal.

[@neil5978]

John Hurt's finest hour

[@Minime163]

I never saw champions but can't find it on line. I grew up with horses and wonky kidneys and broke young horses with my father r.i.p from I was 16 until he died 6 years a go even when on dialysis and having 2 tranceplant's the reason I love horses is because they're very good natured animals but more importantly they don't make exceptions for you eventhough you have a chronic illness if they feel like throwing you off they'll do it anyways no matter who you are🤣🤣🤣

[@jenniferwittridge4163]

Lost my mum to ovarian cancer, terrible terrible times x

[@stevep4126]

........which gave him the strength to carry on.

[@danielhowe7362]

I’m not crying! It’s that draught again 😂

[@danielhowe7362]

Best scene in the film!

[@smilodontiger5675]

It is good this film came out when it did and did not complete the story. Bob Champion cheated on his wife who had stuck by him throughout his illness (girlfriend then) and he then dumped her. Aldaniti fell at the first fence the following year.

[@anthonyhughes2402]

"Are you going to die, or are you going to get better" such a poignant scene

[@horseracingstuff]

A true scene as Bob Champion said in the Daily Mirror " “My cancer treatment was so terrible there were times I thought I wouldn’t make it. They’d come up with a new treatment, blasting you with a cocktail of drugs which virtually knocks you down dead, before getting you just healthy enough to take another dose. “At one point I got septicaemia, which killed a lot of people doing the treatment. I

[@nickthefox72]

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