I remember when Dan Jansen finally won. The guy was amazing and had fallen, been knocked down, gotten DQ'ed, and I was like OMG just finally give him a medal!!!
This vid always makes me cry even though I know what it says and what happens, but damn it, it gets me everytime. First tears of sadness, then tears of joy knowing he finally won the gold for his sister and his daughters name being Jane is the sweet ending.
visa....providing families who are already in debt a $20k line of credit so they can go in more debt. congrats visa....destroying families around the world one swipe at a time.
I provide you a Special Offer where I Get a new Gold Visa Credit Card with $25 Bonus and Free Direct Deposit. So, if I was interested on it perhaps you also consider to be useful. USA only!
I can guarantee that all of the cynical comments about Visa are made by Visa holders with mounds of CC debt. Can't you just appreciate these commercials for the message?? Why do you have to be negative?? If you want to complain about the Olympics, complain about professional athletes competing in the Games.
I was looking for the Visa Olympics commercial with Sara Renner. The only video uploaded seems to be from the Visa Go World campaign and the video comment section is closed. Bastards.
Looking at this video, when you see him laying on the ice with his head in his hands, it looked like he was mourning the loss of his sister, instead of "I just blew the race."
winter olympics does take place every 4 years but following the 1992 olympics they chose to have the next one only two years later in '94, then switched it back to 4 years after
the summer and winter olympics used to be held in the same year. but after the 1992 winter olympics, they decided to alternate the winter and summer olympics every 2 years like we have today so they had the winter olympics in '94 and the summer olympics in '96, a patter like we have today.
@CerahNuwin125 Yes, the games are normally held every 4 years... with the Summer and Winter Games being held in the same year. However, the IOC ruled to have the Summer and Winter Games held separately, every 2 years, beginning with the Winter Games in 1994 (the last games were Summer in Barcelona and Winter in Albertville, in 1992). Summer in 1996... Winter in 1998... Summer in 2000... and so on.
This is just awesome! It's a great story (maybe more so since I am a new parent). Either way, Morgan Freeman could read me the phone book or dictionary any day; he has the greatest voice. Love you Morgan!!!
This is the best Visa commercial made to run for the 2010 Olympics, I voted for it because Dan Jansen's luck at the Olympics finally ended on a high note, winning the gold in '94.
why is this offensive at all, why cant you take it as an amazing story about a fantastic athlete, who cares if it was created by visa, it is meant to inspire people, its a commercial, so of cource it is going to be sponsered by someone, but that does not take anything away from dan Jansens incredible feat
u obviously dont get the point of the commercial....though yeah why would they put a sob story in a credit card commercial? i mean i know Visa is the only card accepted there but....wtf
For someone who lost his sister, I can empathize. And the feeling of complete failure and despair - and the anguish of Jansen - will forever be indelled in my soul.
The fact he came back to win SIX YEARS later, speaks more about his man than any words could say.
The sincere voice in the narration, which I'm assuming is Morgan Freeman's, just adds to its emotion.
Visa is the sponser for the Olympics. They have been running "olympics moments" this past few weeks. I think it is a great commercial.
Jansen sent an email to Joannie Rochette it read .....
"I don't know if you can prepare for the emotions you're going to feel out there, but if you can get through it there are millions of people supporting you. And most of all, skate with your mother in your heart."
Why not seeing it from a different point of view, if they hadn't turn his story into a commercial, people like me and many others wouldn't even know about him, so just quit your fucking bitching about capitalism and stop being all paranoid and shit!!
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@LyElla7664 cause they are greedy imperial capitalist fucks who will even sell his mother and daughter ND MAKE THEM do the dog bitch thing on stage for world audience just ti make money and get star status.you so called shameless moraless free world
Greedy capitalist assholes have taken all your gold and silver and issued you fancy colourful pieces of paper and plastic.they have shipped all their loot to their hideout and made your economy artifical that is destined to bankrupt.
Yes Ronaldo, let us all live like they do in the glorious Socialist paradise that is Cuba, or maybe North Korea because nobody who lives in those places wants to leave.
Visa, the only card in the world that uses stories of tragedy to promote itself. Seriously, I remember Dan's fall and his win, but to use it for a credit card commercial is just pathetic.
@Snapscape The purpose of these commercials is to show the triumphs and tragedies of the games. All of which come with the spirit of the Olympics. I think they do a nice job with all of them.
@hb2578 There are better ways for a sponsor to advertise itself. They get their money back anyways. Besides, the Olympics are nothing more than a parade for the elite.
@Snapscape What do you mean by "the elite"? Do you mean money, or athletic skills ...because most of these people do not get paid to be athletes. If you mean skills, of course the Olympics are for the athletically elite. If you're so turned off by the Olympics, then why are you watching all the commercials on YouTube? It really disappoints me to see your cynical comments.
@hb2578 People who are able to get the sponsorship to help them become better at what they do. Countries that are poor are unable to help better train their athletes. And how would you know I look at all the commercials on YouTube? My comments are the simple truth about a cynical people who look only for the dollar.
@Snapscape All I am trying to say is that when I saw this commercial for the first time, I thought about Dan and his journey through the Olympics. I remember '88. I remember '92. I remember '94. The first time your saw this commercial, you thought of corporate cynicism....that's really sad.
@hb2578 I see this commercial and I see more Dan Jansen than I do Visa. His sister died of cancer in February 1988, just four months before my father lost his battle with cancer. Watching this brings back the sadness of losing my father, but I also feel more inspired to know anything IS possible if I just believe. I know Dad's watching over me, too. ^_^
@Snapscape I look at it more as stories of triumph DESPITE tragedy. Inspirational. And not all the commercials have any tragedy. Some are just triumph. Society loves stories of underdogs, facing struggle head on and winning...don't be such a sourpuss about it.
The commercial would have been better if he didn't say the visa slogan at the end, and just a small visa logo saying congrats dan was shown, would have been classier.
Why Visa would want to use such a tragic event and the resulting beautiful piece of filmmaking as a commercial blows my mind. What must M Freeman have been thinking when he transitioned from telling this heart-wrenching tale to talking about a corporation? Freekin' incompatible and deplorable.
Oh my GOD, how incredibly OPPORTUNISTIC of a CREDIT CARD COMPANY...pandering to the emotions of viewers like this! SHAME on VISA and everyone associated with this disgusting mess! How Jansen approved the use and abuse of his sister's memory is beyond me! What could this man possibly have been paid???
This commercial is awesome...and i started tearing up as soon as i started writing this...a very inspiring, beautiful 30 second credit card commercial. Go world
It's subliminal. They obviously want you to respond with raw emotion so that the next time you make a decision to sign up for a credit card, you won't balk at the 18-20 percent interest, or the unpleasant reality that you'll be getting even deeper in debt, but rather you'll give in to those sudden inexplicable feelings of sentimentality, inspiration & joy (topped of with sis-room-bah patriotism) simply because the name VISA stirred something deep within you.
@jessica19892000 visas one of the biggest sponsors of the us olympic team. after a gold is one.. they almost always release a commercial congratulating their athletes
The game where he found out the death of his sister was not an Olympic game... He skated the 500 in the Calgary games of 88. He won the gold at the 94 Olympic games.
yoonmepark-- Actually, he did find out about his sister's death before racing the 500m at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary... He won gold six years, not four yrs later, because the 1994 Winter Olympics happen 2 years after the 1992 Winter Olympics. 1992 was the last year that the Winter and Summer Olympics were held in the same year. The Olympic committee wished to make the summer and winter games alternate every 2 years, so the Winter Olympics were played 2 years later in Norway.
Both the Summer and Winter games used to be in the same year, but started alternating in 1992. The winter games were in France in 1992 and then only two years later in Norway in 1994...6 years after Calgary.
I think they're trying to get you to get yourself a Visa card. Then you can go to the Olympics and experience a part of history seeing as how Visa is the only card accepted there.. :P
wouldn't be the same if morgan freeman wasn't narrarating (spelled right?)... he has such a soft, mellow voice. but still probably the most heart touching story ever.
He caught the outer edge of his right skate. Total freak accident, probably from a lapse in concentration. Of course, only Dan knows what was going through his head at that instant.
Great result for a great athlete. I don't exactly see the point of this marketing move, but if he was alright with them making money on his sad story (and inspiring towards the end), then by all means, nothing wrong with it.
lol A real man wouldn't say that. You've proven yourself to be just another want to be tough guy. A real man has emotions and would relate to people. A real man isn't a fucking asshole.
funny isn't it, we're all in different parts of the world, leading different lives, in different cultures, yet the emotions we feel, that lump in your throat, joins us in way, we don't really understand. Just be happy that it does 'cause as long as it does, there is hope.
Jansen's story in 1994 had the misfortune of being overshadowed by the Kerrigan/Harding mess. Too bad, too. His was one of the great stories of the Olympics.
just saw this commercial.... at a moment of weakness and sadness. this was the tipping point. lol i cried like a baby for 2 min. its been a long time. but it feels good.
this happened so long ago and i still watch this..
thesoccergurly 1 month ago
Oh god, I remember watching the first race he lost. So heartbreaking.
broadwaymelody33 4 months ago
I remember when Dan Jansen finally won. The guy was amazing and had fallen, been knocked down, gotten DQ'ed, and I was like OMG just finally give him a medal!!!
scorzi 5 months ago
This vid always makes me cry even though I know what it says and what happens, but damn it, it gets me everytime. First tears of sadness, then tears of joy knowing he finally won the gold for his sister and his daughters name being Jane is the sweet ending.
xRawrItsIan 7 months ago
visa....providing families who are already in debt a $20k line of credit so they can go in more debt. congrats visa....destroying families around the world one swipe at a time.
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Noooooooooooooo I accidentally hit the flag as inappropriate button noooooooooooo
Trolleatingpankakes 9 months ago
I think this is the best story of falling down, getting up and dusting yourself off, and returning to be the best.
CrazyInThe520 10 months ago
This, and Derrick Redmond, and the "It's simply that they are human, and we are human" make me tear up.
arsenal013 11 months ago
I can guarantee that all of the cynical comments about Visa are made by Visa holders with mounds of CC debt. Can't you just appreciate these commercials for the message?? Why do you have to be negative?? If you want to complain about the Olympics, complain about professional athletes competing in the Games.
hb2578 1 year ago
@hb2578 I don't use credit cards. If I can't afford to buy it I can't afford to have it.
Snapscape 1 year ago
@Snapscape oh okay, if you say so.
hb2578 1 year ago
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this was beautiful and heartbreaking !
BabyFaceSmile 1 year ago
256 people are retards!
redfoxbennaton 1 year ago
I was looking for the Visa Olympics commercial with Sara Renner. The only video uploaded seems to be from the Visa Go World campaign and the video comment section is closed. Bastards.
sweiland75 1 year ago
Looking at this video, when you see him laying on the ice with his head in his hands, it looked like he was mourning the loss of his sister, instead of "I just blew the race."
brfswigcham 1 year ago
now this is triumph
stringerboi 1 year ago
Wow why is his voice so amazing. I don't know how but there's something I think he really is god.
Bruce Almighty wasn't just acting, he really IS GOD!
xxzone1 1 year ago 2
It's so refreshing to see a commercial like this amidst the wave of shitty commercials for beer, cars, and erectile dysfunction pills
HockeyPwnsBaseball 1 year ago
how can it be 6 years when its every 4 years?? Maybe I'm just stupid. But it'd have to be 4 years, or 8, or 12??
CafeGaby2226 1 year ago
winter olympics does take place every 4 years but following the 1992 olympics they chose to have the next one only two years later in '94, then switched it back to 4 years after
forbasketballonly 1 year ago
the summer and winter olympics used to be held in the same year. but after the 1992 winter olympics, they decided to alternate the winter and summer olympics every 2 years like we have today so they had the winter olympics in '94 and the summer olympics in '96, a patter like we have today.
onetwothreefive1235 1 year ago
@CafeGaby2226 Because after the 1992 Olympics, the next Winter Olympics was in 1994 so the Winter and Summer alternated every 2 years
silversnake020 1 year ago
Every time I see this commercial, I get the shivers.
smilitu 1 year ago 3
I LOVE THIS COMMERCIAL!!! :D whats the song in this? thanks(:
Reallyrandommusic 1 year ago
so touching :'( i think ima sign up for visa now..
muma0449 1 year ago
@muma0449 lOl !!!
sukimaru1 1 year ago
Truly inspirational...
How did he win a medal six years later? I thought the Winter Games were held every four years.
CerahNuwin125 1 year ago
@CerahNuwin125 Yes, the games are normally held every 4 years... with the Summer and Winter Games being held in the same year. However, the IOC ruled to have the Summer and Winter Games held separately, every 2 years, beginning with the Winter Games in 1994 (the last games were Summer in Barcelona and Winter in Albertville, in 1992). Summer in 1996... Winter in 1998... Summer in 2000... and so on.
NutHouseShannon 1 year ago 2
back in the day it was every two years
happymeal212 1 year ago
@happymeal212 No it wasn't.The games were every four years until the mid 1990's.
HattieLovesCattie 1 year ago
Exactly. Back of cereal boxes, stereo instructions... when read by Morgan Freeman, I am enraptured.
shaagen1 1 year ago 2
This is such a touching story ♥
kitkatag019 1 year ago 3
visa is already preparing on the Joannie commercial lol
bebe03 1 year ago
i started crying when i saw this! :( and i'm crying again. <3
FatalToxin 1 year ago
This is just awesome! It's a great story (maybe more so since I am a new parent). Either way, Morgan Freeman could read me the phone book or dictionary any day; he has the greatest voice. Love you Morgan!!!
sheila2473 1 year ago 3
This is the best Visa commercial made to run for the 2010 Olympics, I voted for it because Dan Jansen's luck at the Olympics finally ended on a high note, winning the gold in '94.
munchkinthecat 1 year ago 2
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so fucking anticlimatic at the end
fuck you visa
redninjastarx 1 year ago
song?
MrSketus12 1 year ago
thank you for such an inspirational message, and for honoring the true spirit of crippling credit card debt.
astolennova 1 year ago
Aww...there's something in my eye
sabrin321 1 year ago 2
You're really ingenuous if you think that all this was made to inspire anyone; it was just made to sell a credit card.
Our life, our death, our families, our emotions do not need a sponsor, and do not need VISA as a sponsor.
fil7171 1 year ago
I know! This commercial made my cry, and now I'm gonna go get a Visa card...
pipski888 1 year ago 2
fil7171--Wow, well said.
Gravida12 1 year ago
morgan freeman keep doing these commercials please
sportstalk23 1 year ago 4
I said "we'll meet again, one day" to my sister 1 year ago.
I do not think about my credit card when i see her in my eyes in the moment when she died.
This is an offensive lack of respect.
fil7171 1 year ago
why is this offensive at all, why cant you take it as an amazing story about a fantastic athlete, who cares if it was created by visa, it is meant to inspire people, its a commercial, so of cource it is going to be sponsered by someone, but that does not take anything away from dan Jansens incredible feat
hiphopopotomus999 1 year ago 13
u obviously dont get the point of the commercial....though yeah why would they put a sob story in a credit card commercial? i mean i know Visa is the only card accepted there but....wtf
Laneinator227 1 year ago
For someone who lost his sister, I can empathize. And the feeling of complete failure and despair - and the anguish of Jansen - will forever be indelled in my soul.
The fact he came back to win SIX YEARS later, speaks more about his man than any words could say.
The sincere voice in the narration, which I'm assuming is Morgan Freeman's, just adds to its emotion.
Thank you, Visa.
BruDiggity 1 year ago 5
Thank you for such an inspirational message, and for honoring the true spirit of the Olympics.
mormonsoprano 1 year ago 2
Aww! He named his daughter after his sister!! This commercial made me cry, it makes me think about my brothers and how much I love them.
ilustreina 1 year ago 6
what does his story have to do with credit card?
linaemily 1 year ago
@linaemily visa is the Olympic sponsor
skyelandwind 1 year ago
omg i love this visa commericial... its so uplifting and shows perseverance.
anonymousx37 1 year ago 5
exploiting affective moments like that... fucking corporate companies.
kamikrazi123 1 year ago
Visa is the sponser for the Olympics. They have been running "olympics moments" this past few weeks. I think it is a great commercial.
Jansen sent an email to Joannie Rochette it read .....
"I don't know if you can prepare for the emotions you're going to feel out there, but if you can get through it there are millions of people supporting you. And most of all, skate with your mother in your heart."
Let me just end here with... wow.
Heart4Steelers 1 year ago 6
What does this has to do with VISA?
Devikvampire 1 year ago
I think it's uplifting in that Dan Jansen was able to win after such a heart breaking event. I hope this is inspiration for Joannie Rochette.
OceanbornAngel 1 year ago 10
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Now I'm never getting a VISA card...
bibz93 1 year ago
good point sacek
Eddy0Raven 1 year ago
Why not seeing it from a different point of view, if they hadn't turn his story into a commercial, people like me and many others wouldn't even know about him, so just quit your fucking bitching about capitalism and stop being all paranoid and shit!!
sacek1976 1 year ago 6
the story is so tragic and touching but why the ef did they turn it into a commercial? thats just wrong.
LyElla7664 1 year ago
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@LyElla7664 cause they are greedy imperial capitalist fucks who will even sell his mother and daughter ND MAKE THEM do the dog bitch thing on stage for world audience just ti make money and get star status.you so called shameless moraless free world
rocksronaldo 1 year ago
Greedy capitalist assholes have taken all your gold and silver and issued you fancy colourful pieces of paper and plastic.they have shipped all their loot to their hideout and made your economy artifical that is destined to bankrupt.
rocksronaldo 1 year ago
greedy imperial capitalist ashole will sell the tears and misery to make big money.mofoz even kidnapp haitian children
rocksronaldo 1 year ago
Yes Ronaldo, let us all live like they do in the glorious Socialist paradise that is Cuba, or maybe North Korea because nobody who lives in those places wants to leave.
jimbosley 1 year ago 2
this is so lame. using such stories to promote their company. people these days...
Ulquiorrii 1 year ago
Visa, the only card in the world that uses stories of tragedy to promote itself. Seriously, I remember Dan's fall and his win, but to use it for a credit card commercial is just pathetic.
Snapscape 1 year ago 23
I agree.
msalicat1 1 year ago
@Snapscape The purpose of these commercials is to show the triumphs and tragedies of the games. All of which come with the spirit of the Olympics. I think they do a nice job with all of them.
zeldafreak701 1 year ago
@Snapscape The Olympics costs money...millions upon millions of dollars. They need sponsors to exist, so we can have moments like this. Don't hate.
hb2578 1 year ago
@hb2578 There are better ways for a sponsor to advertise itself. They get their money back anyways. Besides, the Olympics are nothing more than a parade for the elite.
Snapscape 1 year ago
@Snapscape What do you mean by "the elite"? Do you mean money, or athletic skills ...because most of these people do not get paid to be athletes. If you mean skills, of course the Olympics are for the athletically elite. If you're so turned off by the Olympics, then why are you watching all the commercials on YouTube? It really disappoints me to see your cynical comments.
hb2578 1 year ago
@hb2578 People who are able to get the sponsorship to help them become better at what they do. Countries that are poor are unable to help better train their athletes. And how would you know I look at all the commercials on YouTube? My comments are the simple truth about a cynical people who look only for the dollar.
Snapscape 1 year ago
@Snapscape All I am trying to say is that when I saw this commercial for the first time, I thought about Dan and his journey through the Olympics. I remember '88. I remember '92. I remember '94. The first time your saw this commercial, you thought of corporate cynicism....that's really sad.
hb2578 1 year ago
@hb2578 I see this commercial and I see more Dan Jansen than I do Visa. His sister died of cancer in February 1988, just four months before my father lost his battle with cancer. Watching this brings back the sadness of losing my father, but I also feel more inspired to know anything IS possible if I just believe. I know Dad's watching over me, too. ^_^
OddballExtreme 11 months ago
@Snapscape I look at it more as stories of triumph DESPITE tragedy. Inspirational. And not all the commercials have any tragedy. Some are just triumph. Society loves stories of underdogs, facing struggle head on and winning...don't be such a sourpuss about it.
eateetor 9 months ago 5
The commercial would have been better if he didn't say the visa slogan at the end, and just a small visa logo saying congrats dan was shown, would have been classier.
grambo22 1 year ago 32
@grambo22 clearly, you've never studied marketing or public relations.
javimiami92 4 months ago
Why Visa would want to use such a tragic event and the resulting beautiful piece of filmmaking as a commercial blows my mind. What must M Freeman have been thinking when he transitioned from telling this heart-wrenching tale to talking about a corporation? Freekin' incompatible and deplorable.
mar78a 1 year ago
MORGAN FREEMAN IS A FUCKING GOD
Chickens 1 year ago 6
this makes me cry every time.
dandysandy13 1 year ago 2
Exactly what are you people "touched" by? Someone's death or that any company would capitalize upon it? Try not to be so shallow and thoughtless....
morgaffi 1 year ago 3
Oh my GOD, how incredibly OPPORTUNISTIC of a CREDIT CARD COMPANY...pandering to the emotions of viewers like this! SHAME on VISA and everyone associated with this disgusting mess! How Jansen approved the use and abuse of his sister's memory is beyond me! What could this man possibly have been paid???
morgaffi 1 year ago 4
This commercial is awesome...and i started tearing up as soon as i started writing this...a very inspiring, beautiful 30 second credit card commercial. Go world
ThomMac777 1 year ago
horrible, horrible comercial. fuck visa, fuck freeman. I am not going to fall for this type of emotional manipulation.
jamaq 1 year ago
Wow this is the most touching commercial I've ever seen.
gooooo2694 1 year ago
nice... his daughter was named after her sister.. :))
Jheyanne23 1 year ago
wow gives me goosebumps
05290066 1 year ago
This is actually a great story but the fact that it's tied to a ploy to get you to sign up for a credit card is pathetic.
luizcarmargo 1 year ago 5
i love how he didnt give up. how he kept his promise even after she died. not very many people do that
alwaysluvin 1 year ago 3
i cried the first time i saw this!
flameknight7 1 year ago
tis ad makes me wanna cry...it's so touching.
hana19188 1 year ago 2
Very good commercial.
justanotherdruid 1 year ago
How many people saw the story on Yahoo News and didn't know what the Visa video of Jansen was...so you looked up on Youtube? I did. haha
isaiahe 1 year ago 9
@isaiahe yes! hahaha
supafly208 1 year ago
I didn't have to look it up because there was a link ^^
samxbone 1 year ago 2
lol that would be me xD
kadigurl1 1 year ago
It's subliminal. They obviously want you to respond with raw emotion so that the next time you make a decision to sign up for a credit card, you won't balk at the 18-20 percent interest, or the unpleasant reality that you'll be getting even deeper in debt, but rather you'll give in to those sudden inexplicable feelings of sentimentality, inspiration & joy (topped of with sis-room-bah patriotism) simply because the name VISA stirred something deep within you.
jennikeast 1 year ago 4
That is so true
vanes16 1 year ago
i love this commercial!!!
AznSK8Ter03 1 year ago
soo can someone tell me what visa has to do with him?
really werid. the story is sad. but visa?
jessica19892000 1 year ago
@jessica19892000 visas one of the biggest sponsors of the us olympic team. after a gold is one.. they almost always release a commercial congratulating their athletes
flameknight7 1 year ago
@jessica19892000 won*
flameknight7 1 year ago
How did he win gold 6 years later? Aren't the Olympics every 4 years??
TruthwillsetUfree1 1 year ago
The game where he found out the death of his sister was not an Olympic game... He skated the 500 in the Calgary games of 88. He won the gold at the 94 Olympic games.
yoonmepark 1 year ago
@yoonmepark Actually they were both Olympics I just researched it. They did it so the Winter Games wouldn´t be the same year as Summer Games. :)
TruthwillsetUfree1 1 year ago
yoonmepark-- Actually, he did find out about his sister's death before racing the 500m at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary... He won gold six years, not four yrs later, because the 1994 Winter Olympics happen 2 years after the 1992 Winter Olympics. 1992 was the last year that the Winter and Summer Olympics were held in the same year. The Olympic committee wished to make the summer and winter games alternate every 2 years, so the Winter Olympics were played 2 years later in Norway.
lazycrazyapes 1 year ago
Both the Summer and Winter games used to be in the same year, but started alternating in 1992. The winter games were in France in 1992 and then only two years later in Norway in 1994...6 years after Calgary.
29mjc29 1 year ago 2
boy that morgan freeman. incredible story in itself though.
Juno435 1 year ago
That's so touching, I watched this 5 times and almost cried each time. It's deep. Still pretty hard to find the connection to visa...
wikydansa 1 year ago
OMG! what a touching commercial, then they like Kill it with Visa! xD
hotitachi 1 year ago 2
ouch, that's sad :,-(
macdaddyalexis 1 year ago
I'm so teary! What a moving story!
Arinahime 1 year ago
I got teary when I first saw this
LaLaRC 1 year ago
visa seriously? sister dies... visa commercial.... connection? but still sad inspiring story
taquitos45 1 year ago 2
I remember I cried when I first saw this.
fox9ninja 1 year ago
Aw! So inspiring and beautiful!!! There are some really strong people in the world!
SmartStart24 1 year ago
goosebumps!
xThreeShoes 1 year ago 2
Such a touching story.
But I have no idea how Dan's success has anything to do with Visa. Sure, the story pulls at my heartstrings, but now I just feel manipulated by Visa.
mementoteamari 1 year ago 5
visa is gonna move from the credit market to storytelling
nxmoparmatt84 1 year ago
I think they're trying to get you to get yourself a Visa card. Then you can go to the Olympics and experience a part of history seeing as how Visa is the only card accepted there.. :P
jorge10928 1 year ago 3
wouldn't be the same if morgan freeman wasn't narrarating (spelled right?)... he has such a soft, mellow voice. but still probably the most heart touching story ever.
shanannigans08 1 year ago 4
That was beautiful.
justagirl1290 1 year ago
aw..
maid3st1ny 1 year ago
breathless... simply amazing.
minakovi 1 year ago 3
thats a really sweet ad :)
TheSling123 1 year ago 3
This brought tears to my eyes.
monuorah 1 year ago 5
Can someone explain how he fell please? I dont understand how he did...
Ineedhelp2811 1 year ago
Does it matter? Who knows why he fell. Maybe, emotionally he couldn't compete.
But he was quoted saying that he had had trouble gripping his blades to the ice.
tim36lc 1 year ago
He caught the outer edge of his right skate. Total freak accident, probably from a lapse in concentration. Of course, only Dan knows what was going through his head at that instant.
Mmmyess 1 year ago
Great result for a great athlete. I don't exactly see the point of this marketing move, but if he was alright with them making money on his sad story (and inspiring towards the end), then by all means, nothing wrong with it.
suicide187 1 year ago
Such a great commercial! Wow... not very often a commercial can bring tears to your eyes.
GlitterSno 1 year ago 2
Goosebumps...
deidrelynne 1 year ago 2
thats such a sweet ad :)
pnglizzie 1 year ago
With his daughter... Jane :')
lolieepop123 1 year ago 5
great great com.
yourvideoisgay1231 1 year ago
I cry every time. Great commercial.
KidBLink56 1 year ago 8
this commercial makes me cry every time!
lesliemichelle 1 year ago 6
i cried
NotSoSunnyInSunShine 1 year ago 6
gave me chills great commercial R.I.P. Jane.
firehawk9389 1 year ago 8
i know! RIP JANE
gerardzor 1 year ago 5
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firehawk9389 1 year ago
Yeah, I would lose it if I were him :***(((
PapagenoJuan 1 year ago 3
thats fucking sad :( i love the end "....... with his daughter , Jane"
wfcxtoxic 1 year ago 11
i gotta say- that tugged at me.
He won it after 6 years- naming his daughter jane
:(
stringerboi 1 year ago
Sad Comercail.R.I.P. Jane.
Bradallred1000 1 year ago
This is a really good commercial :)
Aurelianthemonkeyman 1 year ago
like the ad
mumblejumbleman 1 year ago
This is one of the most touching commercials Ive ever seen. At the end when it says he skated a lap with his daughter Jane I lose it a little bit.
UndercoverCracker 1 year ago 8
@UndercoverCracker First and only commercial to make me cry.
ahfafa6892 1 year ago 4
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pfft you see that pussy crying i'd take it on the chin like a man
Mulatteaux 1 year ago
Fucking asshole. Then do it u stupid fuck.
saintkid23 1 year ago
lol A real man wouldn't say that. You've proven yourself to be just another want to be tough guy. A real man has emotions and would relate to people. A real man isn't a fucking asshole.
CaixaDeSol 1 year ago 4
I know right this commercial is touching!
Aurelianthemonkeyman 1 year ago 2
Dude he was fucking crying because he didnt win the gold for his sister, not because he fell! Go to hell you f'ing asshole
Aurelianthemonkeyman 1 year ago 3
wow...... he was trying to go for the gold for his sister u dumbass
xISilentKnightIx 1 year ago 3
u must be so manly, calling out a dude who lost a sister. ur a shame
dashfront21 1 year ago 3
lol harsh bro
duckhuntchamp 1 year ago
funny isn't it, we're all in different parts of the world, leading different lives, in different cultures, yet the emotions we feel, that lump in your throat, joins us in way, we don't really understand. Just be happy that it does 'cause as long as it does, there is hope.
mishadreams 1 year ago 12
Very nicely-put, mishadreams.
fredhetz 1 year ago
amazing commercial. simply amazing. i cry everytime i watch it.
GBSproductions95 1 year ago 3
Just saw this commercial on TV and it made me cry. How amazing.
beergirl20 1 year ago 6
insane!
I love their commercials.!
ratchetb7 1 year ago
whats the name of the song??
tekyimann135 2 years ago
I love coming across the rare commercial that can make me cry in just 30 seconds.
A550RGY 2 years ago 10
i know him
chrisw658 2 years ago
thats awsome.
ratchetb7 1 year ago
Jansen's story in 1994 had the misfortune of being overshadowed by the Kerrigan/Harding mess. Too bad, too. His was one of the great stories of the Olympics.
fredhetz 2 years ago 4
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VISA, once again lowering the bar by taking tragic and inspirational moments of life and reducing them to commercial fodder. Good job VISA.
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nathanderal 2 years ago
it gets me every time.... still whippin tears from my eyes..
CatastrophiclyCool 2 years ago 5
This is an awesome commercial and a great moment.
atlast23 2 years ago 3
just saw this commercial.... at a moment of weakness and sadness. this was the tipping point. lol i cried like a baby for 2 min. its been a long time. but it feels good.
underlinedbluetext 2 years ago 7
i got chills
Bigbrando99 2 years ago 5
So heartwarming...
Is that Morgan Freeman narrating?
Bizarroking101v2 2 years ago 4
@Bizarroking101v2 yes
joshmelander 2 years ago
Gives me chills
Woodley56Steelers 2 years ago