The comedy film “Cool Runnings” is about the first Jamaican bobsled team to go to the Olympics. John Candy plays a former American gold medalist who becomes a coach to the Jamaican team. The players grow to like the American coach and affectionately dub him “Sled-God.”
Later in the story, the coach’s dark history comes out. In the Olympics following his gold medal performance, he broke the rules by weighting the U.S. sled, bringing disgrace on himself and his team.
One of the Jamaican bobsledders could not understand why anyone who had already won a gold medal would cheat. Finally he nervously asked Candy to explain.
“I had to win,” said the coach. “I learned something. If you are not happy without a gold medal, you won’t be happy with it.”