Next TV Spot (The Race) Small_right_arrow

Download .mp4 file compatible
with iPod® & Zune®.
Note: these videos are only for
your personal use. Please don’t
post them to other sites.

Your Comments

I love it! This one is the best. I have totally had that happen well not in that setting though. I was getting teased every day at school for whatever/everything and had no friends whatsoever and was a good person to pick on and like a "bad" person or whatever else they called me, ect. When all of a sudden an sixth grader while I was in fifth grade walked up to me and I had no clue who this was and it was a male even! He asked if I was okay and I was crying and asked if I wanted to join him and they were just plain bullies and were mean to every one. Every day I was miserable all of a sudden he would show up out of no where, like an angel! :D He would cheer me up and make me laugh then leave. I later found out he was popular even! Also what was even funnier was when I wanted to thank him and was happy I could never find him. His name was . . . Nick. Thanks. I never got to thank you. I appreciate it a lot!
Posted 17 days ago by Ashley W. from California

I have watched this video so many times. I have helped another in such a situation. But I want others to live by this value. What a world it would be...just imagine.
Posted 24 days ago by Puja Pandya from Laurel, MD

I can't watch Locker without crying, I have three kids and have told them that if they would strive to act as the nice role model guy did I could die a happy woman!
Posted about 1 month ago by Barb M. from Montpelier, VT

Wow, this one tops them all. It reminds me of times when an unlikely young male popular student reaches out to a gay or bullied student. And once one person reaches out, others are likely to follow their example. I keep looking at the body language of the athlete's companions to see if they got it. I really really like this spot.
Posted 6 months ago by Michael M from Northern CA

I will be sure to share this video with students in September! Thank you!
Posted 6 months ago by Lisa T. from Emerson High School, NJ

Of those that I've seen, this is by far my favorite of your TV spots. It never fails to bring tears to my eyes as the boy in the varsity jacket joins the other boy in picking up his scattered papers and books (especially since the music - with your perfect choice of song - begins at that moment). What a beautiful, inspiring look at the connections that can be forged, the lives that can be changed, and the example we can show others when we choose to do what's right.
Posted 6 months ago by Mary Rose M. from Mooresville, NC

I love this video... actually this is the video I saw on TV that made me curious about this website. This is great, very inspiring and very true. Character is indeed very contagious.
Posted 8 months ago by Edriane L. from Pasay City, Philippines

I use to be mean to throw peoples notebooks and stuff but not until they started doing it to me and now I know how it feels so I don't do it anymore and it be better if no one does it to anyone because then it can hit you back and trust me you wouldn't like it every single day also when you see someone doing it to someone else have courage and tell them to stop also if you see someone doing it to someone else at least try to help that person to pick up there note book or something.
Posted 11 months ago by Jose D. from Miami, Florida

I must confess this is so well done that it makes me get a lump in my throat, even now.
It illustrates so well that character is also your greatest strength.
Edmund Berke would have agreed.
I also am glad that you chose to use the original Bill Withers classic song, "Lean On Me."
He was talking about exactly this kind of thing when he wrote that song, as a tribute to the West Virginia coal mining town he grew up in.
Thank you so much, and keep this spots coming!
Posted about 1 year ago by Scott C. from New Castle, Indiana

That brought me to tears. It is so powerful and the song just adds to it.
Posted about 1 year ago by J from

20 seconds of WOW!!!
Very powerful.
My students related to its message.
Posted about 1 year ago by Coleen K. from Clarksville, Arkansas

I'd like to see changes in people when they watch this spot, but some people do not change and when you are a kid or a teenager you should be living your best years in your life, not your worst. I'm really sorry for people who are being bullied, but this spot helps a lot.
Posted about 1 year ago by John K. from NY, USA

This one that I want to show to my clients - youth who have been bullied, youth who are bullying - its very powerful in such a simple way. I love that you all chose the athlete to be the one to stop and help. Well done.
Posted about 1 year ago by Bev M. from Canada

My two young sons are very big and athletic for their ages. They may well become popular "jocks" one day. I have shown them this commercial several times now, to remind them of the kind of young men they need to become. Thank you for creating this beautiful depiction of this principle that I am trying to teach.
Posted about 1 year ago by James from Logan, UT

I love this commercial! If we all stay in certain groups to be cool we won't get anything done. Imagine how much we could get done if we come together and quit bullying.
Posted about 1 year ago by Sasha B. from Elderado springs, CO

I am an administrator in a large high school. Unfortunately, there is bullying that goes on. However, there are many young people who will step up and intervene, just like the young man in the video. It gives me hope for the future.
Posted about 1 year ago by Chad W. from Utah

"LOCKER" is my very favorite TV spot. I wish I could get a copy of it for my own personal use. Really hits home.
Posted about 1 year ago by Marvin D from Portland, Oregon USA

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this song! Lean On Me is the BEST song ever! It fitted the commercial perfectly! I always see this happening at my school. I always help, but I never mean it. I now realize it's a opportunity to truly help a friend and make a new friend!
Posted about 1 year ago by Mariah W. from Dallas, TX

I tivo'd this when I saw it and had my junior high school aged sons watch it with me. I often tell them, do the right thing because it's the right thing to do. Your TV spot so adequately painted that picture for me, Thanks!
Posted over 2 years ago by Shaun W. from La Mirada, California USA

I've been both positions. Thanks for showing both views.
Posted over 2 years ago by BpRt. from Lehighton, Pennsylvania USA

This spot almost brings tears to my eyes when I watch it. It's so nice! And this site is amazing. Keep doing what you do FBL!
Posted over 2 years ago by Maria P. from North Carolina

This spot should be shown to every kid in junior and senior high school!
Posted over 2 years ago by Paul T. from Toms River, New Jersey USA

I absolutely love your TV spots and always encourage my kids (and others) to watch and live by what they teach! Thank You
Posted over 2 years ago by Obin P. from Talent, Oregon USA

What a wonderful message conveyed so well. It shows that the truly strong person stands up for EVERYONE, without caring about winning a popularity contest. What a gem! Thanks so much.
Posted over 2 years ago by Scott C. from New Castle, Indiana USA

I love this commercial! I am showing it to kids and talking about thier power to be a good influence/role model even when it might not be cool.
Posted over 2 years ago by Griselda S. from Colorado, USA

I just love this commercial! I know there are lots of kind people in this world =)

Posted over 2 years ago by Solange S. from Brazil

That was so nice of that boy to help him with his things. He is a really nice young man--I hope that we are all that way.

Posted over 2 years ago by Ashley C. from Houston, Texas USA

I love this one! I have a lot of small friends that get picked on and they come to me if they need help.
Posted over 2 years ago by Kelso from Ohio, USA

This touches my heart so deeply. My son is small and was picked on unmercifully in school by other students and also teachers. I was unaware of this at the time, but I remember one day he asked me
"Mommy, why did you have to have me small?"
Posted over 2 years ago by Dee C. from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA

Haha, wow. I love this =D

Posted over 2 years ago by Micah N. from Valparaiso, Indiana USA

I love this commercial! Very inspirational. :)
Posted over 2 years ago by Matt H. from Perryville, Maryland

I got tears from watching this. So beautiful! It truly gives inspiration.
Love your work!
Posted over 2 years ago by Aleks Tre from Norway

Thank you for doing something to make a difference. These spots - this one in particular - are absolutely wonderful. Thank you so very, very much for "modeling" a better way.
Posted over 2 years ago by Larry from Ogden, Utah

Absolutely Wonderful! Something every person in the world should see. You have touched my heart.
Posted over 2 years ago by Rachel S from Ontario, CAN

Get the Flash Player to see this player.

Locker

Before the filming of “Locker,” the director asked the young men and women in the cast: “who do you most identify with, the bullies or the boy who gets his books knocked out of his arms?” Almost everybody said they identified with the student who was being bullied. This indicates how widespread school bullying is.

The young female actresses in “Locker” also talked with the director about the differences between girls and boys when it comes to bullying. This discussion later inspired the idea behind “Cafeteria.” It was a hard spot to film, not technically, but because the crew watching the filming sympathized with the boy being bullied. During the scene where the young man is picked on, many people working on the spot felt a sinking feeling in their stomachs, “like you’d had something bad for lunch.” That the scene touched the cast and crew that much is indicative of how relevant the message is to all of us.

Almost everyone who worked to make “Locker” had witnessed acts of bullying firsthand, and was able to relate to the situation. Some had even seen people step in to help others out in situations where they were being bullied. “Locker” models a positive example of reaching out to someone else in need. It also positions the athlete in the spot as part of the solution – not part of the problem.