Quotes

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Coach Boone: What, you say your name was Jerry? Gerry Bertier: [annoyed] Gerry. Coach Boone: No, you must have said Jerry, like Lewis, [to Ray] which would make you Dean Martin, right? [to a crowd of people including Gerry's mother] Ladies and gentlemen! I've got an announcement to make. We got Jerry Lewis, and Dean Martin going to camp with us this year. Jerry tells the jokes, Dean sings the songs and gets the girl. Let's give em a round of applause. [Boone claps] Coach Boone: Where's your folk's, Gerry? Parents, are they here? Where are they? Bertier: [points to his mother in the crowd] That's my mother. Coach Boone: That's your momma? Bertier: Mm-hmm. Coach Boone: Very nice. How are you? Take a good look at her. Cause once you get on that bus, you ain't got no momma no more. You got your brothers on the team, and you got your daddy and you know who your daddy is, don't you? [Gerry says nothing] Gerry, if you wanna play on this football team, you answer me when I ask you, who is your

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Bertier: [lying down on bed, looking at a poster of the Black Power salute that Julius is putting up.] I ain't looking at that for two weeks man. Take it down. Julius: Well, you can close your eyes for two weeks for all I care. Why don't you look at your wall and I'll look at mine. Bertier: [getting up] I'll look wherever I want to, and I don't wanna be looking at that for two weeks. Julius: Then you better use your X-ray vision, Superman, and look right through it, cause it ain't coming down. Alan: [opens door, and shouts] FIGHT! [white and black players join in the melee]

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Bertier: Hey fellas! Look at that fruitcake! Coach Yoast: Gerry, just keep your mouth shut and get back on that field! Col. Bass: Coach Boone, I'm Colonel Bass. We just got transferred here from Huntington Beach, California. This is my son, Ronnie, he's a quarterback. Coach Boone: [shakes Sunshine's hand] How you doin' Ronnie? Ronnie Bass: Coach Yoast. Coach Yoast: [shakes Sunshine's hand as well] My pleasure. Coach Boone: We're pretty set at the, uh, quarterback, colonel. But if your boy's any good, you might want to check out Wilson or Annandale. Col. Bass: Well, I met Coach Taber. He won't let blacks play on his team. The way I see it, if these boys can fight a war together, they can play football together. Now, he's a pretty good runner... Julius: [laughing hysterically] Yeah, a fruitcake, huh?

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Coach Yoast: This is about setting a good example for our boys and the community. Coach Boone: I don't scratch my head 'til it itches, and I don't dance until I hear some music, I will not be intimidated. That's just the way it is. Coach Yoast: You want to carry your sinful pride to your grave, that's your business, but when your sins endanger on my little girl, it becomes mine. Coach Boone: My sins? You think my sins had something to do with what happened last night? I'm sorry about what happened to your daughter, I really am, but maybe you've got a small taste of what my girl has gone through. [Yoast is silent] Welcome to my life, Yoast.

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Coach Boone: What's on your mind, son? Gerry Bertier: I want Ray off the team, coach. Boone: You know my policy. Bertier: I do coach, and I respect it, but I know [looks at Ray] Ray missed that block on purpose. Sometimes you just got to cut a man loose. Boone: [considers] Well, you're the captain. You make your decision, but you support that decision.

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Coach Yoast: [to referee] I know all about it, Titus. Referee: What are you talking about, Bill? Coach Yoast: You call this game fair, or I'm going to the papers. I don't care if I go down with you. But before God, I swear I'll see every last one of you thrown in jail. Referee: You dig your own grave. Coach Yoast: [Smiles] All right. DEFENSE, ON ME! [huddles players; to Petey] Petey, don't you go on the strong side. Petey Jones: Coach they're calling a holding penalty on me every time- Coach Yoast: Did I ask for your excuses? You wanna act like a star, you'd better give me a star effort, do you hear me? [Petey leaves] Forget about him. Allan, you're in, come on. All right now, I don't want them to gain another yard. YOU BLITZ ALL NIGHT!! If they cross the line of scrimmage, I'm going to take every last one of you out! You make sure they remember, FOREVER, the night they played the Titans! [players cheer and get back to the field] LEAVE NO DOUBT!

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Coach Yoast: Well, Gerry I think this is a time for reflection, for prayer... Bertier: Coach, I'm hurt. I ain't dead. Coach Yoast: [smiles] No, no you're not. Bertier: You know, I've been reading on activities for people in wheelchairs and such...[Smiles] They've got Olympics.