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"[to Jimmy Chitwood] You know, in the ten years that I coached, I never met anybody who wanted to win as badly as I did. I'd do anything I had to do to increase my advantage. Anybody who tried to block the pursuit of that advantage, I'd just push 'em out of the way. Didn't matter who they were, or what they were doing. But that was then. You have special talent, a gift. Not the school's, not the townspeople, not the team's, not Myra Fleener's, not mine. It's yours, to do with what you choose. Because that's what I believe, I can tell you this: I don't care if you play on the team or not."
"I would hope you would support who we are. Not, who we are not. These six individuals have made a choice to work, a choice to sacrifice, to put themselves on the line 23 nights for the next 4 months, to represent you, this high school. That kind of commitment and effort deserves and demands your respect. This is your team."
"Five players on the floor functioning as one single unit: team, team, team - no one more important than the other."
"Stick with your man. Think of him as chewing gum. By the end of the game, I want you to know what flavor he is."
"There's a, uhm, tradition in tournament play to not talk about the next step until you've climbed the one in front of you. I'm sure going to the State finals is beyond your wildest dreams, so let's just keep it right there. Forget about the crowds, the size of the school, their fancy uniforms, and remember what got you here. Focus on the fundamentals that we've gone over time and time again. And most important, don't get caught up thinking about winning or losing this game. If you put your effort and concentration into playing to your potential, to be the best that you can be, I don't care what the scoreboard says at the end of the game. In my book, we're gonna be winners! OK?!"
"[to Coach Dale] Sun don't shine on the same dog's ass every day, but, mister you ain't seen a ray of light since you got here."
"Gene Hackman - Coach Norman Dale"
"Barbara Hershey - Myra Fleener"
"Dennis Hopper - Shooter"
"Sheb Wooley - Cletus"
"Fern Persons - Opal Fleener"
"Chelcie Ross - George"
"Robert Swan - Rollin"
"Michael O'Guinne - Rooster"
"Brad Boyle - Whit Butcher"
"Steve Hollar - Rade Butcher"
"Brad Long - Buddy Walker"
"David Neidorf - Everett Flatch"
"Kent Poole - Merle Webb"
"Wade Schenck - Ollie McClellan"
"Scott Summers - Strap Purl"
"Maris Valainis - Jimmy Chitwood"
"You'll play basketball my way. My way is hard."
"Hey, hey, Winnaker, Winnaker, do you want me to get you a skirt? I'll get you a skirt if you keep playing like a girl!"
"[after a pass is stolen by Bobby Joe Hill] That's what happens when you don't talk to each other!"
"Josh Lucas - Don Haskins"
"Derek Luke - Bobby Joe Hill"
"Austin Nichols - Jerry Armstrong"
"Jon Voight - Adolph Rupp"
"Evan Jones - Moe Iba"
"Schin A.S. Kerr - David Lattin"
"Alphonso McAuley - Orsten Artis"
"Mehcad Brooks - Harry Flournoy"
"Sam Jones III - Willie Worsley"
"Damaine Radcliff - Willie 'Scoops' Cager"
"Emily Deschanel - Mary Haskins"
"Dwayne, you can get through college half-assed. Richard, you can get through LIFE half-assed. But I'll guarantee you boys one thing: sure as hell, I'll guarantee you this: you cannot win half-assed!"
"Think, think, think! It's the thinking man's game!"
"You took the purest thing in your life and corrupted it, for what? For what?"
"Boys, the rules don't make much sense. But I believe in the rules. Some of us broke them. I broke them. I can't do this. I can't win like this."
"Y'know, I'll tell you something else. Y'know, someplace, someplace in America right now, there's some 10 year old kid. He's out there on that playground, and he's playin', he's dribbling between his legs, he's goin' left, he's goin' right, he's already above the rim, he's stuffin' it home. You know what's gonna happen to this kid? Five minutes from now, he's gonna be surrounded by agents, corporate sponsors and coaches. Y'know, people like me. Just drooling over this kid because he holds our future employment in his hands. I mean, that's what we've made this game. That's what we've done. Y'know, the best coaching job I ever did, that wasn't tonight. It was last season. Y'know, when we were 14 and 50 and we had a losing season. But goddamnit, those kids, they gave me their hearts! They gave me everything they had! They played up to the maximum of their ability! They gave it everything! And y'know, it wasn't good enough! It wasn't good enough for me, it wasn't good enough for you, it wasn't good enough for anybody! That's pathetic. I mean, that's really pathetic. I've become what I despise. And, y'know, I cheated my profession. Cheated myself. I cheated basketball. There's two words I didn't think'd ever come out of my mouth. I didn't think I'd ever be able to say 'em. [a long pause as he regains his composure] I quit."
"I own you, Pete. You're mine!"
"Victory Doesn't Come Cheap"
"If You're Going To Win At Any Cost, Be Prepared To Pay The Price"
"Nick Nolte - Coach Pete Bell"
"Mary McDonnell - Jenny Bell"
"J. T. Walsh - Happy Kuykendahl"
"Ed O'Neill - Ed Axley"
"Alfre Woodard - Lavada McRae"
"Bob Cousy - Vic Roker"
"Larry Bird - himself"
"Matt Nover - Ricky Roe"
"Shaquille O'Neal - Neon Boudeaux"
"Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway - Butch McRae"
"Anthony C. Hall - Tony"
"Marques Johnson - Mel"
"Robert Wuhl - Marty"
"Cylk Cozart - Slick"
"Jim Beaver - Ricky's Dad"
"Louis Gossett, Jr. - Father Dawkins"
"Time flies when you're working your ass off."
"I can provide for myself just fine."
"Okay. Red Bull, Ferrari, Mercedes, Aston, now McLaren, all have us beat on the straights. Our shot is battling in the turns. We need to build our car for combat."
"It's all right. You're just worried I'm quicker than you. Hi, I'm Sonny."
"There's twenty other drivers still out on that track. You think any of them respect us?"
"It's the last thing I do is drive that car. I will take that life man a thousand times."
"I'm told you're looking for a driver."
"Three laps! Three laps is a lifetime!"
"Drive fast."
"Hope is not a strategy. Create your own breaks."
"It's rare, but sometimes, there's this moment in the car where everything goes quiet, my heartbeat slows, it's peaceful, and I can see everything, and no one, no one can touch me. And I am chasing that moment every time I get in the car. I don't know when I'll find it again, but, man, I want to. I want to. 'Cause in that moment, I'm flying."
"I think it's wonderful that Apex is giving second chances to the elderly."
"We just gotta hope for some lucky breaks."
"You're making a mistake, thinking that I'm gonna be some grateful kid who'll bend a knee to an old-timer."
"When you look in a mirror, you see this rough and tumble old school cowboy. Doesn't take orders, goes his own way, huh? A lone wolf. Well, I have news for you. Formula One is a team sport. It always was."
"Listen, let's get this straight. We all lose our jobs if you can't pull off a miracle. The only question here is, Why did Sonny Hayes come back to F1?"
"They're saying Sonny Hayes isn't a has-been. He's a never-was."
"I'm offering you an open seat in Formula One. The only place you could say if you win, you are the absolute best in the world."
"Brad Pitt – Sonny Hayes"
"– Joshua Pearce"
"– Kate McKenna"
"– Ruben Cervantes"
"– Peter Banning"
"– Kaspar Smolinski"
"– Chip Hart"
"– Nickleby"
"– Rico Fazio"
"– Bernadette Pearce"
"Layne Harper – Press"
"– Luca Cortez"