All Quotes

"[By the time Larry reaches the net, he feels like a different person. He is walking taller. His chest bursts forward, and his shoulders spread themselves wide]"

"[Jay Junior blinks. He notices the change in Larry, as well. Suddenly, Larry takes on a different form. He is wearing armor, like a real Knight. But the armor is made of leather, like a real Terminator. And a sword is in his hand, like a real Ninja]"

"[Jay is frightened, but he grits his teeth and kicks the ball]"

"[The ball sails across the field. Larry sees it coming and dives into the air as if he has wings. He meets the ball in midair as it hits his chest. It is a save]"

"[The Big Green fans go wild with emotion. Then a silence comes over the crowd. Anna and Tom brace themselves]"

"[Little Newt has just walked up to the ball for the final kick]"

"[Newt can feel everyone's eyes as they watch him. He knows that if he can score the point he'll win the game for Elma. He'll be a big hero. If he misses, no one will ever ask him to do anything again]"

"[He knows he has to score]"

"[Newt starts to kick to the left, but changes his mind at the last moment and goes right. Then, his footing gives room, and he begins to slip backward. As he falls, his kicking foot makes contact with the ball]"

"[Newt lands on his back with a thud. He is sure that he has blown it. But as he looks up, the ball is sailing high in the air and heading straight for the Knights' goal net]"

"[The Knights' goalie wobbles back and forth, trying to judge where the ball is going to come in. But he misjudges it]"

"[The ball enters the net]"

"[Newt has scored]"

"[The Big Green has won]"

"[The children jump all over one another, cheering in victory. The parents on the sidelines do the same. Anna and Tom go ballistic. Newt suddenly finds himself being lifted off the ground and hoisted onto the shoulders of his teammates]"

"[Ed runs onto the field and hugs Kate. Surprised, she gives her father a grand big hug]"

"[Across the field, Jay Huffer snarls. Then he takes one of the Knights' lances and pierces it into the soccer ball]"

"Anna: Well, sheriff, we won! You know what that means....."

"Tom: Warn me."

"Anna: It means we've had Jay Huffer's goat!"

"[Tom isn't sure what Anna means by that. Then he sees that the children are leading Ernie the goat across the field toward Jay Huffer]"

"[And Jay Huffer leans over and gives Ernie a big kiss on the snout]"

"[Soon the original billboard with Tom and Jay is replaced by a billboard with a portrait of the children proclaiming Elma's name, home of District 34. Junior Soccer Champions of the Big Green]"

"Strive to learn how your colleague does it, the strategies they have employed which you don’t have rather than seeing yourself to be in competition with them"

"External support is needed in terms of building relevant connections"

"step up and play the game instead of guessing if I may fail or succeed."

"I want to create a generation of scientists that will think of our own African problem, our own diseases, our own shortfall, economic down point, our own problem, and find a solution on how to solve it."

"Girls are very smart, but they are limited to what they think about themselves"

"No matter what you are doing today, you can’t run away from technology. You can’t run away from science. You just have to be a part of what is happening in the world."

"Sometimes we know our problem more than any other person."

"It became quite apparent to me that if I did not begin to control my own destiny, I was going to have it changed about every five minutes. So I took the time, energy, and expense to start my own agency."

"I think blacks have a different acceptance of reality than white people. We're more realistic."

"It was during the days of the black revolution, and they wanted me to do a ‘foam-in’ demonstration in the streets, with women running down the streets waving hair spray cans. I said I would never do that."

"The only thing you could train for if you were a black girl in the South, rural, poor, was a teacher or hairdresser, and a nurse."

"You can only do it when you don’t know you can’t do it."

"I couldn't spell, which was a job handicap."

"There was never any reason for me to succeed. I had no business experience, I had no capital, I had absolutely nothing but a strong gut feeling that I had something to say in this business, and nobody was going to tell me how to do it."

"Nothing is more absurd. Power is sexless."

"We made it clear that we were different. We said that we would not take liquor and cigarettes, which was kind of an interesting position for a small [advertising] agency to come out with – starting out by saying who we weren’t interested in."

"When you buy inclusion and acceptance with conformity, the price bankrupts us spiritually. My greatest wealth is not financial. It is peace of mind."

"It was during the days of the black revolution."

"“We're not selling potatoes or onions. We're selling service.”"

"The industry does nothing to attract young people to the business."

"“I don't give up.""

"They didn't know that Bedford-Stuyvesant had substantial, middle-class homeowners, blacks and whites, who needed and deserved coverage."

"It's been a constant battle to open doors and get a chance to show what we can do."

"Here was a black company from Bedford-Stuyvesant coming to Wall Street–that was significant. It showed that we had entered the mainstream of the American economy, And it opened doors for other blacks."

"This wasn't a neighborhood at risk. These were well-built, owner-occupied brownstones."

"We have continued to insure and service the people in the Bedford-Stuyvesant community."

"There remain vestiges of racism and sexism that continue to make our job more difficult than it should be. But significant progress has been made over the last 50 years. We look forward to an America where people are only judged by their abilities and talents and willingness to work."