[martyup]

Following on the wonderful thread about the greatest sports performances, let's explore the greatest sports movie lines.

"I must break you." -- Drago in Rocky IV

"There's no crying in baseball."  -- Tom Hanks in A League of Their Own

"The price is wrong, b*tch!"  -- Happy Gilmore

"You're gonna eat lightening and you're gonna crap thunder." -- Mickey to Rocky Balboa

"Sir . . . that scholarship . . . all the way up with a red hot poker, I can play anywhere I want."  -- Henry Steele to his coach in One on One

[martyup]

Following on the wonderful thread about the greatest sports performances, let's explore the greatest sports movie lines.

"I must break you." -- Drago in Rocky IV

"There's no crying in baseball."  -- Tom Hanks in A League of Their Own

"The price is wrong, b*tch!"  -- Happy Gilmore

"You're gonna eat lightening and you're gonna crap thunder." -- Mickey to Rocky Balboa

"Sir . . . that scholarship . . . all the way up with a red hot poker, I can play anywhere I want."  -- Henry Steele to his coach in One on One

[TheRicker]

Have we got a college?  Have we got a football team?....Well we can't afford both.
Tomorrow we start tearing down the college.


Groucho in Horse Feathers (movie)

[TheRicker]

Have we got a college?  Have we got a football team?....Well we can't afford both.
Tomorrow we start tearing down the college.


Groucho in Horse Feathers (movie)

[BostonCard]

"Show me the money." -- Rodney "Rod" Tidwell in Jerry Maguire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuQC5hhhqkY

“Sometimes when you win, you really lose, and sometimes when you lose, you really win, and sometimes when you win or lose, you actually tie, and sometimes when you tie, you actually win or lose. Winning or losing is all one organic mechanism, from which one extracts what one needs.”
-- Gloria Clemente in White Men Can't Jump

"I wish I could say something classy and inspirational, but that just wouldn't be our style. Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory lasts forever."
-- Shane Falco in the Replacements

"Yo, Adrian!"
-- Rocky Balboa in Rocky

"Juuuuuuuust a bit outside."
-- Harry Doyle in Major League

https://youtu.be/g_wc9JvTXGc?t=50

"Wax on. Wax off."
-- Mister Miyagi in Karate Kid

"So we finish the 18th and he's gonna stiff me. And I say, 'Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know.' And he says, 'Oh, uh, there won't be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness.' So I got that goin' for me, which is nice."

-- Carl Spackler in Caddyshack

"Well, I believe in the soul … the small of a woman’s back, the hanging curveball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap. I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot, soft-core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve, and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days."

-- Crash Davis in Bull Durham

"If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball."
-- Patches O’Houlihan in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

"You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am."
-- Terrry Malone in On The Waterfront

[BostonCard]

"Show me the money." -- Rodney "Rod" Tidwell in Jerry Maguire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuQC5hhhqkY

“Sometimes when you win, you really lose, and sometimes when you lose, you really win, and sometimes when you win or lose, you actually tie, and sometimes when you tie, you actually win or lose. Winning or losing is all one organic mechanism, from which one extracts what one needs.”
-- Gloria Clemente in White Men Can't Jump

"I wish I could say something classy and inspirational, but that just wouldn't be our style. Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory lasts forever."
-- Shane Falco in the Replacements

"Yo, Adrian!"
-- Rocky Balboa in Rocky

"Juuuuuuuust a bit outside."
-- Harry Doyle in Major League

https://youtu.be/g_wc9JvTXGc?t=50

"Wax on. Wax off."
-- Mister Miyagi in Karate Kid

"So we finish the 18th and he's gonna stiff me. And I say, 'Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know.' And he says, 'Oh, uh, there won't be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness.' So I got that goin' for me, which is nice."

-- Carl Spackler in Caddyshack

"Well, I believe in the soul … the small of a woman’s back, the hanging curveball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap. I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot, soft-core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve, and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days."

-- Crash Davis in Bull Durham

"If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball."
-- Patches O’Houlihan in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

"You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am."
-- Terrry Malone in On The Waterfront

[Spiny_Norman]

This young man has had a very trying rookie season, with the litigation, the notoriety, his subsequent deportation to Canada and that country's refusal to accept him, I guess that's more than most 21-year-olds can handle. - Slap Shot

Oh man, shut your anorexic, malnutrition, tapeworm-having, overdose-on-Dick-Gregory, Bohemian, diet-drinking ass up.  Leave me alone! - White Men Can't Jump

“It was dark. All I can tell you for sure is that they all wore Brut aftershave and reeked of Lavoris.”  - Breaking Away

Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains. - Bull Durham

Red line, back. Blue line, back. Far blue line, back. Far red line, back. And you have 45 seconds to do it. Get used to this drill. You'll be doing it *a lot*.  - Miracle

I believe that God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast. - Chariots of Fire

In the immortal words of Jean Paul Sartre, 'Au revoir, gopher'.  - Caddyshack

[Spiny_Norman]

This young man has had a very trying rookie season, with the litigation, the notoriety, his subsequent deportation to Canada and that country's refusal to accept him, I guess that's more than most 21-year-olds can handle. - Slap Shot

Oh man, shut your anorexic, malnutrition, tapeworm-having, overdose-on-Dick-Gregory, Bohemian, diet-drinking ass up.  Leave me alone! - White Men Can't Jump

“It was dark. All I can tell you for sure is that they all wore Brut aftershave and reeked of Lavoris.”  - Breaking Away

Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains. - Bull Durham

Red line, back. Blue line, back. Far blue line, back. Far red line, back. And you have 45 seconds to do it. Get used to this drill. You'll be doing it *a lot*.  - Miracle

I believe that God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast. - Chariots of Fire

In the immortal words of Jean Paul Sartre, 'Au revoir, gopher'.  - Caddyshack

[FarmBoy]

“Obviously you’re not a golfer.” — The Dude

“Hey, nice marmot.” — The Dude

“F*ck it, Dude. Let’s go bowling.” — Walter Sobchak

“This is not ‘Nam. This is bowling. There are rules.” — Walter Sobchak

“Careful man, there’s a beverage here!” — The Dude

“The Dude abides.” — The Dude

“That rug really tied the room together.” — Various

[FarmBoy]

“Obviously you’re not a golfer.” — The Dude

“Hey, nice marmot.” — The Dude

“F*ck it, Dude. Let’s go bowling.” — Walter Sobchak

“This is not ‘Nam. This is bowling. There are rules.” — Walter Sobchak

“Careful man, there’s a beverage here!” — The Dude

“The Dude abides.” — The Dude

“That rug really tied the room together.” — Various

[teejers1]

“Obviously you’re not a golfer.” — The Dude

“Hey, nice marmot.” — The Dude

“F*ck it, Dude. Let’s go bowling.” — Walter Sobchak

“This is not ‘Nam. This is bowling. There are rules.” — Walter Sobchak

“Careful man, there’s a beverage here!” — The Dude

“The Dude abides.” — The Dude

“That rug really tied the room together.” — Various

Nice!  (Love the beverage quote!).

The Natural has many great/memorable lines.  Think I liked this exchange best:

Redford:       For years, I've lived with the idea that I could be . . . the best in the game.
 
Close:          You’re so good now!
 
Redford:       I could've been better.  I could've broke every record in the book.
 
Close:         And then?
 
Redford:    And then when I walked down the street people would’ve said:  “There goes Roy Hobbs, the best there ever was in this game.”

[teejers1]

“Obviously you’re not a golfer.” — The Dude

“Hey, nice marmot.” — The Dude

“F*ck it, Dude. Let’s go bowling.” — Walter Sobchak

“This is not ‘Nam. This is bowling. There are rules.” — Walter Sobchak

“Careful man, there’s a beverage here!” — The Dude

“The Dude abides.” — The Dude

“That rug really tied the room together.” — Various

Nice!  (Love the beverage quote!).

The Natural has many great/memorable lines.  Think I liked this exchange best:

Redford:       For years, I've lived with the idea that I could be . . . the best in the game.
 
Close:          You’re so good now!
 
Redford:       I could've been better.  I could've broke every record in the book.
 
Close:         And then?
 
Redford:    And then when I walked down the street people would’ve said:  “There goes Roy Hobbs, the best there ever was in this game.”

[lex24]

“Strap, God wants you on the floor” Coach Dale

“I don’t know if it’ll make any change, but I figured it’s time for mt to start playing ball... But, there just one thing... I play, Coach stays. He goes, I go.”  Jimmy Chitwood

From the greatest sports movie ever made. Nothing comes close. Hell I’m turning it on as soon as I finish this post. I could use feeling good.

[lex24]

“Strap, God wants you on the floor” Coach Dale

“I don’t know if it’ll make any change, but I figured it’s time for mt to start playing ball... But, there just one thing... I play, Coach stays. He goes, I go.”  Jimmy Chitwood

From the greatest sports movie ever made. Nothing comes close. Hell I’m turning it on as soon as I finish this post. I could use feeling good.

[Genuine Realist]

“Strap, God wants you on the floor” Coach Dale

“I don’t know if it’ll make any change, but I figured it’s time for mt to start playing ball... But, there just one thing... I play, Coach stays. He goes, I go.”  Jimmy Chitwood

From the greatest sports movie ever made. Nothing comes close. Hell I’m turning it on as soon as I finish this post. I could use feeling good.

"Win one for the Gipper." Apocryphal until Hollywood memorialized it.

[Genuine Realist]

“Strap, God wants you on the floor” Coach Dale

“I don’t know if it’ll make any change, but I figured it’s time for mt to start playing ball... But, there just one thing... I play, Coach stays. He goes, I go.”  Jimmy Chitwood

From the greatest sports movie ever made. Nothing comes close. Hell I’m turning it on as soon as I finish this post. I could use feeling good.

"Win one for the Gipper." Apocryphal until Hollywood memorialized it.

[FarmBoy]

"I've pointed out to Steve that he's the person he is today because he came under the wrath of Bill Mitchell."

-- Billy Mitchell,

"I wanted to be a hero. I wanted to be the center of attention. I wanted the glory, I wanted the fame. I wanted the pretty girls to come up and say, "Hi, I see that you're good at Centipede."

-- Walter Day

King of Kong, A fist full of quarters.

[FarmBoy]

"I've pointed out to Steve that he's the person he is today because he came under the wrath of Bill Mitchell."

-- Billy Mitchell,

"I wanted to be a hero. I wanted to be the center of attention. I wanted the glory, I wanted the fame. I wanted the pretty girls to come up and say, "Hi, I see that you're good at Centipede."

-- Walter Day

King of Kong, A fist full of quarters.

[Mick]

No one with "Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr79ixD8zUg

Mike Eruzione: "I play for...the United States of America!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkf54CnROKc

Coach Yost:  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 gonna take every last one of you out! You make sure they remember, forever, the night they played the Titans!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el5QXV-W5_g

Ray: Hey Dad...wanna have a catch?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwwCsd_jJq4

Herb Brooks:  Great moments...are born from great opportunity. And that's what you have here, tonight, boys. That's what you've earned here tonight. One game. If we played 'em 10 times, they might win nine. But not this game. Not tonight. Tonight, we skate with them. Tonight, we stay with them. And we shut them down because we can! Tonight, WE are the greatest hockey team in the world. You were born to be hockey players. Every one of you. And you were meant to be here tonight. This is your time. Their time is done. It's over. I'm sick and tired of hearing about what a great hockey team the Soviets have. Screw 'em. This is your time. Now go out there and take it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i88WXgrnGc

Gale Sayers:  I love Brian Piccolo. And I'd like all of you to love him, too. And so tonight, when you hit your knees, please ask God to love him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfI_HT39eeM

[Mick]

No one with "Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr79ixD8zUg

Mike Eruzione: "I play for...the United States of America!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkf54CnROKc

Coach Yost:  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 gonna take every last one of you out! You make sure they remember, forever, the night they played the Titans!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el5QXV-W5_g

Ray: Hey Dad...wanna have a catch?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwwCsd_jJq4

Herb Brooks:  Great moments...are born from great opportunity. And that's what you have here, tonight, boys. That's what you've earned here tonight. One game. If we played 'em 10 times, they might win nine. But not this game. Not tonight. Tonight, we skate with them. Tonight, we stay with them. And we shut them down because we can! Tonight, WE are the greatest hockey team in the world. You were born to be hockey players. Every one of you. And you were meant to be here tonight. This is your time. Their time is done. It's over. I'm sick and tired of hearing about what a great hockey team the Soviets have. Screw 'em. This is your time. Now go out there and take it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i88WXgrnGc

Gale Sayers:  I love Brian Piccolo. And I'd like all of you to love him, too. And so tonight, when you hit your knees, please ask God to love him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfI_HT39eeM

[Phogge]

Murray's best line however, "It's in the hole. It's in the hole."

Hackman: "Buddy, take the tape measure." Buddy: "Ten feet." Hackman: "Just like our gym at home."

Fast Eddie: "I'm back!"

[Phogge]

Murray's best line however, "It's in the hole. It's in the hole."

Hackman: "Buddy, take the tape measure." Buddy: "Ten feet." Hackman: "Just like our gym at home."

Fast Eddie: "I'm back!"

[murky]

That's why when somebody say, "when you get to the NBA, don't forget about me", and that stuff. Well, I should've said to them, "if I don't make it, don't you forget about me."

William Gates, Hoop Dreams

[murky]

That's why when somebody say, "when you get to the NBA, don't forget about me", and that stuff. Well, I should've said to them, "if I don't make it, don't you forget about me."

William Gates, Hoop Dreams

[lex24]

“Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose.”  Coach Taylor. Friday Night Lights. A damn good television series. And a better book.

[lex24]

“Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose.”  Coach Taylor. Friday Night Lights. A damn good television series. And a better book.

[BostonCard]

"I don’t play defense."

-- Bill Murray (as himself) in Space Jam


“Well let me just quote the late-great Colonel Sanders, who said…”I’m too drunk to taste this chicken.”
--Ricky Bobby in Taladega Nights, the Ballad of Ricky Bobby

"Hey. Ya know Ricky, breaking up with a girlfriend can be a very painful thing. But it don’t have to keep ya down for long. I mean, let me tell ya something from my own personal experience. I’ve never had a regular girlfriend like you, but I did get kicked in the balls once by a mule. Now, I thought I would be hurting for the rest of my life. But you know what happened the very next week? …My momma died. Hell, after that, I didn’t care no more about my balls hurtin’. You see what I’m gettin’ at?"
--Rube Baker, Major League II

“Hey, unless you’re gonna kiss me, get your hands off my ass.”
-- McKenna in Any Given Sunday


BC

[BostonCard]

"I don’t play defense."

-- Bill Murray (as himself) in Space Jam


“Well let me just quote the late-great Colonel Sanders, who said…”I’m too drunk to taste this chicken.”
--Ricky Bobby in Taladega Nights, the Ballad of Ricky Bobby

"Hey. Ya know Ricky, breaking up with a girlfriend can be a very painful thing. But it don’t have to keep ya down for long. I mean, let me tell ya something from my own personal experience. I’ve never had a regular girlfriend like you, but I did get kicked in the balls once by a mule. Now, I thought I would be hurting for the rest of my life. But you know what happened the very next week? …My momma died. Hell, after that, I didn’t care no more about my balls hurtin’. You see what I’m gettin’ at?"
--Rube Baker, Major League II

“Hey, unless you’re gonna kiss me, get your hands off my ass.”
-- McKenna in Any Given Sunday


BC

[lex24]

“Can I ask you something, is this Heaven?”  “It’s, Iowa.”

[lex24]

“Can I ask you something, is this Heaven?”  “It’s, Iowa.”

[Red80]

"You're five foot nothin'. A hundred and nothin'. And you barely have a speck of athletic ability. And you hung in there with the best college football players in the land for two years. You're gonna walk outta here with a degree from the University of Notre Dame. 
In this life, you don't have to prove nothin' to nobody but yourself. Am I making myself clear?" 

I think everyone knows this movie...

[Red80]

"You're five foot nothin'. A hundred and nothin'. And you barely have a speck of athletic ability. And you hung in there with the best college football players in the land for two years. You're gonna walk outta here with a degree from the University of Notre Dame. 
In this life, you don't have to prove nothin' to nobody but yourself. Am I making myself clear?" 

I think everyone knows this movie...

[FarmBoy]

"You're five foot nothin'. A hundred and nothin'. And you barely have a speck of athletic ability. And you hung in there with the best college football players in the land for two years. You're gonna walk outta here with a degree from the University of Notre Dame. 
In this life, you don't have to prove nothin' to nobody but yourself. Am I making myself clear?" 

I think everyone knows this movie...

<Barf>

---

I tried to find a movie quote from the Bob Mathias Story, but IMDB was no help. It made me curious, has anyone on here ever seen it?

[FarmBoy]

"You're five foot nothin'. A hundred and nothin'. And you barely have a speck of athletic ability. And you hung in there with the best college football players in the land for two years. You're gonna walk outta here with a degree from the University of Notre Dame. 
In this life, you don't have to prove nothin' to nobody but yourself. Am I making myself clear?" 

I think everyone knows this movie...

<Barf>

---

I tried to find a movie quote from the Bob Mathias Story, but IMDB was no help. It made me curious, has anyone on here ever seen it?

[BobK]

I saw it. But a quote from the 50s. Sure lol

[BobK]

I saw it. But a quote from the 50s. Sure lol

[slide]

Tin Cup:  "Sex and golf are the two things you can enjoy even if you're not good at them."

[slide]

Tin Cup:  "Sex and golf are the two things you can enjoy even if you're not good at them."

[lex24]

"You're five foot nothin'. A hundred and nothin'. And you barely have a speck of athletic ability. And you hung in there with the best college football players in the land for two years. You're gonna walk outta here with a degree from the University of Notre Dame. 
In this life, you don't have to prove nothin' to nobody but yourself. Am I making myself clear?" 

I think everyone knows this movie...

Of course, “The Jon Volpe Story”. Great movie. (Except Volpe was an athlete)

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Tin Cup:  "Sex and golf are the two things you can enjoy even if you're not good at them."

And in both cases you ruin it for your partner......

[lex24]

"You're five foot nothin'. A hundred and nothin'. And you barely have a speck of athletic ability. And you hung in there with the best college football players in the land for two years. You're gonna walk outta here with a degree from the University of Notre Dame. 
In this life, you don't have to prove nothin' to nobody but yourself. Am I making myself clear?" 

I think everyone knows this movie...

Of course, “The Jon Volpe Story”. Great movie. (Except Volpe was an athlete)

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Tin Cup:  "Sex and golf are the two things you can enjoy even if you're not good at them."

And in both cases you ruin it for your partner......