“Irv: Hi, I'd like to register for the tryouts. Registration Official: What country? Irv: Uh... [clears throat] Jamaica. Registration Official: [smiles] What country? Irv: Jamaica. Registration Official: [stops smiling and enters the information] Huh, what do you know? A Jamaican bobsled team.”Tagged: bobsledding, jamaica
“Our Father, who art in Calgary, Bobsled be thy name. Thy kingdom come, gold medals won, on Earth as it is in Turn Seven. With Liberty and Justice for Jamaica and Haile Selassie. Amen.”Tagged: Our Father, Calgary, jamaica, Haile selassie
“Sanka Coffie: 'Nuff people say, you know they can't believe, Jamaica, we have a bobsled team. We have the one Derice... Derice Bannock: And the one Junior... Junior Bevill: Yu— [Yul gives him a 'don't even think about it' look] ... Sanka! Derice Bannock: The fastest of the fastest of Jamaican…”Tagged: olympics, bobsled, jamaica
“Sanka Coffie: I'm the driver. Irv: You're not. You're the brakeman. Sanka Coffie: You don't understand, I am Sanka Coffie, I am the best pushcart driver in all of Jamaica! I must drive! Do you dig where I'm coming from? Irv: Yeah, I dig where you're coming from. Sanka Coffie: Good. Irv: Now dig…”Tagged: jamaica, pushcart driver, gold medals, Competition