“Yul Brenner: [the guys start climbing into the bobsled] Don't touch me! Sanka Coffie: Hey, Baldie, get off my foot! Yul Brenner: Don't touch me!”Tagged: don't touch me, baldie
“[about to be pushed off start] Sanka Coffie: Oh, wait. Coach, I gotta go. You know? Irv: Hold it. Sanka Coffie: Hold it? Irv: Hold it. Sanka Coffie: Hold it? Irv: Yeah, hold it! Sanka Coffie: But, Coach, I can't hold it. We're not bobsledding yet. Irv: Oh, yes we are. [pushes them off] Sanka Coffie:…”Tagged: Urination
“Derice Bannock: You know, when the Swiss want to ge... Sanka Coffie: Ah, will you shut up about the damn Swiss! I mean, it was all that 'eins zwei drei' nonsense that got us all nervous in the first place. Derice Bannock: Hey, man, look here, I'm just trying to get us off on the right foot. Sanka…”Tagged: Jamaican, Swiss, Nervous
“Sanka Coffie: So, let's talk about this billsled team. Derice Bannock: No, bobsled team. Sanka Coffie: Whoever. Now, about the Wheaties box. I'm gunna be on it myself, right? Derice Bannock: No, mon, you gunna be on it with me.”Tagged: billsled, bobsled, wheaties
“[Sanka reveals a hot water bottle nestled under his shirt] Derice Bannock: I can't believe you're still cold, mon. Sanka Coffie: Cold? I'm freezing my royal Rastafarian nay-nays off!”Tagged: cold, Freezing, testicles, rastafarian
“Sanka Coffie: Hey! Hey! What you doin? Derice Bannock: This is what the Swiss do to psych themselves up! Sanka Coffie: They also make them little pocket knives, too, but I don't see you doing that!”Tagged: Swiss, psych, pocket knives
“[Pre-race cheer] Kids: Who's the captain of our crew? Who's a friend to me and you? Kinda nice, good-looking too! Sanka, Sanka, yay, Sanka! Sanka Coffie: Ha ha ha! Get back to work! Derice Bannock: Who's the big hot bag of air, who doesn't have to comb his hair? Who doesn't bathe and doesn't care,…”Tagged: Captain, bathe, hygiene
“Yul Brenner: Say whatever it is that you want 'cause you're just like every other fool on the island. You're going nowhere, Sanka, and you're thrilled to death about it. But you see me? You see me? I'm different, 'cause I know exactly where I'm going and after I, Yul Brenner, win the Olympics and…”Tagged: olympics, Buckingham Palace, Queen of England
“Sanka Coffie: Hey Derice! Ya dead? Derice Bannock: No mon, I'm not dead. We have to finish the race...”Tagged: dead
“What I am saying to you, is that you are the kind of club-toting, raw-meat-eating, Me-Tarzan-You-Jane-ing, big, bald bubblehead that can only count to ten if he's barefoot or wearing sandals.”Tagged: club-toting, tarzan, sandals
“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
“Irv: You see Sanka, the driver has to work harder than anyone. He's the first to show up, and the last to leave. When his buddies are all out drinking beer, he's up in his room studying pictures of turns. You see, a driver must remain focused one hundred percent at all times. Not only is he…”Tagged: Jamaican, Beer, Pictures, Responsibility
“Derice Bannock: You don't see the Swiss team fighting, do you? You don't see the Swiss team drinking and carrying on and such. Sanka Coffie: And you don't see the Swiss team smiling, neither. In fact, if one of those Swiss boys ever come across a pretty girl, he probably yell, 'eins, zwei, drei' and…”Tagged: Germans, Drinking, Swiss
“Sanka Coffie: The key elements to a successful sled team are a steady driver, and three strong runners to push off down the ice. Ice? Ice! Derice Bannock: Well, it's kind of a winter sport, you know. Sanka Coffie: You mean winter, as in ice? Derice Bannock: Possibly. Sanka Coffie: You mean winter,…”Tagged: Eskimos, Penguins, igloos, Winter, cold
“All I'm saying, mon, is if we walk Jamaican, talk Jamaican, and is Jamaican, then we sure as hell better bobsled Jamaican.”Tagged: Jamaican
“Yul Brenner: How about I beat your butt right now? Sanka Coffie: How about I draw a line down the middle of your head so it looks like a butt?”Tagged: Threat, butt
“Sanka Coffie: So what are we gunna name the sled? Junior Bevill: How about 'Tallulah?' Sanka Coffie: Tallulah! Hahaha! Tallulah! Sounds like a two-dollar hooker! Where you come up with that? Junior Bevill: That's my mother's name.”Tagged: tallulah, Hooker, mother, mother jokes
“Feel the rhythm! Feel the rhyme! Get on up, it’s bobsled time! Cool Runnings!”Tagged: rhythm, Rhyme, bobsled
“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