Quotes tagged ‘Best Sports Movies’

“You know, the best part of the best drug in the world isn't the high. It's the moment just before you take it. The dice are dancing on the table. Between now and the time they stop, that's the greatest high in the world.”

— Dan Gilroy, Walter Abrams, Al Pacino, imdb.com

“[referee skates over to Steve Carlson during the playing of the National Anthem] Peterboro Referee: I got my eye on the three of you. You pull one thing, you're out of this game. I run a clean game here. I have any trouble here, I'll suspend ya. Steve Hanson: I'm listening to the fucking song!”

— Nancy Dowd, Steve Hanson, Steve Carlson, imdb.com

“Has anyone ever told you that you look like a penis with that little hat on?”

— Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, Jimmy Dugan, Tom Hanks, imdb.com

“This son of a bitch is throwing a two-hit shutout. He's shaking me off. You believe that shit? Charlie, here comes the deuce. And when you speak of me, speak well.”

— Ron Shelton, Crash Davis, Kevin Costner, imdb.com

“Interviewer: Do you hate Rocky? Clubber Lang: No, I don't hate Balboa. I pity the fool, and I will destroy any man who tries to take what I got!”

— Sylvester Stallone, Clubber Lang, Mr T, imdb.com

“I just got one thing to say...to my wife at home: Yo, Adrian! I DID IT!”

— Sylvester Stallone, Robert "Rocky" Balboa, Sylvester Stallone, imdb.com

“We do not train to be merciful here. Mercy is for the weak. Here, in the streets, in competition: A man confronts you, he is the enemy. An enemy deserves no mercy.”

— Robert Mark Kamen, John Kreese, Martin Kove, imdb.com

“Harry Doyle: One hit, that's all we got, one goddamn hit? Assistant: You can't say 'goddamn' on the air. Harry Doyle: Don't worry, nobody is listening anyway.”

— David S. Ward, Harry Doyle, Bob Uecker, imdb.com

“Going in one more round when you don't think you can—that's what makes all the difference in your life.”

— Sylvester Stallone, Robert "Rocky" Balboa, Sylvester Stallone, imdb.com

“I ain't draft dodging. I ain't burning no flag. I ain't running to Canada. I'm staying right here. You want to send me to jail? Fine, you go right ahead. I've been in jail for 400 years. I could be there for 4 or 5 more, but I ain't going no 10,000 miles to help murder and kill other poor people. If…”

— Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson, Eric Roth, Michael Mann, Gregory Allen Howard, Muhammad Ali / Cassius Clay, Will Smith, imdb.com

“Iris Gaines: You know, I believe we have two lives. Roy Hobbs: How... what do you mean? Iris Gaines: The life we learn with and the life we live with after that.”

— Roger Towne, Phil Dusenberry, Iris Gaines, Glenn Close, imdb.com

“I want you guys to take a good look at yourselves and feel proud. We made it here. We're here. What I've learned from you is that really one of the most important things in life is showing up. I'm blown away by your ability to show up through everything that's gone on. The league never wanted you to…”

— John Gatins, Conor O'Neill, Keanu Reeves, imdb.com

“By the time I was ten, playing baseball got to be like eating vegetables or taking out the garbage. So when I was 14, I started to refuse. Could you believe that? An American boy refusing to play catch with his father.”

— Phil Alden Robinson, Ray Kinsella, Kevin Costner, imdb.com

“First, it's a Saturday night thing when you feel cool like a gangster or a rock star—just something to kill the boredom, you know? They call it a chippie, a small habit. It feels so good, you start doing it on Tuesdays... then Thursdays... then it's got you. Every wise-ass punk on the block says it…”

— Bryan Goluboff, Jim Carroll, Leonardo Dicaprio, imdb.com

“You gotta have two things to win. You gotta have brains and you gotta have balls. Now, you got too much of one and not enough of the other.”

— Richard Price, Fast Eddie Felson, Paul Newman, imdb.com

“I believe God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast. And when I run I feel His pleasure.”

— Colin Welland, Eric Liddell, Ian Charleson, imdb.com

“You know, I got a hunch, fat man. I got a hunch it's me from here on in. One ball, corner pocket. I mean, that ever happen to you? You know, all of a sudden you feel like you can't miss? 'Cause I dreamed about this game, fat man. I dreamed about this game every night on the road. Five ball. You know…”

— Sidney Carroll, Robert Rossen, Walter Tevis, Eddie Felson, Paul Newman, imdb.com

“What is it you said to the kid? It ain't about how hard you're hit, it's about how you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. Get up!”

— Sylvester Stallone, Robert "Rocky" Balboa Sr., Sylvester Stallone, imdb.com

“Adrian: Why do you wanna fight? Rocky: Because I can't sing or dance.”

— Sylvester Stallone, Adrianna "Adrian" Pennino, Talia Shire, imdb.com

“That's the movie you wanted to see? There wasn't even any good sex in it. Had to read the whole fuckin' movie. Fuckin' subtitled. Some guy from a road crew recommended it to you, a fuckin' subtitled movie?”

— Paul Tamasy, Scott Silver, Charlene Fleming, Amy Adams, imdb.com