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If you build it, he will come. — Shoeless Joe Jackson · 1989If he dies, he dies. — Ivan Drago · 1985Remember kid, there's heroes and there's legends. Heroes get remembered but legends never die. Follow your heart, kid, and you'll never go wrong. — The Babe · 1993This is no democracy. It is a dictatorship. I am the law. — Coach Herman Boone · 2000One step at a time. One punch at a time. One round at a time. — Rocky Balboa · 2015Time beat him. Time, you know, takes everybody out, it's undefeated. — Rocky Balboa · 2015All 49 quotes →Sports (film)49 quotes
If you build it, he will come. — Shoeless Joe Jackson · 1989If he dies, he dies. — Ivan Drago · 1985Remember kid, there's heroes and there's legends. Heroes get remembered but legends never die. Follow your heart, kid, and you'll never go wrong. — The Babe · 1993This is no democracy. It is a dictatorship. I am the law. — Coach Herman Boone · 2000One step at a time. One punch at a time. One round at a time. — Rocky Balboa · 2015Time beat him. Time, you know, takes everybody out, it's undefeated. — Rocky Balboa · 2015All 49 quotes →Drama20 quotes
If you build it, he will come. — Shoeless Joe Jackson · 1989If he dies, he dies. — Ivan Drago · 1985One step at a time. One punch at a time. One round at a time. — Rocky Balboa · 2015Time beat him. Time, you know, takes everybody out, it's undefeated. — Rocky Balboa · 2015On any given Sunday you're either gonna win or you're gonna lose. — Tony D'Amato · 1999You see this guy here staring back at you? That's your toughest opponent. Every time you get into the ring, that's who you're going against. I believe that in boxing and I do believe that in life. — Rocky Balboa · 2015All 20 quotes →Drama (film)20 quotes
If you build it, he will come. — Shoeless Joe Jackson · 1989If he dies, he dies. — Ivan Drago · 1985One step at a time. One punch at a time. One round at a time. — Rocky Balboa · 2015Time beat him. Time, you know, takes everybody out, it's undefeated. — Rocky Balboa · 2015On any given Sunday you're either gonna win or you're gonna lose. — Tony D'Amato · 1999You see this guy here staring back at you? That's your toughest opponent. Every time you get into the ring, that's who you're going against. I believe that in boxing and I do believe that in life. — Rocky Balboa · 2015All 20 quotes →Biography9 quotes
This is no democracy. It is a dictatorship. I am the law. — Coach Herman Boone · 2000In this lifetime, you don’t have to prove nothin’ to nobody except yourself. — Fortune · 1993Praying is something we do in our time. The answers come in God’s time. — Father Cavanaugh · 1993Son, in 35 years of religious studies, I’ve come up with only two hard, incontrovertible facts: There is a God, and I’m not him. — Father Cavanaugh · 1993You got anger, that's good you're gonna need it son. You got aggression that's even better, you're gonna need that, too. But any little two-year-old child can throw a fit! Football is about controlling that anger, harnessing that aggression into a team effort to achieve perfection! — Coach Herman Boone · 2000We will be perfect in every aspect of the game. You drop a pass, you run a mile. You miss a blocking assignment, you run a mile. You fumble the football, and I will break my foot off in your John Brown hind parts and then you will run a mile. Perfection. — Coach Herman Boone · 2000All 9 quotes →Biography (film)9 quotes
This is no democracy. It is a dictatorship. I am the law. — Coach Herman Boone · 2000In this lifetime, you don’t have to prove nothin’ to nobody except yourself. — Fortune · 1993Praying is something we do in our time. The answers come in God’s time. — Father Cavanaugh · 1993Son, in 35 years of religious studies, I’ve come up with only two hard, incontrovertible facts: There is a God, and I’m not him. — Father Cavanaugh · 1993You got anger, that's good you're gonna need it son. You got aggression that's even better, you're gonna need that, too. But any little two-year-old child can throw a fit! Football is about controlling that anger, harnessing that aggression into a team effort to achieve perfection! — Coach Herman Boone · 2000We will be perfect in every aspect of the game. You drop a pass, you run a mile. You miss a blocking assignment, you run a mile. You fumble the football, and I will break my foot off in your John Brown hind parts and then you will run a mile. Perfection. — Coach Herman Boone · 2000All 9 quotes →Coming of age5 quotes
Remember kid, there's heroes and there's legends. Heroes get remembered but legends never die. Follow your heart, kid, and you'll never go wrong. — The Babe · 1993You play ball like a girl! — Ham Porter · 1993She knows exactly what she's doin'. — Benny Rodriguez · 1993Now, we go out there and we half-ass it because we're scared, all we're left with is an excuse. We're always gonna wonder. But, we go out there and we give it absolutely everything...that's heroic. Let's be heroes! — Mox · 1999Let me tell you something kid. Everybody gets one chance to do something great. Most people never take the chance, either cause they're too scared, or they don't recognize it when it spits on their shoes. This is your big chance and you shouldn't let it go by. — The Babe · 1993Coming of age (film)5 quotes
Remember kid, there's heroes and there's legends. Heroes get remembered but legends never die. Follow your heart, kid, and you'll never go wrong. — The Babe · 1993You play ball like a girl! — Ham Porter · 1993She knows exactly what she's doin'. — Benny Rodriguez · 1993Now, we go out there and we half-ass it because we're scared, all we're left with is an excuse. We're always gonna wonder. But, we go out there and we give it absolutely everything...that's heroic. Let's be heroes! — Mox · 1999Let me tell you something kid. Everybody gets one chance to do something great. Most people never take the chance, either cause they're too scared, or they don't recognize it when it spits on their shoes. This is your big chance and you shouldn't let it go by. — The Babe · 1993Romantic comedy4 quotes
I don't believe in quantum physics when it comes to matters of the heart. — Crash Davis · 1988Making love is like hitting a baseball: you just gotta relax and concentrate. — Annie Savoy · 1988The world is made for people who aren't cursed with self-awareness. — Annie Savoy · 1988Well, actually, nobody on this planet ever really chooses each other. I mean, it's all a question of quantum physics, molecular attraction, and timing. Why, there are laws we don't understand that bring us together and tear us apart. It's like pheromones. You get three ants together, they can't do dick. You get 300 million of them, they can build a cathedral. — Annie Savoy · 1988Romantic comedy (film)4 quotes
I don't believe in quantum physics when it comes to matters of the heart. — Crash Davis · 1988Making love is like hitting a baseball: you just gotta relax and concentrate. — Annie Savoy · 1988The world is made for people who aren't cursed with self-awareness. — Annie Savoy · 1988Well, actually, nobody on this planet ever really chooses each other. I mean, it's all a question of quantum physics, molecular attraction, and timing. Why, there are laws we don't understand that bring us together and tear us apart. It's like pheromones. You get three ants together, they can't do dick. You get 300 million of them, they can build a cathedral. — Annie Savoy · 1988Sports comedy3 quotes
Look man, it goes like this, you either smoke or you get smoked. And you got smoked. — Sidney Deane · 1992Whatever your pleasure, I can facilitate. You need weed, you need meth—hey, you need Prozac, I'm your man. I know how you white boys always deal with that depression. I mean me personally, I don't understand what you white boys are all depressed about. Hey, you're white! Smile! — Caretaker · 2005Sometimes 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. — Gloria Clemente · 1992Sports comedy (film)3 quotes
Look man, it goes like this, you either smoke or you get smoked. And you got smoked. — Sidney Deane · 1992Whatever your pleasure, I can facilitate. You need weed, you need meth—hey, you need Prozac, I'm your man. I know how you white boys always deal with that depression. I mean me personally, I don't understand what you white boys are all depressed about. Hey, you're white! Smile! — Caretaker · 2005Sometimes 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. — Gloria Clemente · 1992Comedy drama2 quotes
It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great. — Jimmy Dugan · 1992Well, anything worth doing is worth doing right. — Jimmy Dugan · 1992Comedy drama (film)2 quotes
It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great. — Jimmy Dugan · 1992Well, anything worth doing is worth doing right. — Jimmy Dugan · 1992Documentary (film)2 quotes
Bad, fast! Fast! Fast! Last night I cut the light off in my bedroom, hit the switch, and was in the bed before the room was dark. — Muhammad Ali · 1996Yeah, Africa's my home. Damn America and what America thinks. Yeah, I live in America; but, Africa's the home of the black man. And I was a slave 400 years ago and I'm going back home to fight among my brothers. Yeah! — Muhammad Ali · 1996Historical drama2 quotes
Jenny, I believe God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast and when I run I feel His pleasure. — Eric Liddell · 1981Everyone runs in her own way, or his own way and where does the power come from, to see the race to its end? From within. — Eric Liddell · 1981Historical drama (film)2 quotes
Jenny, I believe God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast and when I run I feel His pleasure. — Eric Liddell · 1981Everyone runs in her own way, or his own way and where does the power come from, to see the race to its end? From within. — Eric Liddell · 1981