Sports Q: What is your favorite sports movie quote?
Sports movies have given us several memorable quotes over the years.
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This one is not from a reader, I should note right away. It just popped into my head when that meme asking to name a “random line from a movie that fans of it will instantly know” crossed my Twitter timeline for approximately the 4,192nd time Tuesday. (The correct response to that one, by the way, is anything from “Midnight Run.” This is not up for debate.)
I figure we’ll keep the parameters broad here – so, yes, “The Karate Kid” counts as a sports movie for this purpose. I’m not here to argue. I’m here to laugh and reminisce about some awesome lines or quotes.
There are so many classics from which to choose: “I want to bring the heater! Announce my presence with authority!” … “Candlesticks make a nice gift.” … “Don’t think. It can only hurt the ballclub.” … “Charlie, here comes the deuce. And when you speak of me, speak well.”
And those are just from “Bull Durham” alone, of course. I’ll give you 20 from “Caddyshack” now if you like. Maybe 30. Or, you’ll get nothing and like it.
Actually, my favorite sports movie quote – or at least the one that makes me laugh the hardest when it comes to mind – is from the scene in “Slapshot,’’ when goaltender Denis Lemieux, with his French-Canadian accent, is explaining (and demonstrating) to broadcaster Jim Carr what various penalties are and look like.
After he explains (and demonstrates) spearing, Lemieux tells Carr about the consequences if you get caught. “You do that, you go to the box, you know,’’ he says. “Two minutes, by yourself, you know and you feel shame, you know. And then you get free.”
You feel shame, and then you get free. I’m laughing now after just watching the clip. Never gets old.
What does everyone else think? What’s your favorite sports-movie quote? I’ll hear you in the comments. Oh, and when you speak of me, speak well.
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