Gridiron Gang - Teamwork and Commitment in Football Training
Sean:
You wanna play football with this team, you're gonna live with the team, eat with the team, and work with the team.
Miguel Perez:
Is practice gonna be hard?
Sean:
It's a lot harder than five homeboys beatin up a security guard, Perez.
Perez:
Then I'm in.
Sean:
How bout you, Bates?
Kenny Bates:
I don't know.
Sean:
Don't be scared.
Bates:
I'm not scared.
Sean:
You're on the team.
Leon Hayes:
Yo. I'll play quarterback.
Sean:
You got any experience, Leon?
Leon:
Man, I got so much experience I could give some away and still have more than I could use.
Sean:
All right.
Junior Palaita:
I'll play.
Sean:
I can't use you, Junior.
Junior:
Why not?
Sean:
Cause you got no discipline. You'll be tryin to start fights every time I turn my back.
Junior:
You ain't even gonna give me a chance?
Sean: [Kelvin doesn't answer]
You've had plenty of chances. Who else? How bout you, Owens? You played defensive back, didn't you? For Washington? You wanna check your calendar and get back to me? Or maybe you got another liquor store to rob.
Kelvin Owens:
Yeah, I'll play.
Sean:
How bout you, Evans?
Jamal Evans:
I mean, I played Pop Warner when I was younger but that's about it, though.
Sean:
You're on the team.
Bug Wendal:
I got experience. I played for, like, three years.
Sean:
What position'd you play?
Bug:
Out to the side.
Sean:
Was that out to the side on offense or defense?
Bug:
If the ball's thrown from... man, I don't know what I'm talkin'.
Sean:
All right, Bug. How bout you be water boy?
Bug:
Cool.
Sean:
All right.
Donald Madlock:
Yo, Mr. Porter. Can I play?
Sean:
You're getting out in a week, Madlock.
Madlock:
I wanna stay in.
Sean:
You wanna stay in jail?
Madlock:
Yeah, man. South Central in summertime gets hot. Gets crazy. People start shootin each other and stuff.
Sean:
I'll talk to your case worker. All right?
Madlock:
All right.
Sean: [To Willie Weathers]
New booty? What's your name?
Willie Weathers:
Willie Weathers.
Sean: [Willie stands up]
Get vertical when you talk to me. You any relation to Roger Weathers?
Willie:
He was my cousin, man.
Sean:
I want you to play on this team, Willie.
Willie:
Naw, man, it's a'ight.
Sean:
You're playin'.
Willie:
Why?
Sean:
Cause I want you to live longer than your cousin.
Leon:
Hey. Who we gonna play against?
Sean:
We'll let you know.
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Gridiron Gang - Belief in Team and Personal Growth
Willie Weathers:
They ain't that good, man. We're better. And it means much more to us. You know? When this all started, man, coach, he said we'd be winners. I thought he was full of shit, man. I hated y'all. Didn't want no part of it. But then we made a team. We showed people somethin'. Coach is right. We changed. We're not losers no more. All we gotta do is go out there and show it one more time. You know what I'm sayin'?
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