Memorable Quotes from Josh O'Connor
13 quotesCompeting Interests in Romantic Pursuits
Tashi Donaldson
How often does this happen? Going after the same girl?
Patrick Zweig
Not as often as you'd think.
Art Donaldson
We usually have different types.
Tashi Donaldson
So you're saying I should be flattered?
Art Donaldson
Aren't you everybody's type?
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Mutual Respect Among Competitors
Patrick Zweig
Can you do me a favor?
Patrick Zweig
can you not, like, demolish me?
[''Echoing Art from when they were teenagers'']
Patrick Zweig
Congrats on being a Phil's Tire Town Challenger finalist.
Art Donaldson
Yeah. You too.
[''Gets up and starts to leave'']
Patrick Zweig
Art. Come on. Can we talk?
Art Donaldson
Can you put your dick away?
Patrick Zweig
This is a sauna.
Art Donaldson
What do you want to talk about?
Patrick Zweig
We've been here for a week, and we haven't said two words to each other. I don't want to go into the match tomorrow feeling like this. It's just silly, man. It's dramatic. I mean, really, why are you still so angry with me?
[''Art is silent'']
Art Donaldson
That's a serious question?
Patrick Zweig
I don't buy that it's because of Tashi. Or, I don't think it's because of what happened to her. I think maybe you're still just pissed off that she and I used to be together at all. Maybe you're just really disturbed by the fact that she could be into someone like me.
Art Donaldson
When we were teenagers.
Patrick Zweig
Right. When we were teenagers.
Art Donaldson
You're right. I do find it disturbing.
Patrick Zweig
Well, there's no need, man. Lots of girls were into me. None of them wanted to marry me. That's not what I was for.
[laughs]
Art Donaldson
What were you for? Honestly, I thought you'd be happy that I was in the draw. You've always wanted to beat me at a tournament, haven't you? Especially the week before the Open. It's the perfect confidence booster. I know what you're trying to do right now...
[''Patrick is silent and Art glances down at Patrick's crotch who smiles and finally covers it with the towel'']
Patrick Zweig
I'm not trying to do anything. This is a challenger. I don't have to play mind games with you.
[''Laughs'']
Art Donaldson
Right. You don't give a shit.
Patrick Zweig
I didn't say that.
Art Donaldson
We both know you have considerably more at stake here than I do.
Patrick Zweig
Do I?
Art Donaldson
Where do you get your swagger from? I mean, I understood it when we were kids -- you were hot shit: you could beat us all with your eyes closed -- but how are you still walking around like the world owes you something? You're 33 years old, your career's in the toilet, you're broke, nobody knows who the you are, and you walk in here swinging your dick around like I'm supposed to be afraid of it, but all I see is a naked little boy who's still screaming about winning the Junior US Open. Do you understand how embarrassing it is that you're here?
Patrick Zweig
Not quite as embarrassing as you being here.
Art Donaldson
I'm just stopping by, man. This is where you live. And it's almost certainly where you're gonna die.
Patrick Zweig
Listen, Art, I...
Art Donaldson
I've always tried to figure out what happened to you, but the more I think about it, the more I realize it's about what didn't happen. You didn't grow up. You still think we're seventeen. And now you still want me to be impressed with the fact that my wife liked you when she was a girl, but why would I give a shit about that? And why the fuck would I give a shit about what happens tomorrow? It's just practice for me, Patrick. Do you understand that? I mean, maybe you're playing for something else, but I'm just here working on my forehand. I'm just using you to get warmed up for a chance to win the Open, because it's the one thing in tennis I haven't done already.
Patrick Zweig
You've never beaten me.
Art Donaldson
So what? This is a game about winning the points that matter. You beating me is a nice story for you to tell people when you're giving them tennis lessons, but I guarantee you the thing they'll all be the most excited about is that you met me at all. They'll ask you what I'm like. They'll ask you if I'm nice. They'll ask you if we were friends. And then they'll ask you how I did it. They'll ask you And You one have to tucking clue what to tell them. I mean, I could try to explain it to you, but the to knows that yet want to cele want telling yourself whatever worthless stories you've been telling yourself about why our lives have turned out the way they have. And even if you did want to know, I couldn't possibly explain it to you in a language you'll understand, because the thing you learn when you've been operating at my level for as long as I have is that it's so fucking lonely to win this much. Nobody gets it. But everyone on Earth gets what it's like to be you. The reason why they're sending a camera crew from ESPN to cover a fucking challenger tomorrow is that people like looking at my face on TV because they think it might help them solve the mystery of how I have what I have. But you're getting your own personal close up right now, so you should understand better than anybody: there is no fucking mystery -- you just can't have it.
[''Laughs'']
Patrick Zweig
I just wanted to come in here to wish you luck, Art.
[''Patrick laughs'']
Art Donaldson
That makes no sense.
Patrick Zweig
I wanted to tell you that I'm looking forward to it. I miss playing with you.
Art Donaldson
Oh yeah? I don't miss playing with you... I'm too old for it.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
A Request for Contact Information
Patrick Zweig
Wait, are you ]?
[[w:facebook|on Facebook]
Tashi Donaldson
What?
Art Donaldson
He's asking for your number. And so am I.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Existential Concerns Beyond Tennis Conversations
Patrick Zweig
I don't matter?
Art Donaldson
Not even to the most obsessive tennis fan in the world.
Patrick Zweig
We're not talking about tennis.
Art Donaldson
What the fuck else do I have to talk to you about?
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Compliments Between Friends
Patrick Zweig
Your mom looks good.
Tashi Donaldson
I know she does, Patrick.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Unresolved Rivalry and Personal Grievances
Art Donaldson
Remember when you said you'd let me win?
Patrick Zweig
That was a lifetime ago.
[''Art stands up with a full-on erection'']
Art Donaldson
What about my grandmother?
Patrick Zweig
I hope she has a fucking stroke.
[''Slapping Art's erection'']
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Unconventional Desire in Competitive Sports
Patrick Zweig
I'd let her fuck me with a racket.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
A Conversation About Loss and Memory
Tashi Donaldson
It was his grandmother's.
[''After Patrick notices her engagement ring'']
Patrick Zweig
How is she?
Tashi Donaldson
She died. ].
[[w:stroke|Stroke]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Defiance Against Dismissal and Control
Patrick Zweig
I'm not going to the match. Not if you think you can just dismiss me. I'm not some fucking lapdog who's gonna sit around and let you punish me. I'm not Art.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Tennis as a Relationship Dynamic
Tashi Donaldson
You don't know what tennis is.
Patrick Zweig
What is it?
Tashi Donaldson
It's a relationship.
Patrick Zweig
Is that what you and Anna Mueller had today?
Tashi Donaldson
It is, actually. For about fifteen seconds there, we were actually playing tennis. And we understood each other completely. So did everyone watching. It's like we were in love. Or like we didn't exist. We went somewhere really beautiful together.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Recognition Between Tashi and Patrick
Tashi Donaldson
I know who you are. You're ], right?
[[w:Fire and Ice|Fire and Ice]
Patrick Zweig
In the flesh.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Reflections on Past Relationships and Insecurities
Patrick Zweig
I think maybe you're disturbed by the fact that she could've been with someone like me.
Art Donaldson
When we were teenagers.
Patrick Zweig
Huh. When we were teenagers.
[''Smiles'']
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Love and Lodging in Challengers
Patrick Zweig
He's not bad. I've played him at a few of these things.
[''Walks up to Tashi sitting on couch with open laptiop, to Tashi'']
Tashi Donaldson
What are you doing here? Shouldn't ] for a place to sleep tonight?
[[w:Male prostitution|you be prostituting yourself]
Patrick Zweig
I'm staying at the girl's house.
Tashi Donaldson
Hmm. Must be the love.
Patrick Zweig
Hey, come have a cigarette with me. I need to talk to you.
Tashi Donaldson
Yeah, I don't smoke, and I'm not talking to you.
[''Picks up laptop with Patrick tapping cigarette carton on his phone with Tashi reluctantly glancing up and then grudgingly closing the laptop'']
Patrick Zweig
I'm going to propose something to you.
[''Smoking in alley with Tashi'']
Tashi Donaldson
Can you blow it away from me please?
Patrick Zweig
Sorry. It's gonna make you angry. I want you to be my coach.
Tashi Donaldson
What?
Patrick Zweig
Even if he wins the Open, completes his career Grand Slam, Art's still gonna retire as someone who's just really, really, good. That's what you guys have always done. But imagine if you could turn Patrick Zweig into a guy who wins a Slam. I still have a season. I still have one good season and I need you to bring it out of me. So... what do you think?
Tashi Donaldson
How fucking dare you?!
[''Slaps Patrick across face'']
Patrick Zweig
Jesus Christ!
Tashi Donaldson
You want my best advice for you?! Do you want me to coach you?
Patrick Zweig
Yeah.
Tashi Donaldson
Okay, quit! Quit right now! Right the fuck now, quit!
Patrick Zweig
You know that when I'm good, I'm one of the best in the world.
Tashi Donaldson
You are the 271st best in the fucking world.
Patrick Zweig
I still have a shot!
Tashi Donaldson
You are 31, you have a better shot with a handgun in your mouth! I mean, why don't you go home? Go home, ask your parents for a seat on the board, or you know what, matter of fact, ask them for money, okay? Go be like any other spoiled kid who has ever amounted to nothing in their fucking life, and stop this performance of being a down-on-your-luck professional.
[''Patrick dryly chuckles and turns head aside'']
Patrick Zweig
Tashi...
Tashi Donaldson
No, you're not 21 years old anymore and it's not cute to be walking around pretending like you need to grind it out at these ] tournaments, and ]. And, it is unforgivable, that you would ask me to devote a single second, of my fucking time, to help you achieve your fucking dreams. What dreams, Patrick? You never had any!
[[w:anal sex|bum-fuck; [w:homelessness|sleep in your fucking car]
Patrick Zweig
Is that what you and Art are doing? Living the dream?
Tashi Donaldson
That is exactly what the fuck we're doing!
Patrick Zweig
Then how come you hate him? You do. It's obvious, you do. You can feel him giving up already, even though you know he's not going to retire until you let him.
Tashi Donaldson
He is a grown man. He can do whatever he wants.
Patrick Zweig
Sure, sure, but he doesn't. He does whatever you want. Except now, he's not even pretending to like it. He's dreaming about eating hamburgers again. Watching your daughter, um... uh, Lily, grow up. Maybe doing some commentary on the tennis channel. He's ready to be dead. And you're starting to realize you might not want to be buried with him, cause who is he to you if he's not playing tennis?
[''waves hand near Tashi's chest for memory recollection'']
Tashi Donaldson
So that's what you think he is to me? A racket and a dick.
[''Patrick lightly nods head with Tashi squinting in disdain'']
Patrick Zweig
Does Art know about Atlanta? You keep saying you came here because Art needed matches. I think you came for something else.
Tashi Donaldson
Wha- you think I came here for you? You think I came here to throw it all away... ...for you?
[''Scoffs incredulously and turns head aside and back at Patrick''; ''points at him'']
Patrick Zweig
Maybe you just wanted to see me.
Tashi Donaldson
I have seen you. You look like shit!
Patrick Zweig
I'm going to beat him. If we both make it to the final. I'm going to beat him.
[''Turns head aside with Tashi walking away''; ''Tashi stops and turns to him'']
Tashi Donaldson
Even if you could beat him, it wouldn't change anything.
Patrick Zweig
It'll break him. You know it will.
Tashi Donaldson
It won't make you, okay? It's too late for that.
[''Walks away with Patrick walking after and grabbing her arm, slipping a piece of paper in her hand'']
Patrick Zweig
My number in case you change your mind about the coaching.
Tashi Donaldson
I won't.
[''Walks on, glancing at paper and slips it into her pocket'']
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.