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Love & Basketball Quotes

"All's fair in love and basketball."

PG-13 2000 · 2h 5m
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73
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16 quotes
Confronting Childhood Memories and Lasting Scars
Monica I'm not the one who put this scar here when we were 11 years old.
Offense vs. Defense in Sports Strategy
Coach Davis Offense sells tickets. Defense wins games!
Embracing Identity and Personal Choices
Camille Wright I don't know why I keep wishing that you'll grow out of this tomboy phase.
Monica I won't. I'm a lesbian.
[Lena laughs]
Camille Wright That's not funny.
Monica That's what you think, is it? Because I'd rather wear a jersey than an apron?
Childhood Arguments and Playful Insults
Young Quincy What?
Young Monica Last time they won, Dr. J was a nurse!
Young Quincy Shut up! I don't want to be your boyfriend any more, you ugly dog!
[pushes Monica to the ground]
Young Monica Well, I dont want to be your girlfriend any more, BIG HEAD!
[pushes Quincy down a hill]
A Question of Love and Emotion
Quincy For what?
Monica Your heart.
Casual Conversations About Relationships and Dating
Monica Talk to your new girlfriend.
Quincy Look, I took the ho to Burger King.
Monica Huh, cheap date.
Quincy Well at least she had time for me.
Monica So you mess around to prove a point.
Quincy Man what I just say?
Quincy Man you got yo head so far up yo a** it took a cheap date to even notice me!
Monica What Q man did I forget to kiss you a** like everybody else?
Quincy You forgot to be there!
Monica That night you wanted to talk about your dad I had curfew, what was I supposed to do?
Quincy Stay.
Monica If I stayed I wouldn't be startin.
Quincy Well least you got your priorities straight
Monica I never ask you to choose!
Quincy You never have to.
Monica I'm a ball player, if anybody knows what that means it should be you
Quincy If basketball is all you care about, why you bonin me, won't you bone Dick Vitale. Wait a minute.
Monica How do I know the next time you're feelin neglected or whatever you're not gonna just run around on me? If we're gonna be together I have to be able to trust you
Quincy I'm not askin for us to be together
Monica What?
Quincy I'm going through a lot of sh** right now, it's obviously more than you got time for.
Monica How are you gonna tell me what I have time for, I mean whatever I did we can fix this!
Quincy I don't think so.
Monica You don't think so.
Quincy Look I'm into inter-draft
Monica You what?
Quincy I'm going pro, I mean who knows where I might end up ya know
Monica So, so that's it, just forget about you and me
Quincy I still like for us to be friends.
Monica Friends.
Quincy Look I'll see you around.
Unwavering Love Since Childhood
Monica (to Quincy) I've been in love with you since I was eleven, and the shit won't go away.
Reflections on Childhood Dreams and Reality
Monica It's a trip, you know? When you're a kid, you... you see the life you want and it never crosses your mind that it's not gonna turn out that way.
Fairness in Love and Basketball
Quincy All's fair in love and basketball.
Conflicted Priorities in Love and Sports
Quincy If basketball is all you care about, why you bonin me? Why don't you bone Dick Vital?
The Power of Positive Language
Young Quincy Can't do this shit!
Zeke McCall Boy, what did I tell you about using that word?
Young Quincy Can't should never be in a man's vocabulary.
Zeke McCall And why not?
Young Quincy Cause when you say can't, you ain't a man!
Risking it All
Quincy Double or nothing.
A Warning Against Temptation
Monica (to Quincy) Don't tempt me I'm warning you!!
Self-Assertion in Sports Identity
Monica I'm a dang on ball player.
A Challenge to Take the Best Shot
Quincy Gimme your best shot.
Questioning the Future of Their Relationship
Monica (to Quincy) So that's it? Just forget about you and me?