The Bad News Bears (1976) - Quotes

Coming of Age in Comedy

Taglines: A classic comedy about growing up!

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Teamwork Leads to Success

Taglines: Together They Make It Happen!

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Anticipation in The Bad News Bears

Taglines: The coach is waiting for his next beer. The pitcher is waiting for her first bra. The team is waiting for a miracle. Consider the possibilities.

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Swimming Plans and Unexpected Consequences

Engelberg: When we're through, can we go swimming?

Buttermaker: No! Don't jump in, Engelberg! You'll flood the valley!

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Confrontation in a Ballet Class

Ballet Instructor: Young man, I am teaching a class here.

Tanner: Well, you ain't doing a very good job of it; no one here can dance for bat turds.

Amanda: Tanner, get the hell outta here! I will kill you! Get out! Go!

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Accusations and Denials in a Tense Moment

Turner: You tried to hit him, didn't you?

Joey: No, it just got away.

Turner: [slaps him] DON'T LIE TO ME!!! You tried to hit him.

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League Rules on Equipment Compliance

Buttermaker: [tosses the jockstraps to his players] There is one thing I forgot to tell you guys. It's a league rule; cups and supporters. Gotta be worn at all times. Either you wear em and you play, or you don't wear em and you don't play.

Tanner: Can we stop this, already? We've got another hour of practice.

Jose: [puts his back in the box] ¡Yo no me voy a poner esto! ¡Esto duele! (I'm not wearing this! It hurts!)

Buttermaker: What? What are you saying?

Ogilvie: I've been brushing up on my Spanish as of lately, and I think he is saying something about, you know, his being Catholic, and it's a sin.

Buttermaker: [hands it back to Jose] Oh, for Christ's sake.

Tanner: I know what it is.

Engelberg: This is a free country. Let's be democratic, and take a vote.

Buttermaker: There'll be no voting, Engelberg.

Toby: What about Amanda?

Amanda: You ain't strappin one of these things on me.

Engelberg: [throws his at Buttermaker; the rest of his teammates agree with him] Well, if she don't wear one, I don't wear one!

Tanner: Anyway, it's too small.

Kelly: If she doesn't wear one, neither do I.

Amanda: What are you doing here?

Kelly: Some asshole changed my mind.

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Debate Over Team Dynamics and Baseball Culture

Amanda: We could use a good outfielder on our team.

Kelly: Oh you call what you got a team?

Amanda: What you got against baseball anyway?

Kelly: Well the baseball you guys play is for faggots and old farts with nothing better to do with themselves.

Amanda: Well you must like those kind of guys you sure do hang around the field often enough!

Kelly: There's nice ass at the field, that's why I always hang around it.

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Consequences of Breaking the Rules

Engelberg: You're not supposed to have open liquor in the car. It's against the law.

Buttermaker: So is murder, Engleberg. Now put that back before you get me in real trouble.

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Handling Challenges with Confidence

Buttermaker: What if he tries something?

Amanda: I'll handle it.

Buttermaker: [[Rolling Stones] ], 11 years old.

Amanda: I know an 11-year-old girl who is already on the pill.

Buttermaker: Don't ever say that word again.

Amanda: Jesus! Just who in the heck you think you are?

Buttermaker: The goddamned manager, that's who!

Amanda: Big wow!

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Confrontation Over Team Diversity and Gender

Tanner: Jews, spics, niggers, and now a girl?

Amanda: Grab a bat, punk!

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Unexpected Altercation with Older Students

Buttermaker: [looks at Tanner's black eye] What the hell happened to you, Tanner?

Engelberg: Tanner got into a fight.

Buttermaker: Who with?

Engelberg: The 7th Grade.

Confronting Challenges Beyond Race

Buttermaker: [trying to console Ahmad after his errors in the first loss] There was nothing easy about those fly balls, Ahmad. They were tough chances! The sun was in your eyes!

Ahmad: Don't give me none of your honky bullshit, Buttermaker. I know they were easy.

Buttermaker: Let's not bring race into this, Ahmad. We got enough problems as it is.

Building Success Takes Time

Buttermaker: [after the Bears lose 18-0] Come on, fellas. Rome wasn't built in a day.

Ogilvie: Yeah, it took several hundred years.

Team Dynamics and Racial Tensions Explored

Tanner: All we got on this team are a buncha Jews, spics, niggers, pansies, and a booger-eatin moron!

Ogilvie: Tanner, I think you need to be reminded from time to time that you are one of the few people on this team who is not a Jew, spic, nigger, pansy or booger-eating moron. So you'd better cool it or we may be disposed to beat the crap out of you.

Tanner: Oh, yeah?

Ogilvie: [they both fight] Yeah.

Buttermaker: [stops both of them] Cut it out. Now guys, somebody’s gotta pay for this windshield, and I think, Engelberg, it's gonna be your father.

Engelberg: Bullshit.

Growing Up and Changing Interests in Sports

Buttermaker: Those boys aren't very rough. You won't get hurt.

Amanda: [pause, looks at her chest] That's got nothing to do with it. I'm almost 12 and I'll... I'll be getting a bra soon. Well, maybe in a year or so. I can't be playing all dumb baseball.

Unresolved Feelings About Relationships and Parenting

Buttermaker: Well, your mother and I didn't got along too well, Amanda. I liked her very much, though. I still do. As a matter of fact I'm just not the marrying kind. But I guess I handled it badly, huh?

Amanda: You handled it like shit!

Amanda's Defiance Against Buttermaker's Authority

Amanda Whurlizer: Look, Buttermaker, you're not my father and I'll not move an inch to play baseball for you any more. So why don't you get back into that sardine can of yours and go, go vacuum the bottom of the Pacific Ocean? I've got business to take care of. You're blocking my customers with your car.