The Natural (1984) - Quotes

Heroism Born from Innocence

Taglines: From an age of innocence comes a hero for today.

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A Dream That Endures Through Time

Taglines: He lived for a dream that wouldn't die.

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The Essence of a Baseball Dream

Taglines: Boyhood dreams, a bat made from a tree struck by lightning and most importantly, a never-ending passion for the game.

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The Best There Was in Sports

Taglines: The best there was!

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Two Lives: Learning and Living

Iris Gaines: You know, I believe we have two lives.

Roy Hobbs: How... what do you mean?

Iris Gaines: The life we learn with and the life we live with after that.

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Reflections on Potential and Legacy in Sports

Roy Hobbs: I coulda been better. I coulda broke every record in the book.

Iris Gaines: And then?

Roy Hobbs: And then? And then when I walked down the street people would've looked and they would've said there goes Roy Hobbs, the best there ever was in this game.

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A Test of Trust and Honor

The Judge: I thought I could rely on your honor, Hobbs?

Roy Hobbs: You're about to.

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Deciding on the Approach to Hitting

Gus Sands: [trying to pay off Hobbs to tank] If it isn't enough, tell us what you had in mind.

Roy Hobbs: To hit away.

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Mind Reading in Three Seconds

Max Mercy: You read my mind.

Roy Hobbs: That takes all of three seconds.

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Contrasting Dreams: Farming and Baseball Aspirations

Pop Fisher: I'd have walked away from baseball and I'd have bought a farm.

Roy Hobbs: Nothing like a farm. Nothing like being around animals, fixing things. There's nothing like being in the field with the corn and the winter wheat. The greenest stuff you ever saw.

Pop Fisher: You know my mama wanted me to be a farmer.

Roy Hobbs: My dad wanted me to be a baseball player.

Pop Fisher: Well you're better than any player I ever had. And you're the best God damn hitter I ever saw. Suit up.

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Commitment to Daily Practice

Pop Fisher: Batting practice tomorrow, be there!

Roy Hobbs: I have been. Every day.

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Conflict Over Contractual Expectations in Baseball

Pop Fisher: Hobbs. I'm sending you down Hobbs, Class B ball. Tomorrow you go to the Great Lakes Association.

Roy Hobbs: All right. You make the rules.

Pop Fisher: That's right, that's right and you ain't been playing by em. Don't you remember signing a contract!

Roy Hobbs: I remember signing a contract, to play ball not to be put to sleep by some two bit carney hypnotist! I won't do that Pop! I can't.

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A Long Journey to Success

Roy Hobbs: Red, it took me sixteen years to get here. You play me, and I'll give ya the best I got.

Red Blow: I believe ya.

Struggles of a Frustrated Baseball Manager

Pop Fisher: My ma urged me to get out of this game. When I was a kid, she pleaded with me. And I meant to, you know what I mean? But she died.

Red Blow: Tough.

Pop Fisher: Now look at me. I'm wet nurse to a last-place, dead-to-the-neck-up ball club, and I'm choking to death!

The Importance of Self-Development and Growth

Ed Hobbs: You've got a gift Roy... but it's not enough - you've got to develop yourself. If you rely too much on your own gift... then... you'll fail.

Desire for Victory Over Ambition

Pop Fisher: I wanted to win that pennant worse than I wanted any goddamned thing in my life. You'd think I could just this once, wouldn't you? I didn't care nothing about the Series. Win or lose, I would have been satisfied.