19 quotes
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!
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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.
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Seeking Victory in Competition
Roy Hobbs
Pick me out a winner Bobby.
[after his hand-made bat breaks]
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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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A Dream That Endures Through Time
Taglines
He lived for a dream that wouldn't die.
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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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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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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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Consequences of Past Mistakes in Life
Roy Hobbs
Some mistakes I guess we never stop paying for.
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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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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.
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Heroism Born from Innocence
Taglines
From an age of innocence comes a hero for today.
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Age and the Game of Baseball
Pop Fisher
People don't start playing ball at your age, they retire!
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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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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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Deciding on the Approach to Hitting
Gus Sands
If it isn't enough, tell us what you had in mind.
[trying to pay off Hobbs to tank]
Roy Hobbs
To hit away.
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The Best There Was in Sports
Taglines
The best there was!
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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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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.
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