The Rider (2018) - Quotes

Finding Purpose in Life and Nature

Brady: You know, Lilly, I believe God gives each of us a purpose.

Lilly: Very true.

Brady: To the horse, it's to run across the prairie. For a cowboy, it's to ride.

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Planning for the Rodeo

Wayne: Where are you going with that?

Brady: Where does it look like I'm going? I'm going to the rodeo.

Wayne: You fucking crazy?

Brady: I'm gonna ride. I figured you were coming to watch.

Wayne: What the fuck would I wanna come for? Watch you kill yourself? You're just stubborn as hell. You won't listen to nothing anybody tells you anyway.

Brady: Oh, I don't listen? I always fucking listened. I listened to everything you fucking said to me. What happened to "Cowboy up," "Grit your teeth," "Be a man"? What happened to all that, Dad?

Wayne: You don't need to go ride today. You don't need to fucking go ride.

Brady: Bullshit. I'm going. I'm entered, and I'm riding.

Wayne: Go kill yourself, then.

Brady: I'm not gonna end up like you.

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The Challenge of Letting Go

Cat: I know you ain't supposed to be rodeoing or anything like that. Must be tough. But you just gotta learn to let it go. Move on. Or else it'll eat at you. But it's gotta be tough. I mean... I understand.

Brady: You don't understand.

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Unity and Hope in Recovery

Cat: Pray to God that he takes in all the strength from all his friends across the nation. North, south, east and west. Cause we all know he's got friends all over this country. Pulls through. Hope he gets to ride again. Feel the wind hit his back and watch it flow through the grass. We are him, and he is us. We're all one in this together.

Brady: [...] Yeah, he was a pretty good bull rider. He was like a big brother to me. And a lot of times, you know, you get hurt, but you don't ever think you'll get hurt like that. He'll get there, though. He says he's gonna ride again in no time.

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Enduring Pain in the Cowboy's World

Tanner: You don't let no pain put you down. You ain't gonna be turning out horses left and right just cause your head hurts a little bit now, are you?

Brady: I'm not... I'm not drawing out of anything. I'm just taking some time off. Your brain's a little different than your ribs.

Tanner: Yeah, I know, but it's all the same to a cowboy. Ride through the pain. You gotta make sure this head of yours don't get you scared. I know how that goes with some guys. They get scared to get on again, and then they end up becoming farmers.

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