These are the some of the absolute best sports movie quotes of all time: ADD SOME IF YOU CAN COME UP WITH A FEW. Some just make me Laugh, and others are inspiration
| 1. | “Yo, Adrian!” Rocky |
| 2. | “You don’t understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am. Let’s face it. It was you, Charley.” On The Waterfront |
| 3. | “Show me the money!” Jerry Maguire |
| 4. | “Juuuust a bit outside!” Major League |
| 5. | “I’m out there busting my buns every night. Tell your old man to drag Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes.” Airplane! |
| 6. | “Sweep the leg.” The Karate Kid |
| 7. | “There’s no crying in baseball!” A League of Their Own |
| 8. | “You guys. You lollygag the ball around the infield. You lollygag your way down to first. You lollygag in and out of the dugout. You know what that makes you? Larry!” Bull Durham |
| 9. | “Oh, there they go. There they go. Every time I start talkin’ ’bout boxing, a white man got to pull Rocky Marciano out their ass. That’s their one, that’s their one. Rocky Marciano! Rocky Marciano!” Coming to America |
| 10. | “You’re gonna eat lightning, and you’re gonna crap thunder!” Rocky |
| 11. | “If you build it, he will come.” Field of Dreams |
| 12. | “Noonan!” Caddyshack |
| 13. | “Pick me out a winner, Bobby.” The Natural |
| 14. | “There’s one thing I want you to do for me. Win. Win!” Rocky II |
| 15. | “Fat man, you shoot a great game of pool.” The Hustler |
| 16. | “Well, Nuke’s scared because his eyelids are jammed and his old man’s here. We need a live … is it a live rooster? We need a live rooster to take the curse off Jose’s glove, and nobody seems to know what to get Millie or Jimmy for their wedding present.” Bull Durham |
| 17. | “Mike Eruzione! Winthrop, Massachusetts! I play for the United States of America!” Miracle |
| 18. | “Jocks only think about sports. Nerds only think about sex.” Revenge of the Nerds |
| 19. | “I’m gonna make Gretzky’s head bleed for SuperFan99 over here.” Swingers |
| 20. | “What about Brett Fav-ruh?” There’s Something About Mary |
| 21. | “Which brings me to my second point, kids. Don’t do crack.” The Waterboy |
| 22. | “Get him a body bag, yeaaahhh!” The Karate Kid |
| 23. | “There will be an additional springboard installed for Melon’s dive, the Triple Lindy!” Back to School |
| 24. | “I guess what I’m trying to say is, if I can change, and you can change, everybody can change.” Rocky IV |
| 25. | “… Whose bright strips and broad stars, in the perilous night. O’er the ramparts we watched, as the da da da da da da. And the rocket’s red glare, lots of bombs in the air …” The Naked Gun |
| 26. | “If he had held the ball laces out like he’s supposed to, Ray would never have missed that kick. Dan Marino should die of gonorrhea and rot in hell!” Ace Ventura |
| 27. | “I enjoy watching football in the afternoon. One of the things I love about this country. Baseball, too. I love baseball ever since Arnold Rothstein fixed the World Series in 1919.” The Godfather Part II |
| 28. | “The price is wrong, bitch!” Happy Gilmore |
| 29. | “I just slid my ticket across the table and I said, ‘Sorry, guys, I gotta see about a girl.’ ” Good Will Hunting |
| 30. | “So we finish the 18th and he’s gonna stiff me. And I say, ‘Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know?’ And he says, ‘Oh, uh, there won’t be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness.’ So I got that goin’ for me, which is nice.” Caddyshack |
| 31. | “Sometime when the team is up against it and the breaks are beating the boys, tell them to go out there with all they’ve got and win just one for the Gipper.” Knute Rockne, All-American |
| 32. | “Put it in the face!” Coming to America |
| 33. | “Hey, Yankees, you can take your apology and your trophy and shove ‘em straight up your ass!” The Bad News Bears |
| 34. | “Billy, listen to me. White men can’t jump.” White Men Can’t Jump |
| 35. | “Being perfect is about being able to look your friends in the eye and know that you didn’t let them down, because you told them the truth. And that truth is that you did everything that you could. There wasn’t one more thing that you could’ve done. Can you live in that moment, as best you can, with clear eyes and love in your heart? With joy in your heart? If you can do that, gentlemen, then you’re perfect.” Friday Night Lights |
| 36. | “Sex and golf are the two things you can enjoy even if you’re not good at them.” Tin Cup |
| 37. | “U-G-L-Y, you ain’t got no alibi! You ugly! You ugly! Yo momma said you ugly!” Wildcats |
| 38. | “I don’t hate Balboa. I pity the fool.” Rocky III |
| 39. | “You’re 5 foot nothin’, 100 and nothin’ and you have nearly a speck of athletic ability. And you hung in there with the best college football team in the land for two years. And you’re gonna walk outta here with a degree from the University of Notre Dame. In this life, you don’t have to prove nothin’ to nobody but yourself.” Rudy |
| 40. | “In case you haven’t noticed — and, judging by the attendance, you haven’t — the Indians have managed to win a few here and there and are threatening to climb out of the cellar.” Major League |
| 41. | “Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth.” The Pride of the Yankees |
| 42. | “If you put your effort and concentration into playing to your potential, to be the best that you can be, I don’t care what the scoreboard says. At the end of the game, in my book, we’re gonna be winners.” |
| 43. | “You never played for Charlie Comiskey.” Eight Men Out |
| 44. | “People always say to me, ‘When you get to the NBA, don’t forget about me.’ Well, I should’ve said back, ‘If I don’t make it to the NBA, don’t you forget about me.’ ” Hoop Dreams |
| 45. | “Uh, Lord, hallowed be thy name. May our feet be swift; may our bats be mighty; may our balls be plentiful. Lord, I’d just like to thank you for that waitress in South Bend. You know who she is — she kept calling your name. And God, these are good girls, and they work hard. Just help them see it all the way through. OK, that’s it.” A League of Their Own |
| 46. | [Ed Rooney learns the score of the baseball game is nothin'-nothin'.] “Who’s winning?” Ferris Bueller’s Day Off |
| 47. | “I was crippled for the rest of my life. I got better. He made me better. Hell, you made me better.” Seabiscuit |
| 48. | “Hey, unless you’re gonna kiss me, get your hands off my ass.” Any Given Sunday |
| 49. | “I believe God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast. And when I run, I feel His pleasure.” Chariots of Fire |
| 50. | “I sure miss playing basketball. I got depressed as hell when my athlete’s foot and jock itch went away.” Breaking Away |
| .51 | “I’ll make it.” Hoosiers |
Sport Movie Quotes
Posted: August 27, 2012 in Inpirational quotesTags: funny comments, inpirational quotes, Rocky, sport movies
There are so many sports movies out there, it made finding the ten best sports movie quotes quite difficult. Sports movies always have great quotes because they are inspiring, heartwarming, teach a lesson, and sometimes they are just plain funny. Below is the final list of what was chosen. Still my Favorite has to be Rocky, See if I left out, any great ones!
“Dodgeball.” One of the best sports movie quotes is a really funny part from “Dodgeball” when Patches O’Houlihan throws wrenches at the team and enthusiastically exclaims “If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.”
“Rudy.” Another great sports movie quote is from “Rudy.” “You’re 5 foot nothin’, 100 and nothin’ and you have nearly a speck of athletic ability. And you hung in there with the best college team in the land for two years. And you’re gonna walk outta here with a degree from the University of Notre Dame. In this life, you don’t have to prove nothin’ to nobody but yourself.” This is a good quote because it of its motivational quality.
“Caddyshack.” A good sports quote about how to win is from “Caddyshack” is when Ty Webb says “I’m going to give you a little advice. There’s a force in the universe that makes things happen. And all you have to do is get in touch with it, stop thinking, let things happen, and be the ball.” Caddyshack has some of the best quotes out there, but not all about sports. “Cannon Ball it”
“Remember the Titans.” One of the best motivational sports movie quotes is from “Remember the Titans.” When Coach Boone tells the team, “This is where they fought the battle of Gettysburg. Fifty thousand men died right here on this field, fighting the same fight that we are still fighting among ourselves today. This green field right here, painted red, bubbling with the blood of young boys. Smoke and hot lead pouring right through their bodies. Listen to their souls, men. I killed my brother with malice in my heart. Hatred destroyed my family. You listen, and you take a lesson from the dead. If we don’t come together right now on this hallowed ground, we too will be destroyed, just like they were. I don’t care if you like each other of not, but you will respect each other. And maybe… I don’t know, maybe we’ll learn to play this game like men.”
“Friday Night Lights.” Another of the best sports movie quotes is from “Friday Night Lights” when Coach Gaines says “Being perfect is not about that scoreboard out there. It’s not about winning. It’s about you and your relationship with yourself, your family and your friends. Being perfect is about being able to look your friends in the eye and know that you didn’t let them down because you told them the truth. And that truth is you did everything you could. There wasn’t one more thing you could’ve done. Can you live in that moment as best you can, with clear eyes, and love in your heart, with joy in your heart? If you can do that gentleman, you’re perfect.”
“The Longest Yard.” In the 1974 version of football movie, “The Longest Yard” Paul Crewe states that “The most important thing to remember is to protect your quarterback… me!” This is a good one cause it’s funny, but true.
“Rocky.” One of the best sports movie quotes is from the best boxing movie ever, “Rocky.” When Micky says to Rocky, “You’re gonna eat lightnin’ and you’re gonna crap thunder!” That is a very quotable quote.
“Hoosiers.” A great sports quote from the underdog basketball movie “Hoosiers” is “I don’t care what the scoreboard says at the end of the game, in my book we’re gonna be winners.” This is a good quote about the love of the game.
“Glory Road.” One of the best sports movie quotes is from the basketball movie “Glory Road.” Coach Haskins says, “You’ll play basketball my way. My way is hard.” Coach Haskins believes that hard work, brings victory.
“Varsity Blues.” A good quote from Mox in “Varsity Blues” is “If we go out and half-ass it cause we’re scared, then we’ll always wonder if we were really good enough. But if we go out there and give it all we’ve got… that’s heroic. You guys wanna be heroes?”