Seabiscuit Movie Quotes
Tom Smith
You know, you don't throw a whole life away just 'cause he's banged up a little.
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Red Pollard
[Last line, narrating]
You know, everybody thinks we found this broken-down horse and fixed him, but we didn't. He fixed us. Every one of us. And I guess in a way we kinda fixed each other too.
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George Woolf
Wanta know what I think?
Charles Howard
Of course.
George Woolf
I think it's better to break a man's leg than his heart.
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Charles Howard
The horse is too small, the jockey too big, the trainer too old, and I'm too dumb to know the difference.
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Tom Smith
Every horse is good for something.
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Sam
You sure that leg'll hold you?
Red Pollard
He's a 1200 pound horse, Sam. I'm an afterthought.
Sam
No, I meant your leg.
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Narrator
The first time he saw Seabiscuit, the colt was walking through the fog at five in the morning. Smith would say later that the horse looked right through him. As if to say, "What the hell are you looking at? Who do you think you are?" He was a small horse, barely fifteen hands. He was hurting too. There was a limp in his walk, a wheezing when he breathed. Smith didn't pay attention to that. He was looking the horse in the eye.
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Tick Tock McGlaughlin
No more match races for this little horse because frankly they're all out of matches. Who's he gonna race? Pegasus? I pity these horses.
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Red Pollard
That's as much my horse as it is yours.
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Tom Smith
One more thing.
George Woolf
What? Let him catch me on the backstretch? You know, you're not the only one who knows this horse.
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Charles Howard
You could be crippled for the rest of your life.
Red Pollard
I *was* crippled for the rest of my life. I got better. He made me better. Hell, you made me better.
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[Red is not eating his food at the dinner table]
Charles Howard
Go ahead, eat.
Red Pollard
I'm not that hungry.
Charles Howard
Sure, you're not.
Red Pollard
It's just a lot of food.
Charles Howard
I'd rather have you strong than thin.
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California Doctor
If he breaks it again, it's possible he could never walk again.
Red Pollard
He just said it's possible. Well, hell, anything's possible. We've proved that already.
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George Woolf
Pretty small, ain't he?
Red Pollard
He's gonna look a lot smaller in a second, Georgie.
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[Upon entering Samuel Riddle's stables]
Red Pollard
Jesus Christ. I want to be a horse.
Tom Smith
You're almost big enough.
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Charles Howard
[speaking to the newsmen after the win at Santa Anita]
Well, I just think this horse has a lot of heart. He may have been down, but he wasn't out. He may have lost a few, but he didn't let it get to him. I think I learned a lick or two from this little guy. Oh, and by the way, he doesn't know he's little. He thinks he's the biggest horse out there.
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Red Pollard
Brick by brick, my citizens. Brick by brick.
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Reporter
Awful lotta hoopla for such a little horse.
Red Pollard
Though he be but little, he is fierce.
Reporter
What's that?
Red Pollard
That's Shakespeare, boys, Shakespeare.
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George Woolf
You know, if you did more riding and less talking you might start winning some races.
Red Pollard
I got two bucks says I beat you in this one.
George Woolf
I'm not sure you do but I got five bucks says that you don't.
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[displaying Seabiscuit's jockey silks]
Marcela Howard
You don't think the "H" is too big?
Charles Howard
You seen the size of our jockey?
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Narrator
[First lines]
They called it the car for every man. Henry Ford himself called it a car for the great multitude. It was functional, and simple, like your sewing machine, or your cast-iron stove. You could learn to drive it in less than a day. And you could get any color you wanted, so long as it was black. When Ford first conceived the Model-T, it took thirteen hours to assemble. Within five years he was turning out a vehicle every ninety seconds. Of course the real invention was the assembly line that built it. Pretty soon other businesses had borrowed the same technologies. Seamstresses became button sewers. Furniture makers became knob turners. It was the beginning and the end of imagination, all at the same time.
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Red Pollard
Morning.
Tom Smith
What's all this?
[motions towards pile of boxes Red is sitting on]
Red Pollard
It's beer! From an admiring public, pretty good too, more in there.
[indicates Seabiscuit's stall]
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Tom Smith
Already is. A little.
Charles Howard
Will he race?
Tom Smith
No. Not that one.
Charles Howard
So why are you fixing him?
Tom Smith
'Cause I can. Every horse is good for something.
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Red Pollard
How far do you want me to take him?
Tom Smith
Till he stops.
Red Pollard
Okay... Sounds like a pretty good ride.
Tom Smith
Hope so.
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[George has awoken Red after losing a fight]
Red Pollard
Did I lose?
George Woolf
Oh no, you clobbered him.
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Marcela Howard
Well he is fast.
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Tom Smith
Where is the horse?
Tom Smith
He's what?
[cut to Charles Howard having Seabiscuit stamping his hoof on papers for a crowd]
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[after losing a photo finish horse race]
Red Pollard
It's not my fault. Not this time.
Tom Smith
I told you, look out for Rosemont!
Red Pollard
I thought I had it!
Tom Smith
You stopped ridin' him!
Red Pollard
I couldn't see him!
Tom Smith
What the hell are you talking about? He was flyin' up your tail!
Red Pollard
Yeah, well, I can't...
Tom Smith
What?
Red Pollard
...SEE out there!
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George Woolf
[during the Match race, on the final stretch to War Admiral's jockey]
So long, Charlie.
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Tick Tock McGlaughlin
$100,000? Makes me wanna walk on all fours and put a saddle on my back.
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Narrator
[about Depression era welfare programs]
It had dozens of names: NRA, WPA, the CCC. But it really came down to just one thing. For the first time in a long time, someone cared. For the first time in a long time, you were no longer alone.
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[Howard is selling a new Buick at his dealership, explaining the advantages of a car over a horse]
Charles Howard
To tell you the truth, I wouldn't spend more than five dollars on the best horse in America.
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Red Pollard
I'm fine George. I don't need your help and I sure as shit don't need your charity. Leave me alone.
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Charles Howard
It isn't just the leg. He could fall off. He could get trampled. He could...
Marcela Howard
He could die?
[She picks a little ball game out of his pocket]
Marcela Howard
You know I play with this all the time, too. No matter how hard I try, I can't get that damn ball to stay in the hole. Just let him ride. Just let him do it.
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Riddle
[On Radio talking about a match race with Seabiscuit]
It wouldn't be fair to us. It wouldn't be fair to them either. You wouldn't put Jack Dempsey in the ring with a middle-weight would you?
Red Pollard
Middle-weight? I'll kill him. I'll knock his goddamn block off. He's chicken, that's what it is. I mean, middle-weight?
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Tick Tock McGlaughlin
One comeback I can take, but two? Who's next? Lazarus?
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Mrs. Pollard
You should be riding it. You knew the poem.
Mr. Pollard
Yeah, but he just looks so perfect out there, doesn't he?
Mrs. Pollard
Yeah.
Mr. Pollard
That's the poetry, Agnes. That's the poetry
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Charles Howard
Son, what are you so mad at?
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Tom Smith
[Charles has given away all of his horseshoes; shouts]
SAM! WHERE ARE MY GODDAM HORSESHOES?
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Red Pollard
This isn't just any race. This is the Santa Anita. I had that race. I was there.
Charles Howard
I know.
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Red Pollard
A dream come true, walkin' you around. Hook you up to a plow, pull me around for a little while. Come on. You ever run in the money? Huh? Hey. Hey. You ever run in the money?
[Horse Whinnies]
Red Pollard
I don't think so. Couldn't beat a human being, let alone another horse.
[Scoffs]
Red Pollard
You goddamn sack-of-crap old plater. Probably the fastest you're gonna run in your entire life, you piece-of-shit old glue-pot. That's right.
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[in a restaurant, reacting to Riddle's refusal]
Charles Howard
Shit!
Marcela Howard
Charles!
Marcela Howard
Yeah, I know what you mean.
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Mr. Pollard
Dickinson. We never know how high we are
Red Pollard
I know that. I know it
Mr. Pollard
Well?
Red Pollard
We never know how high we are. Till we are called to rise.
Red Pollard
And then if we are true to plan, Our statures touch the skies.
Mr. Pollard
Excellent!
[prompting]
Mr. Pollard
The heroism...
Red Pollard
Right, right...
Mr. Pollard
The heroism we recite Would be a daily thing.
Red Pollard
That's it...
Mr. Pollard
Did not ourselves the Cubits warp For fear to be a king!
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[first lines]
Narrator
They called it the car for Everyman. Henry Ford himself called it a car for the "great multitude." It was functional and simple, like your sewing machine or your cast-iron stove. You could learn to drive it in less than a day, and you could get any color you wanted, so long as it was black.
Narrator
When Ford first conceived the Model T, it took thirteen hours to assemble. Within five years he was turning out a vehicle every 90 seconds. Of course, the real invention wasn't the car, it was the assembly line that built it. Pretty soon, other businesses had borrowed the same techniques. Seamstresses became button sewers. Furniture makers became knob turners. lt was the beginning and the end of imagination all at the same time.
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Charles Howard
[Some months after the tragic death of their young son, Charles Howard sees his wife, Annie cleaning a bit of blood on the porch with a mop]
Why don't you come inside?
Annie Howard
I want to clean this up, first.
Charles Howard
Let Sam clean it up.
Annie Howard
[firmly and distraught]
I don't want *Sam* to clean this, *I* want to!
[Annie angrily pushes Charles away, yelling in protest. Scene shifts to Annie Howard leaving the ranch by taxicab, with Charles sadly watching from a upstairs window]
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