The Rookie Movie Quotes
Jim Morris Sr.
Your grandfather once told me it was ok to think about what you want to do until it was time to start doing what you were meant to do.
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Jimmy
You know what we get to do today, Brooks? We get to play baseball.
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Lorri
Jim Morris, I'm a Texas woman, which means I don't need the help of a man to keep things running.
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Dave Patterson
Jimmy, how fast were you throwing fifteen years ago?
Jimmy
Slow enough to where scouts stopped using the word "fast".
Dave Patterson
Seriously, how fast were you throwing?
Jimmy
I don't know... 85-86?
Dave Patterson
You just threw 98 miles an hour.
Jimmy
Nawww!
Dave Patterson
Twelve straight pitches, three radar guns. Same thing on all of 'em.
Jimmy
Look, Dave, there's no way...
Dave Patterson
Jimmy, I've been a scout for a long time, and the number one rule is, arms slow down when they get old. Now, if I call the office and tell 'em I got a guy here almost twice these kids' age, I'm gonna get laughed at. But, if I don't call in a 98-mile-an-hour fastball, I'm gonna get fired! I'm just saying there's a chance you might get a call on this.
[turns to leave, then turns around]
Dave Patterson
You figure out what I saw out there today, you let me know.
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Tryout Catcher
[Running out to Jim, who's just finished his tryout]
Pitch... pitch... man, you were bringing some heat up there!
Jimmy
Come on...
Tryout Catcher
You got 'em talkin'!
Jimmy
Naww...
Tryout Catcher
You got 'em talkin'... good job, man.
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Durham Manager Mac
Jimmy, I just got off the phone with the big club. They're calling up Brooks.
Jimmy
That's great. He won't be back.
Durham Manager Mac
He respects you, and I think you ought to be the one to tell him. Being that you're going, too...
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Joel De La Garza
Now, wait a minute... we start winning, you try out again.
Joe David West
Well, not many science teachers throw like you.
Jimmy
It's gonna take a heckuva lot more than a couple of wins to get me to make a fool of myself.
Joel De La Garza
Alright, what if we win district, huh? What if we win district and go to the state playoffs? Then?
Jimmy
You serious?
Joel De La Garza
Yeah, absolutely.
Jimmy
You're serious?
Joe David West
Yeah.
Joaquin 'Wack' Campos
Yeah!
Jimmy
And all I have to do is find some kind of tryout somewhere?
Joaquin 'Wack' Campos
That's it, man!
[Team cheers and leaves for locker room]
Hunter
I don't get to tell Mom about this, do I?
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Joaquin 'Wack' Campos
What difference does it make? I mean, it's not like any of us are getting scholarships.
Jimmy
I'm not talking about college. I'm talking about wanting things in life. I'm talking about having dreams. And all that starts right here
[points at his heart]
Jimmy
, right here. If you don't have dreams, you don't have anything.
Joel De La Garza
Coach, what about you? You talk about our dreams...
Jimmy
Joel, we are not talking about me.
Joel De La Garza
Yeah, but come on, Coach. Every time you throw, I gotta ice my hand, every time! You're the one who should be wanting something more.
Joaquin 'Wack' Campos
And the sad part is, you know, we see it and you don't.
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[pause]
Jim Morris Sr.
Watching you out there tonight... not many fathers get to do that.
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TV Reporter
[interviewing Jimmy after his first major league game] What pitches did you throw to get that strikeout?
Jimmy
Fastball, fastball, and
[chuckling]
Jimmy
fastball!
TV Reporter
How did it feel, pitching in the major leagues?
Jimmy
Just like I hoped it would.
Jimmy
[to the reporters, seeing his father through the TV lights] Can you excuse me?
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Jimmy
Anybody wanna tell me how we lost that game? Hmmm? No? How about taking a look at the numbers on that scoreboard out there? What do those numbers tell you?
Joe David West
How to get ahold of Bo's Tire Barn?
[team laughs, Jimmy pauses, obviously not amused]
Jimmy
You quit. You quit out there. You quit on me and, worse, you quit on yourselves. Now, what is it? You think we don't care about baseball around here? Think the school's gonna drop the program? You're just making it easy for 'em. Sad part is, I see it and you don't.
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Joaquin 'Wack' Campos
[after being the first Owl to get a foul tip off of Jimmy's fastball]
Got a piece of that one!
Jimmy
Now get all of it.
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Sanchez
So, Riv, what was it like watching the Babe play?
Jimmy
You sure you wanna start this?
Sanchez
How many fans did you lose when they raised ticket prices to 50 cents?
Jimmy
Almost as many as we lose when you pitch!
Brooks
Oooh! And this game is over, baby!
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Lorri
Was that a real, "I'll get her"? Or are you just waiting for me to say, "Go back to sleep"?
Jimmy
I haven't decided yet.
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Joel De La Garza
[while him and Jimmy play catch]
Hey coach, back when you were really pitching, how fast were you throwing it?
Jimmy
I don't know. 85, 86?
Joel De La Garza
That's not too bad.
Jimmy
It is when the other guy's throwing 90.
Joel De La Garza
Coach, let's see you bring one.
Jimmy
Can't. Promised too many doctors.
Joel De La Garza
Come on, coach, one isn't going to kill you. Come on, feed me!
Hunter
Yeah, dad, bring the heat!
Joel De La Garza
[Jim gets himself ready while Joel waits in the catcher's position]
Feed me, coach.
[Jim pauses, then winds up and throws his fastball, which audibly whisses by and hits hard into Joel's glove, much to the shock of him and Hunter]
Hunter
Woah!
Joel De La Garza
Coach, where did that come from?
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Lorri
Does this mean I don't get a baseball?
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Lorri
So how does it feel to be the oldest rookie in the last 30 years?
Jimmy
I don't know... I'm tired.
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Jimmy
Do you know how many guys can throw a ball 98 miles an hour?
Jimmy
You can count them with one hand.
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Jimmy
Look, guys, most of you, you're gonna finish up school here, you're gonna work the rigs, you're gonna work at Bo's Tire Barn, you're gonna raise a family, you're gonna retire, and you're gonna do all that right here in Big Lake. And there's nothing wrong with that. A lot of real good people have done that. I'm doing it. But, if you're looking for something more after you're done here, you better give some serious thought as to how you're gonna play out the rest of this season!
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Lorri
Huh? Hold on a second, honey, I'm boiling right now
[Fixes the boiling pot while Jimmy anxiously waits]
Lorri
Sorry, what about the blue sports coat you never wear?
Jimmy
Could you have it sent out to Arlington for me?
Lorri
Arlington? But I thought you were in-
[Realizes what he's saying]
Lorri
You tell me right now, Jimmy Morris!
Jimmy
Well, apparently... there's a dress code in the Major Leagues.
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Hunter
But Dad...
Jimmy
No buts about it... I'm getting enough butts as it is.
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Jimmy
Frank, isn't it a little late to be playing this song?
Frank
It's only 8:30.
Jimmy
It's March.
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Jimmy
What do they think, I'm some sort of publicity stunt? That I'm taking some guy's job away? What do you think, Brooks?
Brooks
...I think you're too fast for me. That's what I think.
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Olline
Hunter told me you went to see your father.
Jimmy
Yeah.
Olline
You know where I'm going with this.
Jimmy
Yes, ma'am, I do.
Olline
Rachel says he's trying really hard to be a good grandfather.
Olline
Oh, Jimmy. I swear the one thing you got from your father is his stubborn side.
Jimmy
That's not true!
[Olline gives him a look]
Jimmy
Well, what you want me to do, just pretend everything was okay?
Olline
You've been blaming your father for too many things for too many years.
Jimmy
I just call 'em like I see 'em, Mom.
Olline
Now, Jimmy, you can sell that story somewhere else, 'cause I ain't buying. You had your shot at baseball, you got hurt, simple as that. It had nothing to do with your father... you don't think he didn't have dreams?
Jimmy
Is that why it didn't work out with you two?
Olline
I'm gonna need a longer street for that talk.
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