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Favorite memorable quote from this movie

posted 19 years ago by NobodymournstheWicked
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Memorable Quotes from
The Rookie (2002)
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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Hunter: But Dad...
Jimmy: No buts about it... I'm getting enough butts as it is.

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Jimmy: You know what we get to do today, Brooks? We get to play baseball.

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Tryout Catcher: 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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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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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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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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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: Frank, isn't it a little late to be playing this song?
Frank: It's only 8:30.
Jimmy: It's March.

What is your favorite memorable quote from this movie and why?

[–] SportsManiac42 18 years ago

Jim: I need you to bring my blue sportcoat to Arlington
Lorri: In Arlington? Baby, what for?
Jim: Apparently they have a dress code in the Major Leagues.

That was one of several lines where it got a little misty in the room. I guess I just love baseball too much. When he told his son he got called up, I lost it. When he talked to his dad after the first game, the waterworks came again. I'm a big puss. Did anyone else cry during this movie?

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[–] milkminder2003 18 years ago

i have had this line stuck in my head for some time not knowing what movie or tvshow it came from. but im pretty sure its this movie in the scene with jimmy and his dad outside his dads house. went something along the lines of its ok to be chasing your dreams unless they start interrupting your responsibilities in the real world.

anyone here that can confirm if the line does come from that movie and if so would be kind enough to post the orignal transcript from that scene

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[–] librachashjesu 16 years ago

Milkminder, the line you're thinking of goes something like this:

"It's OK to think about what you want to do, until it's time to do what you were meant to do."

Are they the same? That's what you have to figure out...