Bull Durham

"You know what the difference between hitting .250 and .300 is? Its 25 hits. 25 hits in 500 at-bats is 50 points, okay? Theres six months in a season; thats about twenty-five weeks. That means if you get just one extra flare a week, just one; A gork, a groundball—you get a groundball with eyes—you get a dying quail...just one more dying quail a week, and youre in Yankee Stadium."

"[To the batter after Nuke ignores his signs] This sonofabitchs pitching a 2-hit shutout and hes shaking me off, you believe that shit? Charlie, here comes the deuce, and when you speak of me, speak well."

"Romance is a lot like baseball. Its not whether you win or lose. Its how you play the game."

"[Closing narration] Walt Whitman once said, "I see great things in baseball. Its our game, the American game. It will repair our losses and be a blessing to us." You could look it up."

"Ive been known on occasion to howl at the moon."

"A movie about Americas other favorite pastime."

"[To Nuke] Your shower shoes have fungus on them. Youll never make it to the bigs with fungus on your shower shoes. Think classy, youll be classy. If you win 20 in the Show, you can let the fungus grow back on your shower shoes and the pressll think youre colorful. Until you win 20 in the Show, however, it means youre a slob."

"Tim Robbins - Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh"

"A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while."

"[narrating] "Full many a flowers born to blush unseen and waste its sweetness on the desert air." - Thomas Gray...or William Cullen Bryant, I dont know. I get them mixed up."

"This is the damndest season Ive ever had; the Durham Bulls cant lose and I cant get laid!"

"[Gives up a hit in a close game] Shit, piss, fuck!"