[Frank grabs a baseball bat and gets one of the umpire's attention] Frank: Oh, excuse me. Could you tell me... is this an official bat? [Frank strikes the umpire's head with the bat knocking him out]
Pop Fisher: You know my mama wanted me to be a farmer. Roy Hobbs: My dad wanted me to be a baseball player. Pop Fisher: Well you're better than any player I ever had. And you're the best God damn hitter I ever saw. Suit up.
I was all-state in four sports in New Jersey, but sometimes I couldn't get served at a restaurant two blocks from my high school. There were no job opportunities then... the only thing a black youth could aspire to be was a bellboy or a pullman or an...
Paula: [reading to her father] ?the Mighty Mets stormed their locker room shortly after nine o'clock on their night to remember. Released from bondage and ridicule after seven destitute seasons, they raised the roof of Shea Stadium - while their fans...
[Alfred smashes a prototype cowl with a baseball bat] Alfred Pennyworth: It's a problem with the graphite, sir. The next 10,000 will be up to specifications. Bruce Wayne: At least they gave us a discount. Alfred Pennyworth: Quite. In the, uh, meantim...
Edward Cole: [to himself, about his relative wellness while looking in a mirror at his wan face and bald head adorned with a railroad track of baseball-like stitches from his brain surgery] My God. Somewhere, some lucky guy's having a heart attack.
Why? Why should the bond between a people and their baseball team be so intense? Fenway Park is a part of it, offering a physical continuum to the bond, not only because Papi can stand in the same batter's box as Teddy Ballgame, but also because a so...
Stop playing hard to get" "I'm hard to get. I'm not playing.
Everybody is playing games. There are games now for pretty much every age, every demographic.
I always wanted to play music and have it be my career and knew this by the age of 12.
You can't play a symphony alone, it takes an orchestra to play it.
Whom the gods love dies young
He (LBJ) played on their fears as he played on their hopes.
Whatever role you play, play it to the hilt.
Every man plays many roles. So far, I have played father the best.
The benefit is competition, the thrill of playing in the Olympics, being an Olympian, playing against the best.
Je ne dois qu'à moi seul toute ma renommée." ( )
To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable.
Yes, Pluton, actually, in the play. And I play him in my most stentorian voice.
I've played farce on the stage, but I have never played any sort of comedy on the screen.
I've been playing football forever, and I've been making plays forever.
