Draft Day Quotes
Ali: How is it that the ultimate prize in the most macho sport ever invented is a piece of jewelry?
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Sonny Weaver Jr.: [arguing with Penn]There's me doing my job, you doing yours. Your job is to coach the team I give you. They do it different in Dallas?
Coach Penn: Yeah, they do. They win. [holds up his Super Bowl ring]
Coach Penn: A lot!
Coach Penn: Yeah, they do. They win. [holds up his Super Bowl ring]
Coach Penn: A lot!
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Sonny Weaver Jr.: [on the phone with his mother]You're on Twitter?
Barb Weaver: You're not?
Coach Penn: [enters with flaming papers in his hand]I'm sorry, Sonny, is this a bad time?
Sonny Weaver Jr.: I gotta go, Mom! [hangs up]
Coach Penn: This is the draft analysis we've all been working on for the last two weeks... [throws the burning pages onto the desk]
Rick the Intern: [background]Fire! Ali, fire! ALI, FIRE!
Ali: I'm coming! [enters with a fire extinguisher and puts out the fire]
Ali: Can I get you gentlemen some coffee?
Sonny Weaver Jr.: Love some.
Coach Penn: Light and sweet, honey, thanks.
Ali: Yeah, I'm not getting you idiots anything. [walks out]
Coach Penn: I like her.
Barb Weaver: You're not?
Coach Penn: [enters with flaming papers in his hand]I'm sorry, Sonny, is this a bad time?
Sonny Weaver Jr.: I gotta go, Mom! [hangs up]
Coach Penn: This is the draft analysis we've all been working on for the last two weeks... [throws the burning pages onto the desk]
Rick the Intern: [background]Fire! Ali, fire! ALI, FIRE!
Ali: I'm coming! [enters with a fire extinguisher and puts out the fire]
Ali: Can I get you gentlemen some coffee?
Sonny Weaver Jr.: Love some.
Coach Penn: Light and sweet, honey, thanks.
Ali: Yeah, I'm not getting you idiots anything. [walks out]
Coach Penn: I like her.
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Sonny Weaver Jr.: I want my picks back, and I want David god damn Putney, just because I feel like it.
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Rick the Intern: Can I get you a soda?
Sonny Weaver Jr.: No, I don't want a soda! No Clevelander has EVER used the word soda. Ever! Us Clevelanders use the word pop.
Sonny Weaver Jr.: No, I don't want a soda! No Clevelander has EVER used the word soda. Ever! Us Clevelanders use the word pop.
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Rick the Intern: I told him you were busy, and he told me to, uh, have intercourse with my mother... which, you know, she passed away, so... I - I didn't tell him that...
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Sonny Weaver Jr.: [discussing a potential player]Looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane.
Coach Penn: Your opinion. He plays in my system.
Sonny Weaver Jr.: He doesn't block!
Coach Penn: I don't need him to block, I need him to run! Which he does, like a bat out of hell. Which takes the pressure off of my offense. Okay? I got fifty-two Tarzans in that locker room; I could use a Jane!
Coach Penn: Your opinion. He plays in my system.
Sonny Weaver Jr.: He doesn't block!
Coach Penn: I don't need him to block, I need him to run! Which he does, like a bat out of hell. Which takes the pressure off of my offense. Okay? I got fifty-two Tarzans in that locker room; I could use a Jane!
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Sonny Weaver Jr.: Hi, Mom.
Barb Weaver: You sold a cow for magic beans.
Sonny Weaver Jr.: What?
Barb Weaver: You could have stole Ray Jennings at seven!
Sonny Weaver Jr.: How does the entire world know about this, Mom?
Barb Weaver: Because Vontae Mack just tweeted it.
Sonny Weaver Jr.: He tweeted it?
Barb Weaver: Yeah, here. Agent just called. Browns trade for number one. Sorry Cleve, you get Bo no Vontae. Dumb move.
Sonny Weaver Jr.: You're on Twitter?
Barb Weaver: You're not?
Barb Weaver: You sold a cow for magic beans.
Sonny Weaver Jr.: What?
Barb Weaver: You could have stole Ray Jennings at seven!
Sonny Weaver Jr.: How does the entire world know about this, Mom?
Barb Weaver: Because Vontae Mack just tweeted it.
Sonny Weaver Jr.: He tweeted it?
Barb Weaver: Yeah, here. Agent just called. Browns trade for number one. Sorry Cleve, you get Bo no Vontae. Dumb move.
Sonny Weaver Jr.: You're on Twitter?
Barb Weaver: You're not?
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Sonny Weaver Jr.: Did you trash my office?
Brian Drew: Trade me.
Sonny Weaver Jr.: Did you just trash my office?
Brian Drew: Yeah. I'm upset.
Sonny Weaver Jr.: If you're upset, call your agent, all right? Let him have this conversation. That's what he's there for.
Brian Drew: No, Sonny. You're gonna talk to me. Man-to-man. You owe me that.
Sonny Weaver Jr.: I owe you? I drafted you.
Brian Drew: Your dad drafted me.
Sonny Weaver Jr.: No, Drew, I drafted you. I may have been in San Francisco, but my dad wasn't even looking at you until I told him to.
Brian Drew: Trade me.
Sonny Weaver Jr.: Did you just trash my office?
Brian Drew: Yeah. I'm upset.
Sonny Weaver Jr.: If you're upset, call your agent, all right? Let him have this conversation. That's what he's there for.
Brian Drew: No, Sonny. You're gonna talk to me. Man-to-man. You owe me that.
Sonny Weaver Jr.: I owe you? I drafted you.
Brian Drew: Your dad drafted me.
Sonny Weaver Jr.: No, Drew, I drafted you. I may have been in San Francisco, but my dad wasn't even looking at you until I told him to.
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Sonny Weaver Jr.: Can we talk football? Just football for thirty seconds?
Ali: We can always talk football.
Ali: We can always talk football.
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Sonny Weaver Jr.: Let me tell you something, Vontae, and I don't have a lot of time, so I want you to listen to me carefully, okay? Are you listening?
Vontae Mack: Yeah.
Sonny Weaver Jr.: Don't Twitter. For the love of Jesus, just stop. Delete your profile, get off the web, do not do this to yourself.
Vontae Mack: I don't know why you care what I do. I can do whatever I want, right?
Sonny Weaver Jr.: Of course... of course you can, Vontae. But every GM in the league has now read your tweet or whatever they call them. And they've all made a mental note that Vontae Mack, however prodigiously talented, is a guy who likes to talk, all right? Who likes to spread rumors, who's more than willing to announce to the world any inane thought that passes through his head. And be it your god given right or not, Vontae, GMs hate that shit, all right? We hate it.
Vontae Mack: You made a mistake, Mr. Weaver.
Sonny Weaver Jr.: No, Vontae, I made a deal. And you're gonna be a great player in the NFL if you don't manage to sabotage yourself between now and the end of this day.
Vontae Mack: Yeah.
Sonny Weaver Jr.: Don't Twitter. For the love of Jesus, just stop. Delete your profile, get off the web, do not do this to yourself.
Vontae Mack: I don't know why you care what I do. I can do whatever I want, right?
Sonny Weaver Jr.: Of course... of course you can, Vontae. But every GM in the league has now read your tweet or whatever they call them. And they've all made a mental note that Vontae Mack, however prodigiously talented, is a guy who likes to talk, all right? Who likes to spread rumors, who's more than willing to announce to the world any inane thought that passes through his head. And be it your god given right or not, Vontae, GMs hate that shit, all right? We hate it.
Vontae Mack: You made a mistake, Mr. Weaver.
Sonny Weaver Jr.: No, Vontae, I made a deal. And you're gonna be a great player in the NFL if you don't manage to sabotage yourself between now and the end of this day.
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Coach Penn: Let me see if I've got this right: in the span of one day, you have managed to burn through three years' worth of first round and second round draft picks. Is that correct?
Sonny Weaver Jr.: Yeah.
Coach Penn: I quit, Sonny.
Sonny Weaver Jr.: Don't quit.
Coach Penn: I can't coach a team that doesn't have a future.
Sonny Weaver Jr.: Yeah.
Coach Penn: I quit, Sonny.
Sonny Weaver Jr.: Don't quit.
Coach Penn: I can't coach a team that doesn't have a future.
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Sonny Weaver Jr.: [to his scouts]I am trying real hard not to completely lose my shit on all three of you right now, but you're not making it easy.
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Brian Drew: I've been in this league for eight seasons. I've been to the playoffs. I know the system that Penn wants to run and I know I can make it work. I busted my ass this off-season. I set the bar high. I'm in great shape. I feel 10 years younger. I'm tellin' you, man, I swear to you, the best thing for this team, this season, is me.
Sonny Weaver Jr.: Are you finished?
Brian Drew: No.
Sonny Weaver Jr.: Then get finished. And then get back to work. If I trade you, I trade you. If I don't, I don't. Do yourself a favor. Worry about Brian. Don't worry about Bo. And definitely absolutely goddamn importantly, do not bother me with your shit right now, Brian. I'm workin' here!
Sonny Weaver Jr.: Are you finished?
Brian Drew: No.
Sonny Weaver Jr.: Then get finished. And then get back to work. If I trade you, I trade you. If I don't, I don't. Do yourself a favor. Worry about Brian. Don't worry about Bo. And definitely absolutely goddamn importantly, do not bother me with your shit right now, Brian. I'm workin' here!
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Anthony Molina: Ray, remind me. Where were you picked? First? Second?
Ray Lewis: 26th. It still hurts.
Anthony Molina: Oh. Well, that's good too.
Ray Lewis: 26th. It still hurts.
Anthony Molina: Oh. Well, that's good too.
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Rick the Intern: Like, how did you come up with that?
Sonny Weaver Jr.: I was pissed!
Sonny Weaver Jr.: I was pissed!
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Anthony Molina: You son of a bitch!
Sonny Weaver Jr.: [giving him the nonverbal one minute gesture]Anthony, I need five minutes. Okay? Five minutes, then you can fire me.
Sonny Weaver Jr.: [giving him the nonverbal one minute gesture]Anthony, I need five minutes. Okay? Five minutes, then you can fire me.
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Ali: [advising Sonny]There's no such thing as a sure thing. At the end of the day, the only thing that matters is what you think.
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Sonny Weaver Jr.: You were right about me, Tom. I am a crazy man. So come on, take advantage of it. What are you waiting for?
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[first lines] Chris Berman: Thirty-two teams, seven rounds, 224 young men who, today, are about to become players in the National Football League. A day where lives are changed. fates are decided, dynasties are born, and the clock is always ticking. Of course, I'm talking about... Draft Day.
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Coach Penn: I had my choice of teams to coach, Sonny, and I chose this team, okay? I chose to coach *this* team. Not the team you're putting together in your head, on the fly, 'cause your old man died last week and you're tapping one of your execs.
Sonny Weaver Jr.: What did you just say?
Coach Penn: I'm sorry, is that supposed to be a secret?
Sonny Weaver Jr.: You know, around here, we call my old man? Coach Weaver. And yes, my father died last week. So next time you refer to his name, next time you say it, at least in front of me, you say it with some god damn reverence, because he earned it.
Sonny Weaver Jr.: What did you just say?
Coach Penn: I'm sorry, is that supposed to be a secret?
Sonny Weaver Jr.: You know, around here, we call my old man? Coach Weaver. And yes, my father died last week. So next time you refer to his name, next time you say it, at least in front of me, you say it with some god damn reverence, because he earned it.
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Sonny Weaver Jr.: Yeah, and when your knee crapped out and no one wanted you, I still extended your contract, and I think I even gave you a raise, because I believed in you.
Brian Drew: Then why pick Callahan?
Sonny Weaver Jr.: You know why.
Brian Drew: Then trade me.
Sonny Weaver Jr.: I'm gonna do what's best for the team.
Brian Drew: Then why pick Callahan?
Sonny Weaver Jr.: You know why.
Brian Drew: Then trade me.
Sonny Weaver Jr.: I'm gonna do what's best for the team.
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