Coach Taylor quotes from Friday Night Lights

Julie

I've been moving around my entire life, and for the first time...it just felt like I was at home. And..and..I know going to Austin and being some college football coach is your dream. But I have dreams too...and they're coming true right here.

I hear ya...

We done fighting?

Tami

Uh huh.

I love you. I respect you. I am proud of you. I am in love with you completely. I'm sorry for the way all this happened. [pause] I'll tell you what, though. Austin is going to be good to this family.

Tami

I know it is. But, baby, I'm not going to Austin. I can't leave here now.

Sunday. Big championship game. How you feeling?

Matt

Good, I'm feelin' good.

Yeah, you think you're ready?

Matt

Yeah!

You think he's ready?

Jason

I don't think he's ready.

I'm not thinking you're ready either.

Jason

I'm thinking that if he plays up in Dallas like he played last Friday night, they're gonna eat him for breakfast.

That's pretty much what I'm thinking.

Jason

I think they're gonna squash him.

Pretty much like a bug.

Jason

Like a flea, Saracen.

So I don't want you restin' on your laurels, you understand me?

Jason

You don't have any laurels, Saracen.

Not a damn laurel. Here's what's gonna happen: You're gonna be workin' with Jason here.

Matt

Okay.

You're gonna do everything Jason tells you to. And you're gonna do it 'cause Jason has my blessing. So if he tells you to jump off a cliff, I want you to jump off that cliff. Now you tell me: Saracen, why are you gonna jump off that cliff?

Matt

'Cause, 'cause he has your blessing?

That's exactly right! [To Jason] You have any problems, you let me know.

Jason

Thank you, coach.

Have a good day, son. [Leaves the office]

Matt

All right, coach.

Jason

What are you still standing there for, Saracen? Go finish your weights, finish your program. Get your plays. Meet me in the film room for lunch. And get used to that because we're gonna be havin' an awful lot of meals together.

Matt

Well, actually I usually have lunch with Julie.

Jason

I'll take care of Julie for you, don't worry about it. I'll give her a nice call and tell her there's a new girl in town. And that girl is me! Thank you, Saracen. Hit the weights.

Matt

Okay. Great.

Let start tonight with... Smash. Now what is there to say about Smash? There's nothing to say about him, I don't think, that he hasn't already said about himself.

Smash

I'm in on it, now you got me on that, Coach. You got me on that.

Tomorrow, every seat in this stadium is gonna be filled up. It's what we've been waiting for. It's what we've been working so hard for. Does it get better than this?

No, sir.

Oh, hell, I don't think it does. Soak it in.

[to Smash after he insulted Matt] You watch your mouth! What the hell do you think you're doing?

Matt

He's just doing the same thing you did.

I'm sorry?

Matt

You just used us as a stepping stone to get to TMU and when that didn't work out you came back thinking we'd be happy to have you. It's kinda like what your daughter did with the Polish, Swedish kid, whatever the hell he is.

Tami

Wanna fool around?

Do you?

Tami

Mm-yeah.

I don't sense a true commitment from that.

Tell you something, coaches and players, they learn from each other. It goes both ways. You lift up everyone around you. A powerful gift earned. I hope I didn't let you down.

Jason

[grins] No, you didn't let me down, Coach.

[Seracen has thrown a wide pass to Riggins, who runs it towards the goal line] Tim Riggins could go all the way!

HOLY COW!

[screaming in disbelief] HEY... WHOA!

You see that? YOU SEE THAT! All you gotta do is take him down!

Get offa me! Get offa me! That's all it takes to take somebody down! Ya stick 'em!

You can say goodbye to playoffs!

Hey can I have a word alone in here, please?

Thank you much. So what the hell was that? Don, what the hell was that?! You know what I think? I think you owe this school an apology, is what I think. And not only that, you owe the players over there an apology, that's what I think!

I got it.

You got what?! What is it you got, Don? What's it all about? I've done everything I can! This school has reached out... it has opened its arms to you!

[quietly] You don't know what I'm going through.

No, I don't know what you're going through. But you know what? For two weeks now, we have done everything we can to help you out over here. I've been puttin' up with two weeks... why don't you share with me!

My wife's got three months to live... and I don't have a game plan for that.

I'm not using that as an excuse... please know that. [near tears] I do owe you an apology. You tell Riggins... he's a fine player... and I am deeply sorry for what I've done to him. I don't know what I'm gonna do... not gonna be coaching anytime soon.

I'm very sorry.

Thanks.

I jumped to conclusions. I'm well aware of what happened the other night. I apologize. I was wrong.

Tim Riggins

It's fine, coach.

No, it's not fine.I couldn't have mishandled it any worse, and I apologize. The last couple weeks have been giving you hell. And not once, have you come to me and complained. And then... Then you got it where you protected my daughter, and you're not letting me think bad of her. And again, you don't say a word. Not a word. And I'll tell you something, not as a coach, but as a father... You realize what an honorable thing that is? That is very honorable.

Tim Riggins

Thank you, sir.

All right. Rest this weekend.

Tim Riggins

Will do, coach.

[yelling] You know how many people depend on you to make good decisions? Huh? Do you have any idea? Your grandmother, your friends, your teammates. You better start making them, you better stop being so damn selfish, you hear me?

Matt

Shut up! Just shut up! You don't care about me, you left me for a better job, your daughter left me for a better guy, Carlotta left me for Guatemala, my dad left me for a damn war. Everybody leaves me. What's wrong with me?

There is nothing wrong with you. There is nothing wrong with you at all.

So, you're saying Matt Saracen is your man.

That is very much what I'm saying. Matt Saracen, whether he is on the field or off the field, whatever you throw at that young man, he can handle.

[trying to reassure a worried Matt who's been watching J.D. practice] You listen to me. That is not my quarterback, you are my quarterback. You understand that? I want you concentrating on Friday night. You go out there and you play with what we've taught you and what you know everything is gonna go just fine.

Matt

Yes, sir.

There's no doubt that J.D. McCoy, he wins when it comes to physical skills. I understand that. Hell, he's got the best arm of any high school quarterback I've ever seen. And that includes Jason Street. And then you've got Matt. Hell, Matt's got the experience. He's got three seasons under his belt. The team knows how to play with Matt. I know what I've got with Matt Saracen.

Tami

That's a hard decision, babe.

After everything that kid's been through, I bench him half way through his senior year? It'll kill him.

Tami

I know. And he's like family.

I can't make a decision based on that.