Coach Taylor quotes from Friday Night Lights

Go ahead say what's on your mind.

Vince

First of all you didn't ask me about how I felt about Jess being on the team. And this shirt and tie? Whatever high standards you're looking for, this ain't it.

Close that door. When I first met you, you were climbing out of a police car. People said you were a punk and you'd never last on the field.

Vince

Screw that.I work hard for everything.

I know that and you oughta be proud of that. I am. Your teammates are proud of you. It's about character. It's about striving to be better than everybody else.

Vince

Coach, my dad just got out of prison. He's staying with me at my house. And I can't stand him. My mom she asked me to forgive him, to be better. And you're asking me to be better. I don't know how to be better because he never taught me how! He never taught me to be better! He's not around. And I'm supposed to be better!?

Listen to me. I said you need to strive to be better than everyone else. I didn't say you needed to be better than everyone else. But you gotta try. That's what character is. It's in the trying.

You know the way we're gonna run the play? The way we're gonna do it, right?

Vince

Your way.

That's right. The right way.

Tami

[about Julie] She's humiliated and ashamed.

She better be!

Tami

Our daughter is broken right now. She needs our compassion.

It's come to my attention that all of you branded yourselves with - what was it? A salad fork?

Hastings

It was a hanger, sir. Mr. Kingmaker, sir.

Tami

Let's have a barbecue.

What?

Tami

Let's have a morale building barbecue.

You said it. I didn't say anything.

Jess

Coach I was wondering if you'd write me a recommendation for this thing at Baylor.

At Baylor? Ah, sure, write something up and leave it on my desk.

Jess

But Coach, I can't recommend myself.

Sure you can.

Jess

Are you sure that's legal?

Sure, sure.

You feel that? There are about 5,000 people out there and they wanna take your dream away from you. You gonna let them take this dream away from us?

NO, SIR.

Are you gonna let our dreams be taken away?!

NO, SIR.

As one, gentlemen. Dear Lord, please allow these young men to safely pursue the height of their excellence tonight, and as a family, allow them to achieve their goals with the gifts with which you have blessed us. Amen.

AMEN.

Now, let's go kick some ass!

Tami

They'd like to replace the current dean with me and I would like to do it.

Well that's in Philadelphia.

Tami

Yeah.

That's a long commute.

Tami

We'd have to move there.

We live in Texas.

Jess

I'm moving to Dallas after this semester so I won't be joining your super team after all. Being a part of the Lions has been the greatest experience of my life.

I think it's been mine too.

You may never know how proud I am of you.

Vince

You changed my life, Coach.

[to Tami] I turned the contract down. I want to go to Philadelphia.

Tami

What? Are you sure babe?

Will you take me to Philadelphia with you, please?