Matt Saracen quotes from Friday Night Lights

Matt

[to Coach Taylor] I think I might have been confused between what was right for the team, and what... and what was right.

Matt

I gotta get up there in front of everybody and say good stuff about this man. And all I really want to say is 'Here lies Henry Saracen, his mother annoyed him, his wife couldn't stand him and he didn't want to be a dad so he took off to be in the army because that's the only way he could come up with to get out of here and ditch all your responsibilities and no one could call you out on it and that worked out great so you just decided to enlist four more times and that ended up getting you killed and now here you are. And all you left behind is a mother with dementia, a divorced wife and a son that delivers pizza. Thank you for coming 100 people I do not know.' You know what the worst part is? Even if I did get up and say all that I don't even know if I'm saying it to him because I don't know what's in that damn box. It's a closed casket-- might be someone else, someone funnier or a bunch of rocks.

I'll tell you somethin'. I know you didn't want me to step foot in your house tonight. I'll tell you somethin' else and don't you ever forget this. You should feel proud. You should feel real proud.

Matt

Yes, sir.

This is all yours for the takin'. Depends on how much you want it. It's yours for the takin'. The other night you played for a few minutes. Tomorrow, four quarters. You can't be distracted by anything. You're gonna have a lot of distractions. You're gonna have our fans, their fans. You got the band. You got the cheerleaders with their pretty young-shaped legs bouncing up and down. You got a job to do. Nothing else.

Saracen. I need you to work a little bit harder. You need to learn this offense, son. You need to know this offense in your mind, in your body. You need to know this offense so well that your children are gonna know this offense in their own DNA. Do you understand me? Do you understand?

Matt

Yes sir

All right, go on.

Landry

The problem is, is that they keep comparing you to Jason Street. I mean, that's like comparing my music to the Red Hot Chili Peppers or something. I'm not the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I mean, I'm my own thing. I'm not any better or any worse. It's just different.

Matt

[deadpan] You're definitely a whole lot worse.

You got a girlfriend?

Matt

Uh, no, sir.

Do you have someone you're interested in?

Matt

Uh...sort, sort of

Sort of. Forget about sort of. You know what? Take her out. You understand me?

Matt

Sir?

Dinner, movies, get her in the backseat of your car. I don't care, whatever, but I'm telling you, you need to get loose out there. You're wound up tighter then a rubber band out there, son.

Matt

Yes, sir.

Good. So tomorrow, you come to practice loose and focused.

Matt

Loose and focused. Yes, sir

Get out of here.

Matt

Yes..yes, sir, sorry. Thanks coach.

You're welcome.

Julie

So, do you think you're gonna start?

Matt

Uh..I don't know. Well, that's the coach's decision. You know, whatever he decides, I'm there for. But I've been working hard so I'm ready, I feel good about it. I just---you know whatever he feels is best for the team, that's--that's what I'm ready to do, so...

Julie

Dude, you need to chill out. I'm not ESPN.

Julie

H-Hey.

Matt

Hey, wh-what's going on?

Julie

Not much, is this the safe zone?

Matt

Yeah, I know. These people are crazy.

Julie

So, it must feel pretty good winning the big homecoming game and all.

Matt

Will you go on a date with me?

Julie

Umm.

Matt

Maybe, or not, I mean--I just thought I'd throw that out there. But it's, it's probably a bad idea.

Landry

Matt, that's the thing. You're not listening to me. If you look at a girl like a geometry proof the answer is just right in front of you. It's your job to find the missing variable. You gotta solve for x.

Matt

Yeah, um, that's actually algebra.

Landry

That's actually not the point.

Matt

Have you, um, you haven't maybe thought about um, maybe, what I, what I asked you the other night about maybe going out.

Julie

Uh, yeah, yeah. I'm considering.

Matt

Considering.

Julie

I-I just--

Matt

No, no. That's great.

Julie

[about Coach Taylor] Don't worry. He's all bark and no bite. Most of the time. How about uh you come over tomorrow night?

Matt

I mean, is that gonna be OK with your Mom and your Dad? ‘Cause I don't know--if...

Julie

Matt, you gotta get out of that mindset, otherwise, he's just gonna squash this, whatever--whatever this is.

Smash

How about it, QB1? Think you can get the V-chip out of Julie before I can work my magic?

Matt

I think you should shut up.

Smash

Oh, come on, man. What, you afraid of a little bet or something?

Matt

I think it's a good time to stop talking.

Landry

You know what it is? He's probably all messed up from the war. That's exactly what it--he's gone war crazy with Operation Freedom flashbacks and stuff.

Julie

He's not war crazy. He's just--He should see you play, I mean, if you get him to one of the games he'll understand what all of the fuss is about.

Matt

Yeah, I guess, maybe.

Julie

Well is he gonna help you get some in-home care for your grandma?

Matt

Well, yeah, he's gonna straighten all of that out. I mean--I mean, really, this is a perfect time for him to come home because clearly I can't get it done.

Julie

Hey.

Matt

Hey.

Julie

So, what are you doing out here?

Matt

Honestly, I was just kinda wishing that Arnett Mead loses to Buckley and then we get to go the playoffs then I don't have to spend everyday of the rest of my life wondering what if as I punch into the feed store.

Matt

Um, did, uh, did you finish your book?

Julie

I did. What'd you do last night?

Matt

Uh, nothing, I, I just you know, I just went out to work and then I went home.

Julie

I saw the calendar.

Matt

Wh--What?

Julie

A bunch of the rally girls were passing around this morning.

Matt

No, see they totally kidnapped me like, like with Riggins the other night. But nothing happened, so it's--it's but nothing happened at all.

Julie

Why'd you lie about it?