Mama Williams quotes from Friday Night Lights

Tyra

What are you, a shrink?

Oh, I'd be nice. I work at Planned Parenthood. You probably haven't seen the last of me.

Smash

You move us to Dillon to get us out the ghetto, or to get us away from Dad?

You don't know what you're talking about.

Smash

No, I really want to bring it up. Like we--we should talk about this.

You need to shut your mouth.

Smash

Mama, I'm serious--

Take your smart mouth and your plate and get away from my table. You don't talk to me like that.

Where you going?

Smash

To my room! I'm going to my room!

You better lower your voice boy, your sisters are sleeping.

Smash

How could you be so stupid?

You better watch your mouth.

Smash

How could you go to Coach? Do you realize what you did? If he goes to the Athletic Commission I'm gone, I'm off the team forever. My scholarships, oh yeah, all them letters they've been sending me, they don't mean nothing now, they worthless--gone, all gone. You ruined my life Mama.

No, son, I'm trying to save it. You wanna know why I went to your Coach?

Smash

Please tell me.

‘Cause I didn't want to think that you were dumb enough to do something so stupid on your own.

You quitting football to try and make a point about racism in a small Texas town, that ain't the "Million Man March" You are seventeen and you got a brilliant future ahead of you and I'm not gonna sit here and watch you throw it away trying to teach a lesson to a bunch of fools. You know how you get back at people that think like Mac McGill. You get back on that team. You play like the star that you are and you get recruited by an A-list University, go on and get your degree. Now you get up from here, get you something to eat, get your butt in the bed 'cause you're going to that game tomorrow.

Smash

What about everybody who said they weren't gonna play?

You a leader honey, they'll follow you.