“Blinders” quotes from Friday Night Lights

Coach Mac

Smash for quarterback?

Yeah.

Coach Mac

I believe Smash is better suited for the position he's in.

How do you mean?

Coach Mac

Well, guys like Smash and Baxter and even Voodoo they got a natural gift for running the ball

All three are Black, are you saying this gift has something to do with their skin color?

Coach Mac

What I'm saying Karen is and I'm saying in a good way, is that guys like Smash are--are fearless, they‘re dangerous. They're like a junkyard dogs. I mean, you want them carrying the ball. You want them tearing up turf out there.

So let me get this straight, Whites like Saracen make better quarterbacks because they are inherently smarter.

Coach Mac

You wanna put it that way, you could. Now, I'm not saying that all Black guys are dumb, just saying they got diff...

Mac, I need to talk to you.

Coach Mac

Well, all right. You're telling me that you think Matt Saracen has as much natural ability as a Smash?

You know what I'm telling you, what I'm telling you is that it's not too damn smart to be making generalizations about people's abilities based on their color. Think about that. That's what I'm saying.

Coach Mac

All right. What's done is done. No apology's gonna change that.

I'm not making a request.

[after Julie came home late] No, no, look at me. Please don't do this. Don't break our trust. Don't take our trust from us. Please.

Julie

I'm sorry; today's just been really...really kind of a crappy day. Matt's been yelling at me all day about...stupid quarterback stuff.

Matt Saracen's got you at quarterback? Wait honey. Hey, come here. What do you mean he's got you at quarterback?

Coach Mac

What I perceive other then football is none of your business.

Smash

Whoa, I'm just trying to have a dialogue.

Coach Mac

Well, you save your dialoguing for your mommy.

Smash

Now, wait a minute, you said--

Coach Mac

No, you wait a minute son. You wait just a minute. I've been here for 27 years, and I am not about to be interrogated by some too big for his britches teenager, you got me?

Smash

What the hell you mean too big for my britches, Mac? You the one saying--

Coach Mac

This is done. This is over. I am done with this. I am done. Look, if I hear you whining or anybody else whining about this anymore. You're gonna be warming your ass on the bench Friday night, you got me?

Smash

Oh, no, you can't do that.

Coach Mac

Oh I can, yeah and I will. I'm tired of this crap.