Friday Night Lights quotes

Tami

Where're you gonna go?

Tyra

California.

Tami

What are you gonna do in California without a high school education?

Tyra

I'm taking my GED

Tami

Listen, I know. I was just like you. I was the pretty girl in school. I was terrible at math. I got myself through it.

Tyra

I don't wanna be you Mrs. Taylor. [Tami laughs] I don't want to stay here, stuck in this small town, in a job like this, married to a coach.

Tami

Tyra, it's your choice. If you wanna go off and take the GED, fine, but you better bring me proof that you did it, otherwise, you are taking Algebra with Mr. Wendell next semester.

Tyra

Fine.

Matt

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

Tim

[at a pep rally] Waste of friggin' time, huh?

Lyla

Look, I know you hate me right now, and I understand

Tim

I don't hate you, Lyla. It'd be a lot easier if I did.

Lyla

I don't know how to talk to you when you're like this. I mean, God it's not even 7 o'clock and you can barely stand. You can blame me if you want, Tim. You can blame the whole world for all I care, but if you think being drunk all the time is gonna make this any easier, you're wrong. It's not cool or charming. It's just pathetic and gross and I feel sorry for you. I really do.

Tim

Lyla.

Lyla

I think you should come.

Jason

I don't know. I still don't know if I'm ready to face everybody yet. You know, it's embarrassing being the center of attention and all.

Lyla

Like you're not used to that.

Jason

Well, for football maybe, but not for being hurt. I mean, come on, it's like “Hey everybody come check out the freak show, don't feed the animals”.

Lyla

It's not like that. People just want to see you, you know? I miss you.

Jason

Is that right?

Lyla

Mmm-hmm.

All right, listen up! Listen, now. Y'all ought to be real proud of yourselves. That was a hell of an effort tonight. That was a hell of a game. I don't know how in the hell, he did, or where he came from to do, or what have you, but I know who this game ball goes to. [hands football to Tim Riggins] That was one hell of a game. All of y'all, that was one hell of a game!

Smash

Hey look, y'all keep tryin', but you ain't gon' catch me.

'Roid' Williams [referring to him as taking steroids to run faster.]

Smash

Hey, don't hate, accelerate!

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.

Jason

I gotta ask you something.

Lyla

Okay.

Jason

Is there something happening between you and Riggins, Lyla?

Lyla

No! Why would you even say that Jason?

Jason

‘Cause I saw you in the parking lot the other night.

Lyla

You saw us. Doing what?

Jason

I don't know. No--Nothing I guess.

Lyla

That's crazy. I love you. Jason, you know that don't you?

Jason

I do. I just had to ask. I'm sorry.

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.

Jason

[about playing quad rugby] I'm ready. I told you I'm ready.

Jason, you're not ready.

Jason

Phil come on. Everyday it's about how--how great my progress has been, how unusual I am. What's the worse that could happen, huh? I fall out of my chair and break my neck, oh wait that already happened didn't it.

You could tear your rotator cuff. You can get a concussion. Worst case scenario, your fusion's still healing. You don't seem to know what that means so let me spell it out for you. Those little bits of bone are all that's protecting your spinal cord at your injury site. You know how you can use your hands, screw up your fusion, no more grip, then what? I want you to think long and hard about this before you do it.

All right, listen up. I'm supposed to give you some fatherly and wise advice at this time in your life. Listen up, if you're wondering if a boy's thinking about you, he's not. He's thinking about sex or he's hungry, those are the only two options.

Julie

Are you trying to be funny?

No, I'm not finished, listen to me. Boys think about sex every single minute of the day. That's what they do, that's why they lie. They're gonna leave you waiting around for them to call and they won't call. They're gonna be cruel and they're gonna be misleading, and your mother wanted me to add this, that by in large football players are the worst offenders, however, I think that it pretty much crosses all lines.

Julie

Are you done?

You are beautiful, you are sensitive, you are sweet and I don't want to see you get hurt.

Julie

I love you too, dad.

You're a lousy ping-pong player, though.

Lyla

I'm sorry. There are no words that can ever express that, but I am so sorry. Please.

Jason

Did you have sex with him? How many times?

Lyla

Jason, please.

Jason

Oh come on, how many?... You can go.

Tami

It's becoming a thing. I mean, it's a thing. And you know what thing it is, it's that thing that we always knew was going to happen to our little girl. It's that thing--that thing's happening now.

Well, at least she's not interested in a serial killer, or one of the Riggins.

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.