Earl quotes from Touched by an Angel

Monica

It seems to me that encouragement goes a lot farther with a person than yelling.

Coach Earl

Losers get encouragement. Winners get coached. [To his team] C'mon, guys.

Monica

That's funny. I thought you caught a lot more fleas with honey.

Tess

[whispers] Flies.

Monica

Flies.

Earl

You gotta drink what you toast or it doesn't work.

Monica

[Holding a bottle of Tabasco sauce] Coach, don't tell me you're superstitious.

Tess

Malicious is more like it.

Earl

They let down their guard for one minute or they got sloppy for an instant, that's the opening the enemy is waiting for and bingo! They're dead.

Monica

But this is baseball. These are kids playing against kids, not the enemy.

Earl

No difference. Today it's baseball. Someday it'll be something else. Kids gotta learn to fight to win in a job or..

Monica

Or in a war?.... So that's how it happened. In a war. You got sloppy and you got hurt. Are you really trying to save these kids from the same thing? Or do you just need someone to pay for it?

Earl

You know, until last night, I was afraid of this. Dying.

Monica

Until last night, you weren't really living.