“Bull Durham” quotes
(1988)
Title Bull Durham
Year 1988
Director Ron Shelton
Genre Comedy, Romance, Sport
Year 1988
Director Ron Shelton
Genre Comedy, Romance, Sport
Plot – Annie Savoy is a teacher who considers baseball as a "religion". She has a great passion for it: every year when the championship starts, she selects an athlete to train him personally. The local team 'Bull Durham' is very important to her but it is in a low raking position. When Bull Durham's managers purchase a new athlete to make him a professional player, Ebby LaLoosh, they call a baseball veteran to train him.
All actors – Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Trey Wilson, Robert Wuhl, William O'Leary, David Neidorf, Danny Gans, Tom Silardi, Lloyd T. Williams, Rick Marzan, George Buck, Jenny Robertson, Gregory Avellone, Garland Bunting, Robert Dickman, Timothy Kirk, Don Davis, Stephen Ware, Tobi Eshelman, C.K. Bibby, Henry G. Sanders, Antoinette Forsyth, Shirley Anne Ritter, Pete Bock, Alan Mejia, Max Patkin, Sid Akins, Craig Brown, Wes Currin, Butch Davis, Paul Devlin, Jeff Greene, Kelly Heath, Mo Johnson, Tim Kirk, Todd Kopeznski, John Lovingood, Eddie Matthews, Alan Paternoster, Bill Robinson, Dean Robinson, Tom Schultz, Sam Veraldi, El Chico Williams, , Mark Jeffrey Miller, David M. Potter, Rachel Singer
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“Baseball may be a religion full of magic, cosmic truth, and the fundamental ontological riddles of our time, but it's also a job.”
“- Clubhouse reporter: So how does it feel to get your first professional win?
- Ebby Calvin 'Nuke' LaLoosh: It feels out there. I mean, it's a major rush. I mean, it feels radical in kind of a tubular sort of way, but most of all, it feels out there.”“Your shower shoes have fungus on them. You'll never make it to the bigs with fungus on your shower shoes. Think classy, you'll be classy.”
“The world is made for people who aren't cursed with self awareness.”
“- Annie Savoy: Aren't I pretty?
- Ebby Calvin 'Nuke' LaLoosh: God, I think you're real cute.
- Annie Savoy: Cute? Baby ducks are cute, I hate cute! I want to be exotic, and mysterious!”“Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls, it's more democratic.”
“He's just your father, man… he's as full of shit as anybody.”
“I believe in the Church of Baseball. I've tried all the major religions, and most of the minor ones. I've worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, trees, mushrooms, and Isadora Duncan. I know things. For instance, there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there are 108 stitches in a baseball.”
“I gave Jesus a chance. But it just didn't work out between us. The Lord laid too much guilt on me. I prefer metaphysics to theology. You see, there's no guilt in baseball, and it's never boring,”
“Nobody on this planet ever really chooses each other. I mean, it's all a question of quantum physics, molecular attraction, and timing. Why? There are laws we don't understand that bring us together and tear us apart.”
“This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains.”
“- Ebby Calvin 'Nuke' LaLoosh: The other day Crash called a woman's pu... pussy... um, well, you know how the hair is kind of in a V-shape?
- Annie Savoy: Yes, I do.
- Ebby Calvin 'Nuke' LaLoosh: Well, he called it the Bermuda Triangle. He said that a man could get lost in there and never be heard from again.”“Making love is like hitting a baseball: you just gotta relax and concentrate.”
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