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Quotables #68: Gridiron Talk
With the American football season heating up, we've decided to put the Quotables spotlight on some pigskin favorites. All of the following quotes or snippets of dialogue revolve around the world of football. Your job is to guess what movies they're from.

Coach: This is where they fought the battle of Gettysburg. Fifty thousand men died right here on this field, fighting the same fight that we are still fighting among ourselves today. This green field right here, painted red, bubblin' with the blood of young boys. Smoke and hot lead pouring right through their bodies. Listen to their souls, men. I killed my brother with malice in my heart. Hatred destroyed my family. You listen, and you take a lesson from the dead. If we don't come together right now on this hallowed ground, we too will be destroyed, just like they were. I don't care if you like each other or not, but you will respect each other. And maybe... I don't know, maybe we'll learn to play this game like men.
Movie 1:
Groundskeeper: Hey, kid! You're not supposed to be here!
Player: Hey, this place is really somethin' else, huh? Someday, I'm gonna come out of that tunnel, and I'm gonna run onto this field.
Groundskeeper: Well, it ain't gonna be this day.
Player: I'm here to play football for the Irish!
Groundskeeper: Coach Parseghian know about it?
Player: No... not yet.
Groundskeeper: Well, maybe you best tell him first.
Movie 2:
Coach: I want you to take a moment, and I want you to look each other in the eyes. I want you to put each other in your hearts forever because forever is about to happen here in just a few minutes. I want you to close your eyes, and I want you to think about Boobie Miles, who is your brother. And he would die to be out there in that field with you tonight. And I want you to put that in your hearts. Boys, my heart is full. My heart is full.
Movie 3:
Warden: How do you think we'd do against the pros?
Player: That team against the pros?
Warden: Yeah.
Player: Well, you'd have a real problem.
Warden: Well, how do you think we'd do against the cons?
Movie 4:
Player: In America, we have laws. Laws against killing, laws against stealing. And it is just accepted that as a member of American society, you will live by these laws. In West Canaan, Texas, there is another society which has its own laws. Football is a way of life.
Movie 5:

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