Fast Break (1979)

Gabe Kaplan: David Greene

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• David Greene : All I'm asking you to do is give the boy another chance. Sports is his life. You know, the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.

  Ms. Tidwell : I've never known the thrill of victory.

• [Coach Greene has asked his team manager Howard to find some leverage to induce Bo Winnegar, coach of the top-ten ranked Nevada State basketball team, to play a game against his unknown Cadwallader University squad] 

  David Greene : Howard, we got their attention! What have you got for me?

  [Receives a dossier in a manila folder] 

  David Greene : Very professional; what, kind of a project?

  Howard : Coach, the man is as pure as Ivory snow! I checked him out from the time he was born, I tailed him for a week, I put a bug on his telephone...

  David Greene : What?

  Howard : You said he was the enemy! He has no mistress, that's for sure; no one-night-stands, no problems at home. He does have one daughter so I thought we might hire some young stud to hit on her! Not good, though. She's married, she's got three kids, she's not having any affairs. Neither is Bo's wife; I checked her out completely. You know, they have been married for thirty-five years? So I thought what I'd do is hire some hooker to hit on Bo, you know, but it would cost a few dollars, so I thought I should speak to you.

  David Greene : You put a bug on his phone?

  Howard : Yeah. You want to pay the money?

  David Greene : No, Howard, I don't want to pay money for any hooker! Hell, you put a bug on his phone?

  Howard : Yeah. You want me to keep on top of that?

  David Greene : Yeah, Howard, no more hookers or bugs on phones, but keep on top of it, okay?

  Howard : I have some other things...

  David Greene : Yeah, all right.

  [as Howard leaves] 

  David Greene : Howard. What's your major?

  Howard : Political science.

• David Greene : If you want to play good basketball, you've got to remember one thing: your head has got to be like a sponge.

  Hustler : A sponge?

  David Greene : Yeah, sponge, Hustler. You've got to remember things. When you do something right, remember what it was; when you do something wrong, you've got to remember not to do it wrong anymore.