The Phenom (2016)
Paul Giamatti: Dr. Mobley
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Quotes
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Hopper Gibson : [in speaking of a baseball player who committed suicide] Is there a name for what he had?
Dr. Mobley : Yeah, plenty of names, but, uh, I don't subscribe to any of those.
Hopper Gibson : Why not?
Dr. Mobley : Don't want to legitimatize it. This' a passing thing for you; and, you give it a name, it might wanna stick around.
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Dr. Mobley : We can make things be the way we want them to be in our head... so the pain isn't too much... and that's very different from lying.
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Hopper Gibson : My dad always told me, "No emotions on the mound."
Dr. Mobley : So you can't show emotion on the mound.
Hopper Gibson : No.
Dr. Mobley : Were you, uh, allowed to show emotion OFF the mound?
Hopper Gibson : I was NEVER off the mound. I was taught you're ALWAYS on the mound.
Dr. Mobley : Right.
Hopper Gibson : ALWAYS on the mound. You're always supposed to outfox your opponent, you know?
Dr. Mobley : Your "opponent."
Hopper Gibson : Your opponent, yeah.
Dr. Mobley : Who's... who's the opponent off the mound?
Hopper Gibson : Everyone. Everyone outside of your family. Yeah.
Dr. Mobley : Must be pretty hard to talk to me, then.