Mike's lines
1 quote
Mike
You know, I used to think I was a really great quarterback in high school. Still think so, too. Can't even bring myself to light a cigarette 'cause I keep thinkin' I gotta stay in shape. You know what really gets me, though? I mean, here I am, I gotta live in this stinkin' town, and I gotta read in the newspapers about some hot-shot kid, new star of the college team. Every year, it's gonna be a new one. Every year it's never gonna be me. I'm just gonna be Mike. Twenty year-old Mike. Thirty year-old Mike. Old, mean old man Mike. These college kids out here - they're never gonna get old or out of shape 'cause new ones come along every year. And they're gonna keep calling us 'Cutters'. To them, it's just a dirty word. To me, it's just somethin' else I never got a chance to be.
Scenes with Mike
8 scenes
Mike
They're gonna keep callin' us "cutters." To them, it's just a dirty word. To me, it's just somethin' else I never got a chance to be.
Cyril
Hey! Are you really gonna shave your legs?
Dave
Certo! All the Italians do it.
Mike
Ah. Some country. The women don't shave theirs.
Moocher
Hey, come on in, Dave.
Dave
Nah, I read where this Italian coach said its no good to go swimmin' right after a race.
Mike
Who's swimmin'? I'm takin' a leak.
Mike
That's the place to be right there, Wyoming! Nothin' but prairies and mountains and nobody around. All you need is your bed roll and a good horse.
Cyril
Don't forget your toothbrush! You're still in your cavity-prone years.
Mike
You want to tell me who did it?
Cyril
It was dark... All I can tell your for sure is that they all wore Brut after-shave and reeked of Lavoris.
Mike
[after discovering that the college kids beat Cyril up]
They want a fight, we'll give 'em a fight.
Cyril
We rednecks are few... college paleface students are many. I counsel peace.
Moocher
[watching the college kids on campus]
Sure look like they've got it made.
Mike
That's because they're rich.
Dave
Italians are poor, but they're happy.
Mike
Yeah? Maybe in Italy.
Mike
The only thing I'm afraid of is wastin' the rest of my life with you guys!
Cyril
I thought that was the whole plan. That we were going to waste the rest of our lives together.
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