"Cool Runnings" means "Peace Be The Journey."
Sanka Coffie
Doug E. Doug · 39 quotes
Derice
Leon · 23 quotes
Irv Blitzer
John Candy · 17 quotes
Yul Brenner
Malik Yoba · 13 quotes
Junior
Rawle D. Lewis · 11 quotes
Josef Grool
Peter Outerbridge · 3 quotes
Joy
Bertina Macauley · 3 quotes
Olympic Announcer
3 quotes
Most scenes together: Sanka Coffie & Derice (17), Yul Brenner & Junior (8), Sanka Coffie & Irv Blitzer (6)
Cool Runnings quotes
Page 1 of 5Ah Blitzy, are you going to tuck them in too?
Hey Blitzer, why don't you put some training wheels on that sled?
Momma Coffie
Everybody shut up, my boy's on TV!
Old Man
I'll pay a dollar to shut up!
[on the aftermath of the first run]
Well, thank goodness, for a minute there I didn't think they would get all four of them in. And THAT could have been a disaster.
That's a hair faster than the Swiss.
Oh, so a bobsled is a pushcart with no wheels.
Let me see that, [Derice hands Sanka the book] Alright... "The key elements for a successful sled team are a steady driver and three strong runners to push off down the ice..." ICE? [to Derice] Ice!
Well... it's kind of a winter sport, ya know?
You mean winter, as in ICE?
Maybe.
You mean winter, as in igloos and Eskimos and penguins and ICE?
Possibly.
Where you going?
I'm going to take a hot bath, I'm getting cold just thinking about all this ice.
No man, you're going to be part of my bobsled team.
What do you need me for?
Who is the best pushcart driver in all of Jamaica?
You're looking at him!
Then you gotta do it?
NO!
Hey man, you could be famous, you could have your picture on a Wheaties box. But you said no and that's alright because I don't need ya, everybody is gonna want to be on my bobsled team.
Look Star, let tell you a little somethin', alright? When you need somethin' from me, you don't have to hand me a bunch of lines. All you have to do is look at me in the eye and say, "Sanka, you are my best friend, we been through a whole heap together and I really, really need you."
Sanka, you right, and you are my best friend, and we been through a whole lot together...
Heap, heap.
Sorry man, whole heap together.
"And I really, really need you."
And I really really need you.
...Forget it!
But you just said if I said that, mon...
Alright, alright, alright, alright, mon.
[They hug.]
I can't believe the trials are finally here.
Are you nervous?
I'm not nervous, I'm ready. I've been ready for this day my whole life. I don't care how fast they run, I'm gonna run faster. I don't care how much they want it, I want it more. I'm going to the Olympics baby, I can feel it. I'm going to win the gold.
Derice, are you nervous?
I'm terrified!
I can't believe your still cold man.
Cold?! I'm freezing my royal Rastafarian nay-nays off!
I'm not worried and we have good coach.
Larry I hate to say it but uh, you've got to wake up, Coach Blitzer is what's killing you. He's been useless since the day he was busted.
Whatcha mean busted?
Larry The '72 Games, guy hid weights in the front of the sled to make it go faster.
So what? It's no big deal.
Larry Having your gold medals taken away for cheating is a big deal!
Coach Irv
[sees the conversation]
Derice, let's go, we got a big meeting. [Derice leaves, then Irv speaks to Larry] Giving my kid a few pointers, Larry?
Larry Your kid's gonna need all the help he can get...[marches up to Irv] Coach.
Mr. Coolidge please, you have to run the race over.
Mr. Coolidge I'm sorry Derice, nothing can be done.
But I was born to compete in the Olympics.
Mr. Coolidge Then you'll have to work on your boxing or cycling. Those are the only other two sports in which Jamaica competes.
I am not a boxer, I am a runner. And it wasn't fair.
Mr. Coolidge It rarely is my boy, it rarely is.
Please Mr. Blitzer, just give me a chance. If I don't have what it takes we'll forget the whole thing.
Believe me kid, you do not have what it takes.
But you thought my father did.
Your father was one of the toughest competitors I ever saw. He ran the hundred meters in 10 flat.
Well I'll run it in 9.9.
Sanka, whatcha smokin man?
I'm not smoking, I'm breathing.
Sanka, you dead?
Yeah man.
You can pee now.
Oooh, too late...