Cool Runnings (1993) · 73 quotes
2nd most-quoted character in Cool Runnings (1993): in 23 of its 73 quotes
Most scenes with: Sanka Coffie (17), Irv Blitzer (5), Junior (3)
Who's the captain of our crew? Who's a friend to me and you? Kinda nice, good lookin', too! Sanka, Sanka, yeah Sanka!
Ha ha ha ha, now get back to work!
Derice Who's the big hot bag of air? Who doesn't have to comb his hair? Who doesn't bathe, and doesn't care? Sanka! Sanka! Yeah, Sanka!
Derice Sanka, you dead?
Yeah man, oooh.
Derice I can't believe the trials are finally here.
Are you nervous?
Derice 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?
Derice I'm terrified!
Derice Mr. Coolidge please, you have to run the race over.
I'm sorry Derice, nothing can be done.
Derice But I was born to compete in the Olympics.
Then you'll have to work on your boxing or cycling. Those are the only other two sports in which Jamaica competes.
Derice I am not a boxer, I am a runner. And it wasn't fair.
It rarely is my boy, it rarely is.
Derice Thats a bobsled.
Oh, so a bobsled is push-cart with no wheels.
Derice Thats what it looks like here.
"Let me see that...Alright, the key elements to a successful sled team are a steady driver, and three strong runners to push off down the ice." ICE? Ice?
Derice Well, it's kind of a winter sport, you know.
You mean winter, as in ice?
Derice Maybe.
You mean winter, as in igloos and eskimos and penguins and ICE?
Derice Possibly.
See ya.
Derice Where you going?
I'm going to take a hot bath, I'm getting cold just thinking about all this ice.
Look star, let me tell you a little something alright. When you need something 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 and we have been through a whole heap together and I really, really need you."
Derice Sanka alright, and you are my best friend, and we've been through a whole lot together.
Heap, heap!
Derice Sorry man, whole heap together.
And I really, really need you.
Derice And I really, really need you.
So, lets talk about this billsled team...
Derice No, BOBsled team.
Whoever.
Derice 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.
Derice 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.
Derice Well I'll run it in 9.9.
What have you done to the police unit? I should arrest you. Who owns this thing?
Derice We do, sir.
And who are you?
Derice The Jamaican bobsled team, sir.
Some people say you know them can't believe, Jamaica we have a bobsled team. We have a one Derice.
Derice And a one Junior.
Yu... Sanka.
Derice The fastest of the fastest of Jamaican sprinters.
Go to Olympics fight for Jamaica.
Derice Sanka, whatcha smokin man?
I'm not smoking, I'm breathing.
Derice Sanka, you dead?
Yeah man.
Derice You can pee now.
Oooh, too late...
Derice I can't believe your still cold man.
Cold?! I'm freezing my royal Rastafarian nay-nays off!
Derice I'm not worried and we have good coach.
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.
Derice Whatcha mean busted?
The '72 Games, guy hid weights in the front of the sled to make it go faster.
Derice So what? It's no big deal.
Having your gold medals taken away for cheating is a big deal!
Derice, let's go, we got a big meeting. [Derice leaves, then Irv speaks to Larry] Giving my kid a few pointers, Larry?
Your kid's gonna need all the help he can get...[marches up to Irv] Coach.
Derice It's butt whipping time.
So what are we going to name the sled?
How about, Taloola.
Taloola.
Sounds like a two-dollar hooker. How'd you come up with that?
Hey, that's my mother's name. [Team converses in agreement]
What's it gonna be, star? What are the people gonna be screaming when Jamaica takes the hill?
Derice We say in kind, 'Cool Runnings.'
Beautiful, I like that.
Very strong.
Very nice, but what exactly does it mean?
Derice Cool runnings means, peace be to journey.
Cool Runnings.
Excuse me...
We are officially...disqualified.
Derice Thats what the Swiss do to psych themselves up.
They also make those little pocketknives too but I don't see you doing that.
Derice You know, when the Swiss want to ge....[Team groans]
Ah, will you shut up about the damn Swiss! I mean, it was all that eins zwei drei nonsense that got us all nervous in the first place.
Derice Hey man, look here, I'm just trying to get us off on the right foot.
Well the right foot for us is not the Swiss foot. I mean come on Derice, we can't be copying nobody else's style. We have our own style.
Derice Kissing an egg is no kind of style. It's the Olympics here, it's no stupid push-cart derby. [Long pause]
Let me tell you something rasta, I didn't come up here to forget who I am and where I come from.
Derice Neither did I, I'm just trying to be the best I can be.
So am I, and the best I can be is Jamaican. Look, Derice...I've known you since Julie Jeffreys asked to see your ding-a-ling and I'm telling you as a friend if we look Jamaican, walk Jamaican, talk Jamaican and IS Jamaican, then we sure as hell better bobsled Jamaican.
Derice Hello, Olympics! Greetings from Jamaica!
Some people say you know they can't believe, Jamaica we have a bobsled team. (2x)
We have a -
one Derice.
And a one Junior. Yul Brenner and the man, Sanka.
The fastest of the fastest of Jamaican sprinter. Respect for the man, Irv Blitzer.
Derice, a gold medal is a wonderful thing. But if you're not enough without it, you'll never be enough with it.
Derice Hey coach, how will I know if I'm enough?
When you cross that finish line, you'll know.
Derice, you dead?
Derice No man, I'm not dead. But we have to finish the race.
Derice That's a Bobsled.
Oh, so a bobsled is a pushcart with no wheels.
Derice It's what it looks like here.
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!
Derice Well... it's kind of a winter sport, ya know?
You mean winter, as in ICE?
Derice Maybe.
You mean winter, as in igloos and Eskimos and penguins and ICE?
Derice Possibly.
Derice Where you going?
I'm going to take a hot bath, I'm getting cold just thinking about all this ice.
Derice No man, you're going to be part of my bobsled team.
What do you need me for?
Derice Who is the best pushcart driver in all of Jamaica?
You're looking at him!
Derice Then you gotta do it?
NO!
Derice 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."
Derice Sanka, you right, and you are my best friend, and we been through a whole lot together...
Heap, heap.
Derice Sorry man, whole heap together.
"And I really, really need you."
Derice And I really really need you.
...Forget it!
Derice But you just said if I said that, mon...
Alright, alright, alright, alright, mon.
[They hug.]
Derice No, man, I'm not dead. [removes his helmet] We have to finish the race.
Sehr gut, Jamaica. We'll see you in four years, ja?
Derice Yeah, man.
We split. [they laugh and hug each other]
