The Game Plan 2007 quotes

15 quotes · 3 characters
The Game Plan (2007) poster
Characters
Peyton Madison Pettis · 8 quotes
Monique Vasquez Roselyn Sánchez · 4 quotes

Most scenes together: Joe Kingman & Peyton (7), Joe Kingman & Monique Vasquez (2)

The Game Plan quotes

Stella

OK, Joe, this is it. "I'm going to Fanny's Burgers."

ESPN News Reporter

Joe, you've just won the championship. What are you gonna do now?

Joe
[Joe chuckles as he lifts Peyton on his shoulder]

I'm gonna take my daughter home.

[Monique and her students cheer. Spike spins and stands on his hind legs in celebration. Watching Joe and Peyton, Stella looks on with defeat]

Daddy, you won the championship!

Joe

Aw, Peyton, I won much more than that.

[while having lunch at the Barking Crab] [to Peyton]

Can't you just go home after the game?

No, I have to get back before she does. [realizes what she said]

Joe

What did you say? [Peyton eats her dessert] You said "you have to get back before she does"? Isn't your Mom picking you up?

Well, um...

Joe

Peyton?

I was planning to tell you, Joe. I really was. Actually, you're gonna love it. It's just L-O-L...

Joe

Quit stalling.

I was supposed to be studying at a special ballet program this summer, but instead, I snuck away to come meet you.

Joe

You ran away? You ran away?! Is your mom even in Africa?

About that?

Joe

What have you done?!

I'm sure there's a reasonable...

Joe

The press is gonna eat me alive. What a stupid, stupid, stupid thing for you to do. Did you stop to think about how this was gonna impact me? [Peyton starts to cough out of nut allergies] Oh, that's not gonna work this time. You are in serious trouble.

[examines Peyton as she coughs]

OK, she's sweating like crazy, she's coughing, and her lips are swelling.

Joe

Oh, come on. Don't fall for that. She's a little world-class performer.

I don't think she's acting right now, OK? Give me 1 second. [to Peyton] Are you allergic to something?

Nuts.

[to Joe, showing him Peyton's dessert]

Did you know that? [Joe remembers her saying that and turns worried] The dessert has nuts. Take her to the hospital. Come on.

Joe
[Joe lifts Peyton onto his shoulder, carrying her]

Hospital. Where's the nearest hospital?

Ninth and Woodrow. I'll get the car. [Joe runs off] Hey, where are you going? What are you doing?

Joe
[pushing bystanders out of his way]

Move! Move! Move! Move!

Man
[offscreen]

Excuse me, sir.

Joe
[Joe runs across a bridge, through a traffic jam, then reaches the hospital with Peyton]

Help, help! My daughter needs help! Help!

Emergency Room Doctor
[approaching Joe, alongside his friends]

What do we got here?

Joe

Help. She's allergic. She can't breathe. She's allergic to nuts.

Emergency Room Doctor
[One of the doctors takes Peyton, and sets her on a gurney]

It looks like an anaphylactic reaction. Set her down.

Joe

She can't breathe.

Emergency Room Doctor

Baby. Baby, open up your mouth. [uses a flashlight to look inside Peyton's mouth] The airway is almost close. Let's move her. 10 liters non-rebreather mask.

Joe
[As the other doctors wheel Peyton away, Dr. Converse holds Joe back]

Peyton. Peyton. Peyton.

Other Doctors
[offscreen; barking orders]
[offscreen; gasping]
Dr. Converse

I'll show you to the family waiting room. It's going to be fine. They're going to take care of her. She'll be OK.

Dr. Converse
[Later, Joe, Monique, Webber and other adults sit in the family waiting room] [entering with a clipboard]

Peyton Kelly's father?

Joe
[The adults stand up] [approaching Dr. Converse]

I'm Peyton's dad.

Dr. Converse

Your daughter is responding well to the treatment. We're gonna keep her overnight just to be sure, but she's gonna be fine.

Joe
[sighing with relief]

Thank you so much. Thank you.

Dr. Converse

You were really, really lucky this time.

Webber

She's going to be alright.

Joe

Yeah.

Webber

OK.

Woman

Please tell me Peyton's alright.

Joe

She's going to be…

[Joe turns to find Karen, a woman, glaring at him as she enters]

She's going to be fine. The doctor says that she's going to be fine.

Karen
[angry, to Joe]

You're lucky that I haven't called the police.

Joe

Karen?

Karen

I got home early, and I see you and Peyton. [shows Joe a magazine] Your faces are plastered on the front of every magazine. [approaches Joe] I called Peyton 100 times yesterday, but she didn't answer. I flew out here, got off the plane, and I see all of this on the news.

Joe

Karen?

Karen

Is that all you can say for yourself is "Karen"?

Joe

I thought you were dead.

Karen

I can assure you, I'm not dead. How did you find her?

Joe

I didn't, she found me. Wait a minute. Is Peyton's mom still in Africa?

Karen
[as her eyes widen]

She didn't tell you, did she? [short pause] Joe… [stops talking for a second, then continues] Sara died in a car accident 6 months ago.

Joe
[Joe looks heartbroken about what happened to his ex-wife]

Oh, Peyton.

Joe
[speaking with a very evident lisp]

What did you put in those cookies?

Um, milk, flour, eggs, cinnamon.

Joe

Cinnamon? I'm allergic to cinnamon!

I'm sorry.

Joe

You're sowry? I'm talking like this and all you can say is you're sowry?

I'm allergic to nuts.

Joe

I thought you were dead.

Karen

I can assure you I am not dead.

Joe

I'm going to take my daughter home.

Daddy you won the championship!

Joe

Aw, Peyton. I won much more than that.

Joe

I'm not giving you 28 grams of empty carbohydrates. We do not do simple sugars in this house.

But I'm a kid and kids love sugar. I mean, the simpler, the better.

Joe

Well, my dad never let me have sugar.

Aww. Is that why you never smile?

Joe

Well, who are you here with?

My father.

Joe

Well, you better go get him, because I'm sure he's looking for you.

He's not looking for me.

Joe

How do you know?

Because he's looking at me.

Joe

What?

Hi, we've never met before, you were married to my mom, Sara. Sara Kelly. My name is Peyton. I'm your daughter.

Joe

You get into people's minds, JUST LIKE HER!

Well, at least I have a mind, otherwise I'd be JUST LIKE YOU!

Joe

You need to be a mom to do this stuff.

I don't know about that. True, mothers are smarter, kinder, and better at just about everything...

[to Joe]

Ballerinas can jump just as high as you but when they come down they come down in plies, and then they stand pointe, and they stand like that for hours. If ballet was easy, it would be called football.

I have an answer for your question Peyton. Win or lose today, you're the best thing that's ever happened to me.