2nd most-quoted character in Jerry Maguire (1996): in 14 of its 63 quotes
Most scenes with: Jerry Maguire (7)
See, man, that's the difference. between us. You think we're fighting, I think we're finally talking!
Rod Tidwell I got a shelf life of ten years, tops. My next contract's gotta bring me the dollars that'll last me and mine a long time. Shit, I'm out of this sport in 5 years. What's my family gonna live on? Huh? What you get me. So I don't want to hear about your shit.
Rod Tidwell Anyone else would have left you by now, but I'm sticking with you. And if I have to ride your ass like Zorro, you're gonna show me the money. We are together on this! We are going to be one! Shit!
Rod Tidwell You are hanging on by a very thin thread and I dig that about you!
Rod Tidwell Ya know?!
Rod Tidwell Jerry Maguire. My agent. You are my ambassador of kwan!
Rod Tidwell You should be dreaming about me baby! I should be on your mind constantly and that's how we will truely materialize the kwan!.
Rod! How ya doing? Jerry Maguire.
Rod "How am I doing?" I'll tell you. I'm sweatin, dude! That's how I'm "doin." I'm sweatin my contract. I'm sweatin' Bob Sugar calling and telling me I'm blowing the big endorsements if I stay with you. I'm sweatin'. You hear what I'm saying?
I hear what you're saying...
Rod No. I hear that you hear what I'm saying. But do you hear what I'm saying?
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Rod Alright, we're just getting started on my list of things you need to know. Take notes if you want to.
Okay.
Rod Good, 'cause see, I am a valuable commodity. I go across the middle. I see the ball and a dude coming right at me, wanting to kill me, I tell my brain "get killed, catch the ball." That's New York Steak, baby. Rare. And yet, nobody's giving me LOVE. Nobody's giving me PROPS. Nobody. I went to Arizona State, I'm from Arizona, I break Arizona records, I'm a Sun Devil, man!!!
Now you want Arizona dollars.
Rod Exactly. And I'm sitting here with an ant problem, look! And my brother Tee Pee's room is flooded with water. The house is fallin' apart, we don't even know where we're gonna live in a year, and I'm supposed to be a "superstar," man! Are you catching my flow, here?
I need a decision from you, Rod.
...
Rod Now to recap, I want to stay in Arizona. I want my new contract. I like you, you're nice to my wife.
That's that's great. I'm really... happy.
Rod Are you listenin'?
Yes!
Rod This is what I'm gonna do for you: God bless you, Jerry. But this is what you gonna do for me, Jerry?
Yeah, what can I do for you, Rod? You just tell me what can I do for you?
Rod It's something very personal, a very important thing. Hell! It's a family motto. Are you ready Jerry? I wanna make sure you're ready, brother. Here it is: Show me the money. SHOW! ME! THE! MONEY! Jerry, it is such a pleasure to say that! Say it with me one time, Jerry.
Show you the money.
Rod No, no. You can do better than that! I want you to say it brother with meaning! Hey, I got Bob Sugar on the other line I bet you he can say it!
Ye, ye, no, no, no. Show you the money.
Rod No! Not show you! Show me the money!
Show me the money!
Rod Yeah! Louder!
Show me the money!
Rod I need to feel you Jerry!
Show me the money! Show me the money!
Rod I love black people.
I love black people!
Rod Who's your mother****er, Jerry?
You're my mother ****er! Show me the money!
Rod Uh! Congratulations, you're still my agent.
Note: the bolded line is ranked #25 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.
I started talking with Dennis Wilburn about your renegotation.
Rod Talking. Jerry Rice, Andre Reed, Chris Carter... I smoke all these fools. They are making the big sweet dollars. They are making the... kwan, and you are talking.
Kwan. That's your word?
Rod Yeah, man, it means love, respect, community... and the dollars too. The whole package. The kwan.
Great word. Towel?
Rod No, I air-dry.
Rod, I say this with great respect, but those players you mentioned are marquee players...
Rod Marquee?!?
Here's what I'm saying. This is a renegotiation. We want more from them, so let's show them more from us. Let's show them your pure joy of the game, let's bury the attitude a little, let's show them --
Rod You're telling me to dance.
No, I'm saying to be --
Rod "Love me love me love me... put me on t.v." That's the iconography of rascism, man!
Rod, I'm not a rascist. I'm telling you to be the best version of you, to get back to the guy who first started playing this game. Way back when you were a kid. It wasn't just about the money, was it?...Was it?
Rod Do your job, man, don't tell me to dance.
Fine. Fine. Fine, fine, fine, fine, fine.
Rod I'm an athlete, not an entertainer. These are the ABC's of ME. Get it? I do not dance.
Rod Tell me what to do, Jerry. You tell me to eat lima beans, I'll eat lima beans. If you say take the shitty deal, that's all we can get --
"All we can get?"
Rod Can I SPEAK with my agent here?
You know what you're qonna do, Rodney. You're gonna reject this shitty contract. You're gonna play out your existing shitty contract and go be a free agent next year and the hell with Arizona. This is us, and we determine our worth. You're a fine, proud, surviving, splendid black man.
Rod Honey, you are just -- the shit.
If you get injured, you get nothing.
Rod Won't happen. I'm strong in my mind.
It's a risk.
Rod Bet on me, dude. Bet on me like I bet on you.
Can I ask you a question totally unrelated to your career?
Rod Oh, we gonna be friends now?
What do you know about dating a single mother?
Rod Oh I know plenty. I was raised by a single mother.
Tell me, because it's been a month, and she's about to take another job in San Diego.
Rod First, single mothers don't "date." They have been to the circus, you know what I'm saying? They have been to the puppet show and they have seen the strings. You love her?
How do I know?
Rod You know when you know. It makes you shiver, it eats at your insides. You know?
No, I don't know.
Rod Then you gotta have The Talk.
But I sure don't like that she's leaving.
Rod Well, that ain't fair to her. A single mother, that's a sacred thing, man.
The kid is amazing.
Rod No. A real man does not shoplift the "pooty" from a single mom.
I didn't "shoplift the pooty." We were thrown together and -- I mean it's two mutual people who -- Alright, I shoplifted the pooty.
Rod Shame on you. SHAME on you.
Rod You never had The Talk, did you?
No.
Rod Well, this was another way to go.
Rod I'm gonna have the game of my life on Monday Night Football, and show all these mother****ers.
Take care, okay? You're my entire client roster.
Rod Don't I know it. Now go home to your wife.
What's that supposed to mean?
Rod Why are you even here, man? You could have told me all this over the phone.
I don't know -- how's "dedication" for an answer?
Rod You don't want to go home, do you?
Why are you doing this to me, Rod?
Rod I'm asking you a question --
No, you're --
Rod I'm trying to talk to you. How's your marriage?
Not everyone has what you have.
Rod Why'd you get married? I'm asking you as a friend.
You're jabbing at me.
Rod I'm sorry I asked.
No, I'm going to answer you. You want an answer? I'll give it to you. Loyalty. She was loyal. Everything grew from there.
Rod That's an answer.
Damn right.
Rod For loyalty, you buy a dog. For love, you get married.
Look. I'm happy to entertain you, as always, but I have a question for you. Are we really "friends?"
Rod Why not --
Well, friends can tell each other anything, right? If we have our "friends" hats on --
Rod I think so.
Alright. Here's why you don't have your ten million dollars yet. You are a paycheck player. You play with your head. Not your heart. In your personal life? Heart. But when you get on the field -- you're a businessman. It's wide-angle lenses and who **** you over and who owes you for it. That's not what inspires people. I'm sorry, but that's the truth, can you handle it? Just a "question," Rod. Between friends.
Rod I don't want to be friends anymore.
Fine.
Rod Beautiful.
I have a question for you, Rod: are we really friends?
Rod Why not?
I mean, because, friends can tell each other anything if we have our "friends" hats on, right?
Rod I think so.
All right. I'll tell you why you don't have your $10 million yet. Right now, you are a paycheck player. You play with your head, not your heart. In your personal life, heart. But when you get on the field, it's all about what you didn't get, who's to blame, who under threw the pass, who's got the contract you don't, who's not giving you your love. And you know what? That is not what inspires people. That is not what inspires people. Just shut up and play the game. Play it from your heart, and you know what? I will show you the quan. And that's the truth, man! That's the truth. Can you handle it? It's just a question between friends, you know? Oh, and when they call you "shrimp", I'm the one who defends you!
Rod I don't want to be friends no more.
Fine.
Rod And quit using that word, "quan", that's my word!
I'll see you in L.A.
Rod No heart... no heart? I'M ALL HEART, MOTHER****ER!
