“You know what separates the winners from the losers, kid?” – Coach McGinty, The Replacements ... Movie Quotes Database

Coach McGinty

You know what separates the winners from the losers, kid?

Shane Falco

The score.

McGinty

Getting back up on that horse after you've been kicked in the teeth. I've watched films of your game since the Sugar Bowl. You should've been carrying a clipboard that first year, not trying to carry the whole team. Your teammates leaned on you, and you crumbled. Is that how you wanna be remembered?

Falco

I don't wanna be remembered at all.

McGinty

You're still young. If you do well, who knows what'll happen once the strike ends? Look, I'm not going to make any promises, Shane, but why not take a chance, huh? Rather than hang out here, scraping crap off the bottom of somebody else's toys.

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