“Hey, coach, can I ask you a question?” – Shane Falco, The Replacements ... Movie Quotes Database

Shane Falco

Hey, coach, can I ask you a question?

Coach McGinty

Yeah, go ahead, shoot.

Falco

Why me?

McGinty

...I look at you, and I see two people: the man you are and the man you ought to be. Someday, those two will meet, and should make for one hell of a football player.

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