If it weren't for Benny, I never would have made a single friend that summer, because all those other guys thought I was a lost cause.
The Sandlot (1993) · 28 quotes
Tied for 5th most-quoted character in The Sandlot (1993): in 5 of its 28 quotes
A line from Narrator (adult Smalls) [voiceover]Only one kid in history had ever attempted what Benny was about to...and he got eaten. So we were worried, real worried, even when Benny brought out the secret weapon: Shoes guaranteed to make a kid run faster and jump higher—P.F. Flyers.
More lines from Narrator (adult Smalls)
3 quotesBenny would've played ball all day, night, rain, shine, tidal wave, whatever. Baseball was the only thing he cared about, but among the other things we did besides baseball, going to the pool is what he tolerated best.
We all lived in the neighborhood for a couple of more years—mostly through junior high school—and every summer was as great as could be. But none of them ever came close to that first one. When one guy would move away, we never replaced him on the team with anyone else. We just kept the game going like he was still there.
Scenes with Narrator (adult Smalls)
1 sceneEven though none of us had ever seen a Playboy magazine, which we constantly lied about, we figured going to the pool was the next best thing to being there. It wasn't really the pool honeys, like we said; because, if any one of them had come up to any one of us, we'd have just peed our pants. We all went because, well, because Wendy Peffercorn was the lifeguard.
Yeah, yeah. Too cool.
She don't know what she's doing.
She don't know what she's doing.
Yeah, she does. She knows exactly what she's doing.
I've swum here every summer in my adult life. And every summer, there she is. Lotion. Oiling. Oiling! Lotion. Smiling. Smiling! I can't take this no more!