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Coach Herman Boone Quotes

Total quotes: 23
“I don't scratch my head unless it itches and I don't dance unless I hear some music. I will not be intimidated. That's just the way it is.”
— Coach Herman Boone, Remember the Titans
Tagged: Dancing, Intimidation
“I'm not gonna talk to you tonight about winnin' and losin'. You're already winners 'cause you didn't kill each other up at camp.”
— Coach Herman Boone, Remember the Titans
Tagged: Winning, Losing
“Coach Paul 'Doc' Hines: You have twelve brothers and sisters?

Coach Boone: Eight.

Coach Paul 'Doc' Hines: Yeah, twelve sounds better.”
— Coach Herman Boone, Remember the Titans
Tagged: brothers, Sisters, big families
“Coach Yoast: [after winning the state championship] I know football, and what you did with those boys. You were the right man for the job, Coach!

Coach Boone: You're a Hall of Famer in my book! [both raise game ball in victory]”
— Coach Herman Boone, Remember the Titans
Tagged: Hall of Fame, Football
“This is no democracy. It is a dictatorship. I am the law.”
— Coach Herman Boone, Remember the Titans
Tagged: Democracy, Dictatorship, Law
“We will be perfect in every aspect of the game. You drop a pass, you run a mile. You miss a blocking assignment, you run a mile. You fumble the football, and I will break my foot off in your John Brown hind parts and then you will run a mile. Perfection. Let's go to work.”
— Coach Herman Boone, Remember the Titans
Tagged: Perfect, Perfection, John Brown
“Now I may be a mean cuss. But I'm the same mean cuss with everybody out there on that football field. The world don't give a damn about how sensitive these kids are, especially the young black kids. You ain't doin' these kids a favor by patronizing them. You crippling them; You crippling them for life.”
— Coach Herman Boone, Remember the Titans
Tagged: black kids, Sensitive, Patronizing, crippling
“I'm a winner. I'm going to win.”
— Coach Herman Boone, Remember the Titans
Tagged: winning and losing, Winner, Confidence
“You look like a bunch of fifth-grade sissies after a cat fight! You got anger, that's good you're gonna need it, you got aggression that's even better you're gonna need that, too. But any little two-year-old child can throw a fit! Football is about controlling that anger, harnessing that aggression into a team effort to achieve perfection!”
— Coach Herman Boone, Remember the Titans
Tagged: Fifth Grade, Anger, Aggression, Children, Perfection
“Coach Boone: Lastik. I want you to tell me something about one of your black teammates.

Louie Lastik: [shouts] Sir yes, sir! I'm roomin' with Blue, sir! And I noticed that he wears that leopard-spotted underwear, Sir! Bikini-style, sir!

Coach Boone: OK. How about someone who's not your roommate?

Louie Lastik: Sir, I eat lunch with Rev. That's Jerry Harris, sir. People call him that 'cause he's always praying and he won't abide with a foul tongue, sir!

Coach Boone: And what's the Rev going to do after high school?

Louie Lastik: I don't know. Go to college and all that stuff, I guess.

Coach Boone: What about you? You going to college?

Louie Lastik: [laughs] No, not me coach. I ain't a brainiac like Rev.

Coach Boone: Think you got a future in football?

Louie Lastik: Heck no! I figured as long I'm going to be in school, I might as well hit some people while I'm at it.”
— Coach Herman Boone, Remember the Titans
Tagged: College, high school, Football, black players
“This is where they fought the battle of Gettysburg. Fifty thousand men died right here on this field, fighting the same fight that we are still fighting among ourselves today. This green field right here, painted red, bubblin' with the blood of young boys. Smoke and hot lead pouring right through their bodies. Listen to their souls, men. I killed my brother with malice in my heart. Hatred destroyed my family. You listen, and you take a lesson from the dead. If we don't come together right now on this hallowed ground, we too will be destroyed, just like they were. I don't care if you like each other of not, but you will respect each other. And maybe... I don't know, maybe we'll learn to play this game like men.”
— Coach Herman Boone, Remember the Titans
Tagged: Gettysburg, Manliness, Sacrifice, Hallowed Ground
“Ronnie 'Sunshine' Bass: I can't make that pitch, Coach.

Coach Boone: Yes you can. When I was fifteen years old I lost my mother and my father in the same month Ronnie, same month. Twelve brothers and sisters I was the youngest one of them, now I wasn't ready either, but they needed me. Your team needs you tonight, you're the colonel, you're going to command your troops! Twins right 48 zero read, go!”
— Coach Herman Boone, Remember the Titans
Tagged: Teamwork, Overcoming, Determination
“Coach Boone: Are your parents here?

Bertier: There's my mother.

Coach Boone: Good. [nods his head at Gerry's mom] You take a look at her. Cause once you step on that bus you aint got your mama no more. You got your brothers on the team and you got your daddy. You know who your daddy is, doncha? Gary, if you want to play on this football team, you answer me when I ask you who is your daddy? Who's your daddy, Gary? Who's your daddy?

Bertier: You.

Coach Boone: And whose team is this, Gerry? Is this your team? Or is this your daddy's team?

Bertier: Yours.

Coach Boone: Now get on the bus. Put on your jacket first and then get on the bus.”
— Coach Herman Boone, Remember the Titans
Tagged: Family, Parents, mother, Brother
“Sheryl Yoast: Coach Boone, you did a good job up here. You ran a tough camp from what I can see.

Coach Boone: Well I'm very happy to have the approval of a five-year-old.

Sheryl Yoast: I'm nine and a half, thank you very much.

Coach Boone: Why don't you get this little girl, some pretty dolls or something coach?

Coach Yoast: I've tried. She loves football.”
— Coach Herman Boone, Remember the Titans
Tagged: Football, young girls
“Coach Boone: It's all right. We're in a fight. You boys are doing all that you can do. Anybody can see that. Win or lose... We gonna walk out of this stadium tonight with our heads held high. Do your best. That's all anybody can ask for.

Big Ju: No, it ain't Coach. With all due respect, uh, you demanded more of us. You demanded perfection. Now, I ain't saying that I'm perfect, 'cause I'm not. And I ain't gonna never be. None of us are. But we have won every single game we have played till now. So this team is perfect. We stepped out on that field that way tonight. And, uh, if it's all the same to you, Coach Boone, that's how we want to leave it.

Coach Yost: Yeah. I hope you boys have learned as much from me this year as I've learned from you. You've taught this city how to trust the soul of a man rather than the look of him. And I guess it's about time I joined the club.”
— Coach Herman Boone, Remember the Titans
Tagged: Respect, Perfection, winning and losing
“Petey Jones: [has hand raised for a high-five and is smiling]

Coach Boone: Put your hand down.
[Petey does as told]

Coach Boone: You're smiling.

Petey Jones: Yes.

Coach Boone: Yes, sir. Why are you smiling?

Petey Jones: 'Cause I love football. Football is fun.

Coach Boone: Fun, sir? It's fun?

Petey Jones: Yes.

Coach Boone: You sure?

Petey Jones: I think...

Coach Boone: Now you're thinkin'. First you smile, then you thinkin'. You think football is still fun?

Petey Jones: Uh, yes.

Coach Boone: Sir.

Petey Jones: Yes—no, sir.

Coach Boone: No?

Petey Jones: Um, it was fun.

Coach Boone: Not anymore though, is it? Is it?

Petey Jones: Not right now, no.

Coach Boone: No, it's not fun anymore. Not even a little bit.

Petey Jones: Uh... no.

Coach Boone: Make up your mind. Think since you're thinking. Go on, think. Is it fun?

Petey Jones: No, sir.

Coach Boone: No? Absolutely not?

Petey Jones: Zero fun, sir.

Coach Boone: [addresses team] All right, listen up! I'm Coach Boone. I'm gonna tell you about how much... *fun* you're gonna have this season.”
— Coach Herman Boone, Remember the Titans
Tagged: Football, Fun, smiling, Thinking
“Blue Stanton: Coach we need a water break, we been out here all day!

Coach Boone: What did you say?

Blue Stanton: Said, we need a water break.

Coach Boone: A water break? Water is for cowards. Water makes you weak. Water is for washing blood off that uniform and you don't get no blood on my uniform, boy you must be outside your mind! We are going to do up-downs, until Blue is no longer tired, and thirsty.”
— Coach Herman Boone, Remember the Titans
Tagged: Dehydration, Blood, Tired, thirsty
“Coach Boone: What, you say your name was, Jerry?

Bertier: [annoyed] Gerry.

Coach Boone: No, you must have said Jerry. Jerry Lewis, which you make you [looks towards Dean] Dean Martin. [towards parents] Ladies and gentleman! I've got an announcement to make. We got Jerry Lewis, and Dean Martin going to camp with us this year. Jerry tells the jokes, Dean sings the songs and gets the girl. Let's give em a round of applause. [begins to clap, inching closer to Gerry, parents are quiet] Where's your folks... Gerry?”
— Coach Herman Boone, Remember the Titans
Tagged: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Jokes, Applause
“[Three separate situations happening at the same time]
Coach Boone: [Talking to official] Ref! He's lining up offsides! Look, he's lining up offsides!

Official: [ignoring Coach Boone]

Coach Ed Henry: [talking to player] Twins right, 99 Z. Go!

Coach Boone: [to Official] Ref! I know you can see him, you've got eyes!

Official: [still ignoring Coach Boone]

Coach Ed Henry: [talking to different player] Gun right, 84 stat! And tell Tommy to watch the free safety.

Coach Yoast: [talking to Blue] Get back in there! You know what I'm talking about. You can't be afraid of him!

Coach Boone: [gesturing 'offsides' with arms] Offsides! He's lining up offsides!”
— Coach Herman Boone, Remember the Titans
Tagged: Football, offsides
“Coach Boone: What are you?

Team: Mobile, agile, hostile!

Coach Boone: What is pain?

Team: French bread!

Coach Boone: What is fatigue?

Team: Army clothes!

Coach Boone: [Coach puts hand to his ear] Will you ever quit?

Team: No! We want some mo', we want some mo', we want some mo'!”
— Coach Herman Boone, Remember the Titans
Tagged: Teamwork, Chants, Quitting
“Coach Yoast: This isn't about me, I'm worried about my boys.

Coach Boone: Well I'm not going to cut 'em and eat 'em. The best player will play, color won't matter.

Coach Yoast: From the looks of our little situation we got us here, I think that's about all that he does.

Coach Boone: Yeah, you're right. We're in a tough spot, coach. You, me, the whole city. I think it'd go a long way to smooth things over if you'd stay, work on the staff, be a defensive coordinator, assistant head coach.

Coach Yoast: Work under you.

Coach Boone: If that's the way you see it.

Coach Yoast: Good night, Coach.”
— Coach Herman Boone, Remember the Titans
Tagged: Football, Coaching
“Coach Boone: [after Gary got into his car accident] I don't know mama, maybe Yost was right. Maybe I pushed him too hard.

Carol Boone: Gary had an accident. Sometimes life's just hard, for no reason at all.

Coach Boone: Do you think I was blinded by my own ambition?

Carol Boone: Whatever kind of ambition it took to do what you did around here, this world could use a lot more of it Herman.”
— Coach Herman Boone, Remember the Titans
Tagged: accident, Life Is Hard, blinded, Ambition
“[to his players] Tonight we've got Hayfield. Like all the other schools in this conference, they're all white. They don't have to worry about race. We do. let me tell you something: you don't let anyone come between us. Nothing tears us apart. In Greek mythology, the Titans were greater even than the gods. They ruled their universe with absolute power. Well that football field out there, that's our universe. Let's rule it like titans.”
— Coach Herman Boone, Remember the Titans
Tagged: Race, Black and White, Greek Mythology
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