Air Bud (1997)

Stephen E. Miller: Coach Barker

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Quotes 

• [Josh comes into gymnasium late] 

  Coach Barker : Framm! You're late! Bring over that rack of balls!

  Josh Framm : I'm here to try out for the team.

  Larry Willingham : [laughing]  He can't try out. He's the water boy.

  Larry Willingham : Framm! Where did you get that?

  Josh Framm : It was in my locker.

  Coach Barker : Well, it wasn't supposed to be.

  Josh Framm : Would it be too much trouble if I tried out anyway?

  Tom : Coach, just let him.

  Coach Barker : All right, but if you slow down my tryout, I'm gonna have to pull you out.

• Josh Framm : [During first Timberwolves & Warriors basketball game, Buddy comes into gymnasium and knocked basketball out of a Warrior's grip]  Buddy!

  [Both teams start chasing Buddy, to try to get the basketball back, saying "Get him!"] 

  Josh Framm : Buddy, stop!

  Referee #1 : Hey, gimme that ball.

  Jackie Framm : [Loose basketball then hits a Gatorade ice-chest, causing a big spill on gymnasium floor]  Excuse me.

  Josh Framm : Get back here.

  [basketball hits referee in his forehead, making him walk to bench. Meanwhile, the other referee loses his balance and slides into a table, hitting one set of legs, causing the table to fold on end nearly injure him] 

  Josh Framm : Buddy, no!

  [Buddy then causes a rack of basketballs to spill, onto floor] 

  Josh Framm : Buddy, no!

  [Josh gets the basketball, then Buddy knocks it, out of Josh's hands and up into basketball rim for a bucket. Audience and referees are a -first in shock and then start cheering for Buddy] 

  Josh Framm : Buddy, bad dog!

  Jackie Framm : Sorry, Josh. Come on, Buddy.

  Josh Framm : [after the game]  Hey, boy.

  Jackie Framm : Did you know that Buddy could do that? Did you know that Buddy could play basketball?

  Principal Pepper : [chuckling]  There he is! Oh, the man of the hour! And the dog! I swear, I wouldn't have believed it, if I hadn't seen it with my own two eyes! A basketball-playing dog! A regular Michael "Woof" Jordan! You've been keeping this under your hats! Oh, I'm going off like a faucet. Melissa, this is Mrs. Framm... and her talented son, Josh.

  Melissa : Hi.

  Josh Framm : Hi.

  Melissa : I'm the president, of the Booster Club and wondered if you and...

  Josh Framm : Buddy.

  Melissa : Buddy could do that trick, at the next half-time show.

  Principal Pepper : Wouldn't he be a great mascot?

  Josh Framm : [Buddy leaves them, going back to the gymnasium, having overheard Coach Barker shouting at and mistreating Timberwolf Tom Stewart]  Buddy? Buddy!

  Coach Barker : You're never going to drop another ball, Stewart!

  [starts throwing a group of basketballs at Tom Stewart too hard and too fast for him to successfully catch any of them, to vent out his anger] 

  Principal Pepper : [opens the gymnasium door]  What's going on here?

  Coach Barker : Just running Tom through a little drill.

  Principal Pepper : That'll be enough, Joe. That will be enough.

  Josh Framm : [Josh pets Buddy's head at gymnasium door]  Good boy!

• [Josh comes into the gym for the first tryout] 

  Greg : Check out the new kid.

  Larry Willingham : It looks like he stole that ball from the Harlem Globetrotters.

  [Josh climbs up the bleachers past Larry] 

  Larry Willingham : How you doin', buddy?

  Coach Barker : All right, listen up!

  [Josh takes his seat as Coach Barker approaches] 

  Coach Barker : Now, you're here today to try out for the school's finest tradition: basketball. Now, I've got five of my boys back from last year, including leading scorer Larry Willingham. Raise your hands, gentlemen.

  [Larry, Greg and three other boys raise their hands] 

  Coach Barker : This year, we are going all the way. Why's that, Willingham?

  Larry Willingham : Because we're winners, sir.

  Coach Barker : That's right. We are here to win, because if you can win on the courts, you can win at life. Get your butts out here and let's see if you can play ball.

  [Coach Barker blows his whistle and everyone comes out on the court and begins playing except Josh] 

  Coach Barker : What team you playing for? What team you playing for?

  Players : [in unison]  Timberwolves!

  Coach Barker : Who's gonna win?

  Players : [in unison]  Timberwolves!

  Coach Barker : Who's gonna win?

  Players : [in unison]  Timberwolves!

  Coach Barker : I can't hear you!

  Players : [in unison]  Timberwolves!

  Coach Barker : What team's gonna win?

  Players : [in unison]  Timberwolves!