Smallville (TV Series)

Hothead (2001)

Dan Lauria: Coach Walt Arnold

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• Coach Walt Arnold : Yeah, I remember. Jonathan Kent was one of the best athletes I ever coached. A lot of God-given talent. It's in your genes, Kent.

  Clark Kent : Actually, I'm adopted.

• Coach Walt Arnold : Look at Ross here. He doesn't have a lick of natural talent, but he's got a truckload of heart.

  Pete Ross : Thanks... I guess.

• Coach Walt Arnold : [after Clark walks right through the fire]  How did you do that?

  Clark Kent : It's in the genes.

• Coach Walt Arnold : How's my favorite football fan?

  Principal H. James Kwan : Coach, one of the players accused of cheating has come forward and said you supplied them with the tests.

  Coach Walt Arnold : Oh. And which boy told you that little piece of fiction?

  Principal H. James Kwan : I'm not at liberty to say.

  Coach Walt Arnold : And I'm guessing you already went to the school board and asked them to suspend me.

  Principal H. James Kwan : You have a lot of friends in high places.

  Coach Walt Arnold : I should have. I coached most of them. You don't understand. I'm an institution. Who'd you think the school board was gonna believe? Some cheating little brat who's just trying to cover his own ass? Or the man who's been leading this school to victory for 25 years?

  Principal H. James Kwan : They may not believe one, but if I can get all of them to step forward, the board will have no choice, they'll suspend you from coaching for the rest of your life.

  Coach Walt Arnold : You will *NOT* bring me down!

  Principal H. James Kwan : [Arnold's TV inexplicably catches fire]  What the hell's going on here, Coach?

• Coach Walt Arnold : Kent, quit looking in the stands. Your dad's not coaching this team, I am. Now, I didn't bring you out here to be a tackling dummy. Get angry! Kick some butt!

• Coach Walt Arnold : I saw your arm out there. Your technique was lousy, but you got a lot of power.

  Clark Kent : Thanks.

  Coach Walt Arnold : So why aren't you on our team?

  Clark Kent : My dad needs me on the farm.

  Coach Walt Arnold : Well, your school needs you on the field. We've got a big game Friday night. We're short of players. Look, look, I... I know your dad would understand.

  Clark Kent : He's kind of stubborn.

• Coach Walt Arnold : Whitney, get over here. Refresh my memory. Didn't I just send a pass play in there?

  Whitney Fordman : The rain is coming down so hard. I couldn't tell if Donner was open, so I figured...

  Coach Walt Arnold : [pulling him by the facemask]  Hey, what does it say on my jacket?

  Whitney Fordman : Coach.

  Coach Walt Arnold : That's right. Coach. Football is not a democracy, and you will do as I say because I know what's best for you! Now, look, son, we have run this play a hundred times in practice. You don't have to see Donner to know where he is, just throw it to him. Now, I want you to go out there and I want you to run the same play. And I want you to win this game for us, okay? Go ahead.

• Coach Walt Arnold : Principal Kwan, what brings you to the sweat box?

  Principal H. James Kwan : We've got a problem, Coach.

• Coach Walt Arnold : Cheating, huh? My boys?

  Principal H. James Kwan : Seven of them, on their math midterm. Which means they're ineligible for next Friday's game.

  Coach Walt Arnold : Well, just keep it quiet for a couple of weeks and, uh, we'll deal with it in the off-season.

  Principal H. James Kwan : I'm not sweeping a major academic breach under the carpet so you can win a game.

  Coach Walt Arnold : You've been here, what, six months? I've been here 25 years. We're not talking about just a game. We're talking about my legacy.

  Principal H. James Kwan : I don't care about your legacy. I'm here to educate young people.

  Coach Walt Arnold : I've been educating young people all my life. You know how many boys have gone on to college because of me? Have gotten good jobs on my recommendations?

  Principal H. James Kwan : I know most people think you walk on water, Coach. I think you're dangerous. I've seen your temper. I've seen your methods. Just because you win doesn't make you right. On Monday, I'm suspending the players. End of story.

• Coach Walt Arnold : Jonathan, you know the rules. No parents on the sidelines.

  Jonathan Kent : I'm looking for Clark.

  Coach Walt Arnold : Well, join the club. I need him out here. Guess he doesn't have what it takes to be a winner, huh?

  Jonathan Kent : Nobody's seen him.

  Chloe Sullivan : I think the coach is lying.

  Jonathan Kent : What's going on here, Chloe?

• Coach Walt Arnold : Kent, why aren't you in the locker room suiting up?

  Clark Kent : I'm not walking out on that field, and neither are you.

  Coach Walt Arnold : Look, I don't know what the hell your problem is, but you do not want to tick me off right now.

  [his powers heat up the sauna stones, inadvertently exposing Clark to the kryptonite inside] 

  Clark Kent : I saw what you did to Trevor's arm.

  Coach Walt Arnold : Trevor should have kept his mouth shut.

  [seeing him double over] 

  Coach Walt Arnold : What's the matter, Kent? Little too hot for you, huh?

  [he sucker-punches Clark in the stomach, then throws him against the wall] 

  Coach Walt Arnold : Well, excuse me now. I've got a game to win.

• Coach Walt Arnold : Talking to the school newspaper, Trevor? I thought you were brighter than that.

  Trevor Chapell : Coach, I didn't say anything. You gotta believe me. She was at the field last night. She's got a picture of us in the sprinklers.

  Coach Walt Arnold : All right. Go home. I'll take care of this.

• Coach Walt Arnold : Congratulations. I've never seen a group of young men demonstrate such extraordinary stupidity. Now, which one of you talked, huh? No one here told Kwan that I supplied you with that test?

  Trevor Chapell : Coach, no college is even gonna look at us with cheating on our record.

  Coach Walt Arnold : So it was you, huh, Trevor?

  [slapping him, hard] 

  Coach Walt Arnold : Now, why doesn't that surprise me?

  [the players all react as the sprinklers being shooting flames] 

  Coach Walt Arnold : Nothing. *NOTHING* is gonna stand between me and my legacy. Now you go home and keep your mouths shut, understand?