YUL: Man, shut down that hot plate, fool. Those bananas are stinkin' like a dead dog.
SANKA: Back off, back off, you eight ball! This is my mama's secret recipe. And I hope you don't mind keepin' quiet while I catch up on my reading. (opens Incredible Hulk comic book)YUL: What are you talkin' about, readin'? This is a children's book.
SANKA: Oh, is that so?
YUL: Yes, that's so.
SANKA: If that's a children's book, that mean's it's too advanced for the likes of you.
YUL: What are you trying to say? That I'm not smarter than a little child?
SANKA: No. What I am saying to you is that you are the kind of club-totin,' raw meat-eatin', me-Tarzan-you-Janein', big, bald bubblehead that can only count to ten if he's barefoot or wearing sandals.
YUL: Say whatever it is that you want. Because you're just like every other fool on the island. You're going nowhere, Sanka, and you're thrilled to death about it. But you see me? You see me? I'm different 'cause I know exactly...where I'm going. And after I, Yul Brenner, win the Olympics and become famous, I'm gonna leave the island and live <opens photograph, points to to picture> right down there.
SANKA: If that's a children's book, that mean's it's too advanced for the likes of you.
YUL: What are you trying to say? That I'm not smarter than a little child?
SANKA: No. What I am saying to you is that you are the kind of club-totin,' raw meat-eatin', me-Tarzan-you-Janein', big, bald bubblehead that can only count to ten if he's barefoot or wearing sandals.
YUL: Say whatever it is that you want. Because you're just like every other fool on the island. You're going nowhere, Sanka, and you're thrilled to death about it. But you see me? You see me? I'm different 'cause I know exactly...where I'm going. And after I, Yul Brenner, win the Olympics and become famous, I'm gonna leave the island and live <opens photograph, points to to picture> right down there.
SANKA: (laughs)
YUL: What are you laughing about?
SANKA: (laughing continues)
YUL: What are you laughing about?
SANKA: That's Buckingham Palace.
YUL: What are you laughing about?
SANKA: (laughing continues)
YUL: What are you laughing about?
SANKA: That's Buckingham Palace.
YUL: (surprised)
SANKA: You plan on livin' there, you're gonna have to marry the Queen.
JUNIOR: Yul, that's where the Queen of England lives.
YUL: (Disappointed, angry, slowly crumples the photograph)
SANKA: Face it, Yul Brenner. You can start callin' yourself Madonna, but you're still gonna
end up in an outhouse shanty like every other dockworking nobody.
JUNIOR: Says who?
SANKA: Says me, rich boy. What you know about it?
JUNIOR: Well, I know my father started off in a one-room hut. Now, he lives in one of
the biggest homes in Kingston.
SANKA: Well, he ain't your father.
JUNIOR: He doesn't have to be. All he has to do is know what he wants and work hard for it. And if he wants it bad enough, he'll get it. Look, believe me, Sanka, the more Yul Brenners we got makin' it in this world, the better off this world would be. Especially for Jamaicans. <Junior picks up the photograph, uncrumples it, and places it back in front of Yul> Go ahead, Yul Brenner. You go get your palace.
JUNIOR: Yul, that's where the Queen of England lives.
YUL: (Disappointed, angry, slowly crumples the photograph)
SANKA: Face it, Yul Brenner. You can start callin' yourself Madonna, but you're still gonna
end up in an outhouse shanty like every other dockworking nobody.
JUNIOR: Says who?
SANKA: Says me, rich boy. What you know about it?
JUNIOR: Well, I know my father started off in a one-room hut. Now, he lives in one of
the biggest homes in Kingston.
SANKA: Well, he ain't your father.
JUNIOR: He doesn't have to be. All he has to do is know what he wants and work hard for it. And if he wants it bad enough, he'll get it. Look, believe me, Sanka, the more Yul Brenners we got makin' it in this world, the better off this world would be. Especially for Jamaicans. <Junior picks up the photograph, uncrumples it, and places it back in front of Yul> Go ahead, Yul Brenner. You go get your palace.
IRV: Yeah.
DERISE: I have to ask you a question.
IRV: Sure.
DERISE: But you don't have to answer if you don't want to. I mean, I want you to, but...if you can't, I understand.
IRV: You want to know why I cheated, right?
IRV: You want to know why I cheated, right?
DERISE: Yes, I do.
IRV: That's a fair question. It's quite simple, really: I had to win. You see, Derice, I'd made winning my whole life. And when you make winning your whole life, you have to keep on winning. No matter what. You understand that?
DERISE: No, I don't understand, coach. You had two gold medals. You had it all.
IRV: Derice... a gold medal is a wonderful thing. But if you're not enough without it, you'll never be enough with it.
DERISE: Hey, coach...how will I know if I'm enough?
IRV: When you cross that finish line, you'll know.
IRV: That's a fair question. It's quite simple, really: I had to win. You see, Derice, I'd made winning my whole life. And when you make winning your whole life, you have to keep on winning. No matter what. You understand that?
DERISE: No, I don't understand, coach. You had two gold medals. You had it all.
IRV: Derice... a gold medal is a wonderful thing. But if you're not enough without it, you'll never be enough with it.
DERISE: Hey, coach...how will I know if I'm enough?
IRV: When you cross that finish line, you'll know.
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