sports film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer
and directed by Boaz Yakin
. Inspired by real events, the plot was conceived from a screenplay written by Gregory Allen Howard
. The film starts as a new coach of the Titans, a football team previously coached by the white Bill Yoast
, begins coaching the team. The new coach, Herman Boone
(portrayed by Denzel Washington
), is black, and his team is a mixture of black players and white players.
You're over-cooking my grits, coach. Alright, I will allow Coach Tyrell to coach the special teams, but I will be keeping my eye on him. And you.Ń
This is not a democracy. It is a dictatorship. I am the 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 get to work.
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!
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.
In Greek mythology, the Titans were greater even than the gods. They ruled their universe with absolute power! Well that football field out there tonight, that's our universe. Let's rule it like Titans!
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 black kids. You ain't doin' these kids a favor by patronizing them. You're crippling them; You're crippling them for life.
How many feet are in a mile? How many feet are in a mile? 5,280. You pick this ball up, and you run every one of them! You're killing me Petey! You're killing me!
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.