Semi-Tough (1977)

James MacKrell: McNair

Quotes 

• Bud McNair : We know that there are gay football players. But, who do they like to do it with? And, are there more homosexuals on the offense or on the defense?

  Billy Clyde Puckett : Defense.

  Bud McNair : Really?

  Billy Clyde Puckett : You're allowed to use your hands on defense. It gives you a better chance to grope somebody.

• Bud McNair : I know what you think of a man like me - an intellectual. I'm sure when you divide the world up, you put jocks on one side and everybody else on the other. But let me tell you something. Intellectuals are the jocks of the mind. The life of the intellect is just as tough as the life of the body. You have to be just as mean with an idea as you do with a football. You love football. Great. I love words, books, ideas. And I know that a well-turned phrase is just as valuable, just as beautiful, and just as important, as a well-thrown pass.

• Billy Clyde Puckett : Orgies?

  Bud McNair : Within the bounds of good taste. What kind of orgies?

  Billy Clyde Puckett : What kind of orgies you want? We got your post-game orgies, your pre-game orgies.

  Bud McNair : You mean, before a game?

  Billy Clyde Puckett : Sure! That's how we get so loose. How do you think we beat Baltimore the other night? Nothing like an orgy to loosen you up. Now, you take old Shake here, he's just about all orgied out. Ain't you Shake?

  Marvin 'Shake' Tiller : No question about it.

  Billy Clyde Puckett : No question about it. And Barbara Jane, she just loves it.

  Barbara Jane Bookman : Asshole. You shut up.

  Billy Clyde Puckett : She hasn't missed one yet.

• Billy Clyde Puckett : We don't love football that much.

  Bud McNair : You don't?

  Billy Clyde Puckett : We just like takin' showers with niggers.