The Rookie (2002)

Angelo Spizzirri: Joel De La Garza

Quotes 

• Joel De La Garza : Now, wait a minute... we start winning, you try out again.

  Jimmy : [sighs]  Last time I checked, scouts aren't looking for high school science teachers.

  Joe David West : Well, not many science teachers throw like you.

  Jimmy : It's gonna take a heckuva lot more than a couple of wins to get me to make a fool of myself.

  Joel De La Garza : Alright, what if we win district, huh? What if we win district and go to the state playoffs? Then?

  Jimmy : You serious?

  Joel De La Garza : Yeah, absolutely.

  Jimmy : You're serious?

  Joe David West : Yeah.

  Joaquin 'Wack' Campos : Yeah!

  Jimmy : And all I have to do is find some kind of tryout somewhere?

  Joaquin 'Wack' Campos : That's it, man!

  Jimmy : [clears throat]  Alright... IF we win district!

  [Team cheers and leaves for locker room] 

  Hunter : I don't get to tell Mom about this, do I?

• Joaquin 'Wack' Campos : What difference does it make? I mean, it's not like any of us are getting scholarships.

  Jimmy : I'm not talking about college. I'm talking about wanting things in life. I'm talking about having dreams. And all that starts right here

  [points at his heart] 

  Jimmy : , right here. If you don't have dreams, you don't have anything.

  Joel De La Garza : Coach, what about you? You talk about our dreams...

  Jimmy : Joel, we are not talking about me.

  Joel De La Garza : Yeah, but come on, Coach. Every time you throw, I gotta ice my hand, every time! You're the one who should be wanting something more.

  Joaquin 'Wack' Campos : And the sad part is, you know, we see it and you don't.

• Joel De La Garza : [while him and Jimmy play catch]  Hey coach, back when you were really pitching, how fast were you throwing it?

  Jimmy : I don't know. 85, 86?

  Joel De La Garza : That's not too bad.

  Jimmy : It is when the other guy's throwing 90.

  Joel De La Garza : Coach, let's see you bring one.

  Jimmy : Can't. Promised too many doctors.

  Joel De La Garza : Come on, coach, one isn't going to kill you. Come on, feed me!

  Hunter : Yeah, dad, bring the heat!

  Joel De La Garza : [Jim gets himself ready while Joel waits in the catcher's position]  Feed me, coach.

  [Jim pauses, then winds up and throws his fastball, which audibly whisses by and hits hard into Joel's glove, much to the shock of him and Hunter] 

  Hunter : Woah!

  Joel De La Garza : Coach, where did that come from?

  Jimmy : [Smiles]  Forgot how good that sounded.