7th Heaven (TV Series)

With Honors (1999)

Jessica Biel: Mary Camden

Quotes 

• Mary Camden : [to Corey]  How did you hide this from everyone?

  Corey Conway : It wasn't easy. I couldn't have anyone over to my house. I couldn't go to parties or stay out late. Forget about dating. With taking care of a baby I barely had time to go to school or play basketball. When I think about it, I actually don't even know how I was able to finish high school. Most teen mothers don't. I do know that I couldn't have done it without my mom. She's been there for me every step of the way since... the day I told her I was pregnant.

  Mary Camden : Man, motherhood at fourteen.

  Corey Conway : You know what's harder than motherhood? Your friends talking and whispering behind you back.

  Mary Camden : Not everyone is talking about you.

  Corey Conway : Please, this spring I'm graduating Magna Cum Laude. I'm the top score on a championship basketball team and I've been accepted to 3 Ivy League Colleges. But now, thanks to Maggie, the only thing that everyone cares about is that at 14 I had a baby.

• Elaine : [to Mary]  Did you hear the rumor? It's all over school.

  Mary Camden : I just saw you this morning. How could anything be all over school?

  Elaine : Well, what can I say the real juicy stuff has a life of its own. Corey Conway had a baby when she was fourteen.

  Mary Camden : Corey had a baby?

  Elaine : Yeah, Maggie the new girl, said that there was a Corey Conway who went to her junior high school, and that Corey got pregnant and dropped out of school and had a baby.

• Mary Camden : I'd really like to thank the local businessman's association for this honor, but I can't. Excellence in sports and in life to individuals we have future generations see as role models. I've never thought of myself as a role model. I go to school and get good grades. I go to basketball games and score points. But a role model, I don't think so. But there was a real role model who was supposed to receive this award with me today. But at the last minute the committee changed their minds. You all know who I'm talking about, because for the last 24 hours most of you have done nothing but talk about her. She's my friend, my teammate. She's Corey Conway. And when she was 14, she had a baby. Corey Conway is a person, not an issue. And the only statement made by celebrating her achievements is to honor that someone who didn't take the easy road in life and did what few others could have done. Finish high school... With honors... While raising a baby. I want to let you know how I feel before I bring Corey out on stage and give her my award. Because even if she's not a role model for the local businessman's association or for some of the students ate this school, she is for me.