A Few Good Men…
September 13th, 2007 by Dozzer Posted in Team TalkJack Nicholson’s courtroom speech in A Few Good Men…
A Props Testimony to a Back
Son, in this world there are scrums. And in those scrums you need props. Are
you willing to do it? As a prop, I have more responsibility than you can
ever fathom.
You use words like “drunk” and “out of shape”; those words are the very
backbone of a life I spent drinking and partying in, and you use them as a
punchline.
You weep for your wings and centers, and curse the prop forward. You have
that luxury. You have the luxury of knowing that the front row, while
grotesque and incomprehensible to you, wins these games you play. Truth? You
can’t handle the truth, because deep down in places you don’t talk about in
your selection meetings, you want me in that scrum; you need me in that
scrum.
I neither have the time nor inclination to explain myself to a back who
scores under the very blanket of ball retention that I provide, and then
questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just bought
me a beer and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you crawl into that
scrum and get dirty. Either way, I don’t give a damn who you think is
responsible…
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