I gave away five years at the end of my career to drinking. Five years. There isn't anything I wouldn't give to get back any one day of it.

— Jimmy Dugan (Tom Hanks)

careerdrinkingjimmy dugantom hanks

13 seconds sound clip from the A League of Their Own movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:28:32 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- So lovely. We'll be back.

- Taking a little day trip?

- No. Um... Bob and I are driving home to Oregon.

- You know, I really thought you were a ballplayer.

- Well, you were wrong.

- Was I?

- Yeah. It is only a game, Jimmy. It's only a game, and I don't need this. I have Bob. I don't need this. I don't.

- I gave away five years at the end of my career to drinking. Five years. There isn't anything I wouldn't give to get back any one day of it.

- Well, we're different.

- That's chickenshit! You wanna go home and make 100 babies, great. I'm in no position to tell anyone how to live.

- But sneaking out like this, quitting. You'll regret it for the rest of your life.

- Baseball is what gets inside you. It's what lights you up. You can't deny that.

[...]

Top rated lines from this movie

What if, at a key moment in the game, my uniform bursts open and, oops, my bosoms come flying out? That might draw a crowd, right?
Are you crying? -No. -Are you crying? Are you crying? There's no crying! There's no crying in baseball!
Did anyone ever tell you you look like a penis with a little hat on?
Ooh. That one hurt. So long, milkmaids.

MOVIE-SOUNDS.ORG - Download and listen to lines and quotes from movies which can be used as ringtones. A movie phrases and sayings search engine.

 

All the movie sound clips on this site are just short samples from the original sources, in mp3, wav or other popular audio formats. The copyrighted, unlicensed movie samples are shorter in comparison to the original movie. Samples do not exceed 10 seconds or less than 1% of the length of the original movie, which is shorter. All the sounds retain their original copyright as owned by their respective movie production companies (read the full disclaimer and disclosures)

Contact | Privacy policy