I couldn't bear the thought of another year in the minors. So I decided to hang them up.

6 seconds sound clip from the Field of Dreams (1989) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:06:08.823 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Suddenly old John McGraw points a bony finger in my direction and he says, Right field.

- Well sir, I jumped up like I was sitting on a spring, grabbed my glove, and ran out on the field.

- Did you get to make a play?

- They never hit the ball out of the infield.

- The game ended. The season was over.

- I knew they'd send me back down.

- I couldn't bear the thought of another year in the minors. So I decided to hang them up.

- Go on, sit down.

- Thank you.

- So what was that like?

- It was like coming this close to your dreams, and then watch them brush past you, like a stranger in a crowd.

- At the time, you don't think much of it. You know, we just don't recognize the most significant moments of our lives while they're happening.

- Back then I thought, Well, there'll be other days. I didn't realize that that was the only day.

[...]

Top rated lines from this movie

I have just created something totally illogical. -That's what I like about it.
It's okay, honey. I'm just talking to the cornfield.
If you build it, he will come.
But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game. It's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good, and it could be again.
Man, I did love this game. I'd have played for food money. It was the game, the sounds, the smells.

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