Any skipper who can keep his cruisers and destroyers alongside of my carriers from one end of the Pacific to the other is definitely the man for the job.
8 seconds sound clip from the Midway (1976) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:41:14.167 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- I can't sleep. I can't eat. I just sit around scratching myself, 24 hours a day.
- Did you ever try an oatmeal water bath? Don't.
- I want to thank you for recommending me to take your task force to sea.
- Now, I have a question for you. Did that itch go to your head?
- Stop underestimating yourself, Ray.
- You know, you and I are... Well, you know, we're kind of... Bill, we're kind of different.
- Do you think I can pull it off the same way you could have?
- I can only tell you this, Ray. You play it the way you feel it, not the way you think I'd play it.
- You go to sea, find Yamamoto and chew his ass. Now, that's all there is to it.
- Right.
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