1. All right, guys, line up.Copy !req
2. Rudy, take that stupid helmet off.
You're not even playing.Copy !req
3. Me and Pete, we're Notre Dame.
You guys, you're Michigan.Copy !req
4. Okay, huddle up. Come on.Copy !req
5. - Same play. I'll hand it off to you.
- Okay. I got it.Copy !req
6. One, two, three, break!Copy !req
7. Come on, Rudy.
Get on the ball.Copy !req
8. Ready! 42, blow!Copy !req
9. Set, hut!Copy !req
10. One, 1000. Two, 1000.Copy !req
11. Oh, no! Oh!Copy !req
12. I told you to cut inside.Copy !req
13. Do it right.Copy !req
14. Come on, Todd.Copy !req
15. Try it again. Let's go.Copy !req
16. All right, Todd. Same thing, okay?Copy !req
17. Break.Copy !req
18. - Ready?
- Let's go. Get on the ball.Copy !req
19. I'm sick of being all-time center.Copy !req
20. - What?
- I'm sick of being all-time center.Copy !req
21. I told you five times.Copy !req
22. You can't play anything
else but that.Copy !req
23. You're too small.Copy !req
24. - I can too.
- You guys, I'm going. I'm sorry.Copy !req
25. - I gotta go.
- We need you.Copy !req
26. - Come on.
- Let Rudy play in my place.Copy !req
27. Good idea, Frank. Let Rudy play.Copy !req
28. Come on. Why not?Copy !req
29. Okay, you can rush the passer.Copy !req
30. All right, Rudy.Copy !req
31. We gotta get them.Copy !req
32. - Break.
- Okay.Copy !req
33. Okay, let's go.Copy !req
34. Ready!Copy !req
35. Set, hut!Copy !req
36. Get him, Rudy. Get him.Copy !req
37. - The snow, for the touchdown.
- Yeah!Copy !req
38. All right!Copy !req
39. What a spaz.Copy !req
40. All right! We won, guys!Copy !req
41. Oh, yeah!Copy !req
42. - There you go.
- Thanks.Copy !req
43. Pete, you got your own home?Copy !req
44. - Last time I looked.
- You're welcome here anytime.Copy !req
45. Excuse me, young lady. Who are you?Copy !req
46. Sherry Walinski.Copy !req
47. - Bob's kid?
- Rudy's girlfriend.Copy !req
48. She is not.Copy !req
49. Yes, I am.Copy !req
50. - Everybody has a job at the mill.
- But I don't want that.Copy !req
51. Where else you gonna get 5 bucks
an hour? You got union protection.Copy !req
52. You got relatives watching
your front and your back.Copy !req
53. Tell me where you'll find this...Copy !req
54. - and God be with you.
- But, Dad, Pat's going there...Copy !req
55. - You gonna give me indigestion here?
- Leave the boy alone.Copy !req
56. But this boy can go off on his own.
You heard him.Copy !req
57. That's enough.Copy !req
58. Has anybody else got anything to say
before I start this meal?Copy !req
59. After high school, I'm gonna
play football at Notre Dame.Copy !req
60. Play football at Notre Dame?Copy !req
61. And I'll buy a mansion
on Lake Shore Drive.Copy !req
62. Rudy...Copy !req
63. What are we watching? Channel 7.Copy !req
64. - Don't you want something to drink?
- That's okay. Thanks.Copy !req
65. - Mr. Ruettiger?
- Yeah, Pete.Copy !req
66. At halftime, could we watch
some of the Indiana-Purdue game?Copy !req
67. There's only one team we watch
in this house, right?Copy !req
68. Right.Copy !req
69. And I want the ends in there fast,
every play, every play.Copy !req
70. We're under control.Copy !req
71. Any men in the backfield,
analyze before you move.Copy !req
72. If they throw a forward pass,
see the ball in the air...Copy !req
73. and then go and get it.
When we get it...Copy !req
74. that's when we go on offense.
That's when we go to them.Copy !req
75. We're going inside and outside them,
inside and outside them.Copy !req
76. We'll get them and
keep them on the run.Copy !req
77. We won't pass unless our
secondary comes up too close.Copy !req
78. But don't forget, we'll get them
on the run and go, go, go, go!Copy !req
79. Don't stop until we're
over the goal line.Copy !req
80. Don't forget men, today's
the day we're gonna win.Copy !req
81. They can't beat us in the fight and
we'll fight, fight, fight, fight!Copy !req
82. What do you say, men? Yeah!Copy !req
83. Ruettiger! Hey, Rudy!Copy !req
84. Kill that halfback.
Move that secondary back.Copy !req
85. - We gotta get ready for those...
- Come on, offense. Break!Copy !req
86. Black, 80!Copy !req
87. Set, hut!Copy !req
88. - Bring it on down. Come on!
- All right, let's go.Copy !req
89. Come on, Pete. Come on, buddy.Copy !req
90. I didn't hurt you, did I?Copy !req
91. Take a knee, guys.Copy !req
92. Listen up.Copy !req
93. You seniors, this is
your last practice.Copy !req
94. And with the exception of
Thomas, Lee, Bo...Copy !req
95. Sypitch, you get on the weights...Copy !req
96. tomorrow night will be the last
time you put on a football uniform.Copy !req
97. You know these last four years
have gone by too fast.Copy !req
98. They always do.Copy !req
99. And I gotta tell you guys...Copy !req
100. that I really appreciate
the hard work and effort...Copy !req
101. that you've given to me,
to the coaches...Copy !req
102. and to the Hilltoppers.Copy !req
103. As a reward...Copy !req
104. I'll give each
one of you seniors...Copy !req
105. one final hit on me and
my friend down there.Copy !req
106. All right. Seniors, stay here.Copy !req
107. Underclassmen, two lines,
five yards apart. Let's go!Copy !req
108. You're first, McConnell!Copy !req
109. Give me your best shot!
Remember, it's gonna be your last!Copy !req
110. Good shot!Copy !req
111. Shower room.Copy !req
112. Constantino!Copy !req
113. Come on, David!Copy !req
114. Ruettiger!Copy !req
115. Okay, Rudy. Okay.Copy !req
116. Hey, Rudy, we're gonna miss you.Copy !req
117. Come on, Pete!Copy !req
118. I can't believe it's over.Copy !req
119. The bicameral legislature
originated...Copy !req
120. not in the United States,
but where?Copy !req
121. Rudy, Rudy.Copy !req
122. Mr. Ruettiger, would you be
interested in joining us?Copy !req
123. - The House and the Senate...
- Don't even try.Copy !req
124. If I were giving out grades for
daydreaming, you'd be getting an A.Copy !req
125. But in civics, you're failing.Copy !req
126. You see, ladies and gentlemen...Copy !req
127. the problem with dreamers
is, they usually aren't doers.Copy !req
128. Their achievements are
grand up here...Copy !req
129. but here where it counts,
they fall short.Copy !req
130. Now, the bicameral legislature
originated... Hold up.Copy !req
131. I have an announcement.Copy !req
132. "If you are a student interested in
the University of Notre Dame...Copy !req
133. a bus will be leaving here
at 10 a.m. Saturday, December 15th...Copy !req
134. for a one-day guided
tour of the campus.Copy !req
135. Please sign up by Wednesday,
November 5th."Copy !req
136. And Raciniak, good.Copy !req
137. Whoa, wait!Copy !req
138. Where are you going?Copy !req
139. I'm going to see Notre Dame.Copy !req
140. Do you have some friends
in South Bend?Copy !req
141. - No.
- Then there must be some other reason.Copy !req
142. When you announced it in class,
I thought anybody could go.Copy !req
143. I'm sorry. This bus is for students
who want to attend the university.Copy !req
144. It's not a sightseeing tour.Copy !req
145. Maybe someday I'll go to school there.Copy !req
146. - Father Joseph, take over for me.
- Of course.Copy !req
147. Rudy...Copy !req
148. you don't have the grades for Joliet
Community, much less Notre Dame.Copy !req
149. The secret to happiness
in this life...Copy !req
150. is to be grateful for the gifts
the good Lord has bestowed upon us.Copy !req
151. Rudy...Copy !req
152. not everyone is meant
to go to college.Copy !req
153. Dad, wait up!Copy !req
154. What about this order?Copy !req
155. We have to change
the rollers on number 13.Copy !req
156. - Thirteen?
- Yeah.Copy !req
157. All right, we'll have the crane
ready for you, okay?Copy !req
158. Hey, Rudy.Copy !req
159. Rudy!Copy !req
160. You were late again today?Copy !req
161. You were late?Copy !req
162. Get serious.Copy !req
163. No special days here.Copy !req
164. What is today?Copy !req
165. - Friday.
- No, no, I mean the date.Copy !req
166. August 23rd.Copy !req
167. And that is...?Copy !req
168. My birthday.Copy !req
169. Twenty-two big ones!Copy !req
170. Pete, it's starting to go by too fast.Copy !req
171. Well, I didn't
have time to wrap it, but...Copy !req
172. - Go ahead, open it.
- You shouldn't have.Copy !req
173. This is fantastic.Copy !req
174. Where did you find this?Copy !req
175. I saw it in this surplus store and
I said, "That's gotta be yours."Copy !req
176. This is unbelievable.Copy !req
177. Pete, I don't know how
I'm ever gonna thank you.Copy !req
178. How's it look?Copy !req
179. You were born to wear it.Copy !req
180. Do you know Ara...Copy !req
181. is the only coach in Notre Dame
history who encourages walk-on players?Copy !req
182. You probably know more about
the team than half the players.Copy !req
183. I can't wait to get there.Copy !req
184. Guess how much money I have saved up?Copy !req
185. Twenty?Copy !req
186. Eighty? Fifty?Copy !req
187. 1000 dollars.Copy !req
188. That's a good start!Copy !req
189. You're the only one who ever
took me serious, Pete.Copy !req
190. Well, you know what
my dad always said.Copy !req
191. "Having dreams is what
makes life tolerable."Copy !req
192. - 2-2-0-5.
- 2-2-0-9.Copy !req
193. That's 2-2-0-9.
That's the house, Rudy!Copy !req
194. Isn't it cute?Copy !req
195. We can afford this.Copy !req
196. And know what else it has?
Wall-to-wall carpeting.Copy !req
197. It has a fireplace.Copy !req
198. And a big kitchen.Copy !req
199. It's close to the schools.Copy !req
200. What's wrong?Copy !req
201. Nothing.Copy !req
202. It's great, Sherry. It's great.
You did a great job.Copy !req
203. Look, buddy...Copy !req
204. I've put in my time.Copy !req
205. I've been very patient
waiting for us to save up...Copy !req
206. so we could get married
and do this right.Copy !req
207. You owe me.Copy !req
208. Come on.Copy !req
209. I think you're gonna like it.Copy !req
210. Hey, Joe, what do you know?Copy !req
211. - Can I get another beer down here?
- Sure. Coming right up.Copy !req
212. What are you doing tomorrow night?Copy !req
213. A little TV.Copy !req
214. Coach Parseghian is speaking at the
Chicago Grid Iron Club. Wanna go?Copy !req
215. Sure. If Rhonda
lets me stay out late.Copy !req
216. Tell her the D train gets
back no later than 10:30...Copy !req
217. Ara Parseghian? You just
can't give it up, can you?Copy !req
218. He's the greatest coach
in the country, Frank.Copy !req
219. Are you gonna kiss his autographed
picture every night?Copy !req
220. - What is your problem?
- Or maybe he'll let you wipe his ass.Copy !req
221. - Why don't you leave him alone?
- Mind your own business.Copy !req
222. As long as my brother talks this crazy
Notre Dame shit, he deserves this.Copy !req
223. Hey, you were a pretty big
Notre Dame fan.Copy !req
224. I used to collect baseball cards too.Copy !req
225. Forget about it.Copy !req
226. You know what Coach Gillespie
said about you, Frank?Copy !req
227. He said you had a lot of talent.Copy !req
228. But your problem was,
you were too afraid of getting hit.Copy !req
229. You had no guts.Copy !req
230. Go to hell, Pete.Copy !req
231. - Come on.
- It's okay.Copy !req
232. He used to tell me if you had one
half of Rudy's heart and desire...Copy !req
233. you could have been
all-conference.Copy !req
234. He said you were a pussy.Copy !req
235. Frank!Copy !req
236. Come on, Frank.Copy !req
237. Rudy!Copy !req
238. - Rudy! Rudy!
- All right!Copy !req
239. That's enough!Copy !req
240. Do you hear me?Copy !req
241. That's enough!Copy !req
242. Frank, good!Copy !req
243. Don't nothing ever change?Copy !req
244. Throw them out, Mary Ann.Copy !req
245. You didn't have to get into it
with Frank. I can take care of myself.Copy !req
246. I know you can.
That was between him and me!Copy !req
247. Ever since he started working here,
he's been pissed off.Copy !req
248. Because he's not the same
kind of god around here...Copy !req
249. that he was in high school.Copy !req
250. We got a breakout!Copy !req
251. Rudy, I need more water!Copy !req
252. I'm not getting any!Copy !req
253. Try another valve!Copy !req
254. I'm not getting any, Pete!Copy !req
255. Come on, goddamn it.Copy !req
256. There's no pressure in the line.
We need to get out of here!Copy !req
257. Turn something!Copy !req
258. Pete!Copy !req
259. Let us pray.Copy !req
260. O, God, who alone are ever
merciful and sparing of punishment...Copy !req
261. humbly we pray You in behalf of
the soul of Your servant, Peter...Copy !req
262. whom You have commanded to
go forth today from this world.Copy !req
263. Do not hand him over to the enemy,
and do not forget him forever...Copy !req
264. but command that this soul
be taken up by the holy angels...Copy !req
265. and brought home to Paradise.
So that, since he hoped...Copy !req
266. and believed in You, he may not
undergo the punishments of Hell...Copy !req
267. - I'm so sorry. He was a friend.
- Thank you.Copy !req
268. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.Copy !req
269. You okay?Copy !req
270. You wanna just go home?Copy !req
271. I'm going to South Bend.Copy !req
272. Now is not the time.Copy !req
273. If I don't go now, I'll never be any
good for you or for me or anybody.Copy !req
274. I'm sorry.Copy !req
275. Well...Copy !req
276. if you have to go, then
you'll have to go alone.Copy !req
277. I know.Copy !req
278. I'm sorry.Copy !req
279. Dad.Copy !req
280. What are you doing here?Copy !req
281. You can take a couple of weeks off.Copy !req
282. Your grandfather saved
all of his life...Copy !req
283. to bring the family
to this country.Copy !req
284. He got a good job in the stockyards.
He had a nice little house...Copy !req
285. South Chicago.Copy !req
286. I was about 12.Copy !req
287. Somebody sold him on the idea
he ought to move to the country...Copy !req
288. and become a dairy farmer.Copy !req
289. Well...Copy !req
290. he buys some land, you know,
and gets a couple hundred cows.Copy !req
291. Within five months, every one of
those cows was dead with disease.Copy !req
292. It was the Depression.Copy !req
293. Couldn't sell the land.Copy !req
294. There was no work.Copy !req
295. So one day...Copy !req
296. he took off.Copy !req
297. Didn't come back.Copy !req
298. My brothers and me, we split up...Copy !req
299. to live with friends and relatives.Copy !req
300. Chasing a stupid dream...Copy !req
301. causes nothing but you and
everyone around you heartache.Copy !req
302. Notre Dame is for rich kids...Copy !req
303. smart kids...Copy !req
304. great athletes. It's not for us.Copy !req
305. You're a Ruettiger.Copy !req
306. There's nothing wrong with that.
You can have a damn nice life.Copy !req
307. Frank is gonna take over
plant number two.Copy !req
308. A couple years, he'll make
more than me and Johnny.Copy !req
309. He's in charge of
the expansion program.Copy !req
310. I don't wanna be Frank or John.Copy !req
311. Excuse me, I need to see somebody
about going to school here.Copy !req
312. Now?Copy !req
313. Admissions office doesn't open
for another couple of hours yet.Copy !req
314. There's gotta be somebody
I can talk to now.Copy !req
315. Please?Copy !req
316. Well, you could talk to a priest.
Maybe that's what you need, son.Copy !req
317. Yeah, I'd appreciate that.Copy !req
318. Just a minute.Copy !req
319. Mr. Ruettiger?Copy !req
320. - Rudy.
- I'm Father Cavanaugh.Copy !req
321. How long have you thought
about this decision?Copy !req
322. For as long as I can remember...Copy !req
323. Have you taken the proper steps,
investigated the process?Copy !req
324. - Yes. I have more to learn, but...
- Are you fully aware...Copy !req
325. of the sacrifices
you'll have to make?Copy !req
326. I am.Copy !req
327. I'll do whatever it takes.Copy !req
328. What brought you here today?Copy !req
329. I just came from my best friend's
funeral. He said that...Copy !req
330. Of course.Copy !req
331. What do you mean, "Of course"?Copy !req
332. Well, it's very common for people...Copy !req
333. suffering a crisis to seek
escape into the cloth.Copy !req
334. - We recommend a grieving...
- Escape into the cloth?Copy !req
335. That's just an expression
that we use...Copy !req
336. for those who are running away from
emotional or psychological pain...Copy !req
337. by choosing priesthood.Copy !req
338. You think I want to become a priest?Copy !req
339. Don't you?Copy !req
340. Nothing against being a priest,
but I don't think it's for me.Copy !req
341. Why are you here?Copy !req
342. I want to go to school at Notre Dame.Copy !req
343. Well, have you applied?Copy !req
344. No, my grades have never been
very good, even though I tried.Copy !req
345. But I'll try harder. I'll study
20 hours a day if I have to.Copy !req
346. This university,
it's not for everybody.Copy !req
347. Ever since I was a kid,
I wanted to go to school here.Copy !req
348. And ever since I was a kid,
everyone said it couldn't be done.Copy !req
349. My whole life, people have been telling
me what I could do and couldn't do.Copy !req
350. I've always listened to them,
believed in what they said.Copy !req
351. I don't want to do that anymore.Copy !req
352. Okay, Mr. Rudy.Copy !req
353. Here's the deal...Copy !req
354. Holy Cross Junior College is nearby.
I can get you one semester there.Copy !req
355. You make grades,
you get another semester.Copy !req
356. Maybe with a good GPA...Copy !req
357. you might have a chance
of getting into Notre Dame.Copy !req
358. Hey, kid!Copy !req
359. You're not supposed to be here!Copy !req
360. Hey, this place is really
something else, huh?Copy !req
361. Someday, I'm gonna come out of that
tunnel and run onto this field!Copy !req
362. Well, it ain't gonna be this day.Copy !req
363. I'm here to play football
for the Irish.Copy !req
364. Coach Parseghian know about it?Copy !req
365. No, not yet.Copy !req
366. Well, maybe you best tell him first.Copy !req
367. Yeah, you're right.Copy !req
368. Yeah, that's what I should do.Copy !req
369. Thanks.Copy !req
370. I'll see you around.Copy !req
371. Is he expecting you?Copy !req
372. This'll just take a second.Copy !req
373. - Now just a moment...
- Coach?Copy !req
374. - Can I talk to you for a second?
- I'm sorry, coach, I tried.Copy !req
375. - No, it's all right. I've got it.
- Shall I close the door?Copy !req
376. - How can I help you, son?
- I'm Rudy Ruettiger.Copy !req
377. I'm here to talk about playing
football for Notre Dame.Copy !req
378. Our walk-on tryout date
was two weeks ago.Copy !req
379. I'm not talking about this year.
I was thinking about next springtime.Copy !req
380. Are you a student here?Copy !req
381. No. I'm at Holy Cross.
But I'm gonna be a student here.Copy !req
382. I've been a Notre Dame fan for as long
as I can remember, since I was little.Copy !req
383. In high school, I started...
Is it all right if I sit down?Copy !req
384. In high school,
I started at cornerback.Copy !req
385. I wasn't the quickest guy on the team
or the biggest...Copy !req
386. but I lead in tackles.Copy !req
387. But anyway...Copy !req
388. I've been working at a steel mill
for about four years.Copy !req
389. And I've been saving up my money.Copy !req
390. And I've been planning on
coming here. But...Copy !req
391. My friend Pete really understood
what my dream was.Copy !req
392. And he told me not to
waste any more time.Copy !req
393. But I don't know.
For some reason, I couldn't...Copy !req
394. See, he died in an accident on Friday.Copy !req
395. And I came here right after
the funeral.Copy !req
396. You see what I mean?Copy !req
397. Son...Copy !req
398. I think you're in the wrong office.Copy !req
399. Come on, now.Copy !req
400. I don't understand.Copy !req
401. You might want to go and talk
to Father Cavanaugh.Copy !req
402. I talked to Father Cavanaugh.
He got me into Holy Cross.Copy !req
403. He did?Copy !req
404. He said that if I got good enough
grades at Holy Cross...Copy !req
405. and I will, I promise... that
I'd be admitted here officially.Copy !req
406. I just wanted to introduce myself and
say I look forward to practice.Copy !req
407. - Thank you.
- So long.Copy !req
408. Sorry.Copy !req
409. For us, divine inspiration does not
mean that God possesses a man...Copy !req
410. and simply dictates
the inspired text to him.Copy !req
411. Rather...Copy !req
412. that God implants into a man's mind
the general concept.Copy !req
413. When God does that...Copy !req
414. He allows the man to write that
in his historical context.Copy !req
415. The sitz im leben, or,
"That is the setting in life."Copy !req
416. So a man may have
historical inaccuracies...Copy !req
417. but God allows
those misunderstandings...Copy !req
418. because what is important
and inherent...Copy !req
419. is the theological concept that
God is getting across to mankind.Copy !req
420. I think that's all for today.Copy !req
421. We will have a quiz on Monday,
so please prepare yourselves for it.Copy !req
422. Well done, Father.Copy !req
423. Please grade these for me.Copy !req
424. - Appreciate it. Thank you.
- Certainly.Copy !req
425. You learning stenography or what?Copy !req
426. Everything he's mouthing
is in the book.Copy !req
427. I gotta make an A in this class.Copy !req
428. Just remember your sitz im leben,
and it shouldn't be a problem.Copy !req
429. I'm not talking to you, man.
Not after what you did.Copy !req
430. You brought a girl to meet me...Copy !req
431. and the next thing you know,
she sits next to Brian...Copy !req
432. Hi, could you hold this?Copy !req
433. - Yeah, sure.
- Thanks.Copy !req
434. So you're interested
in a room to rent?Copy !req
435. I don't know. Maybe.Copy !req
436. My brother has a house about
five blocks from campus.Copy !req
437. I'm sick and tired of...Copy !req
438. - I have an extra card I can give you.
- Just forget it.Copy !req
439. Forget it. See you.Copy !req
440. So if you're interested,
call soon.Copy !req
441. Maybe tonight. All right, bye.Copy !req
442. You don't have a goddamn clue, do you?Copy !req
443. About what?Copy !req
444. About how to get an A in that class.Copy !req
445. I could help you.Copy !req
446. Look, besides being an honor student
at Notre Dame...Copy !req
447. and a TA in Father...Copy !req
448. I'm also a tutor for hire.Copy !req
449. I can't even afford a room to rent.Copy !req
450. Wait, maybe we can make
some other kind of deal.Copy !req
451. What kind of deal?Copy !req
452. Well...Copy !req
453. I got Notre Dame pretty well
staked out.Copy !req
454. Staked out?Copy !req
455. Girls.Copy !req
456. - I don't know here...
- Excuse me.Copy !req
457. - Sorry.
- Sorry.Copy !req
458. I don't know the girls
here at Holy Cross.Copy !req
459. - What's your point?
- Well, maybe you could...Copy !req
460. What?Copy !req
461. - Introduce me to a few...
- I don't know any girls here.Copy !req
462. So be it.Copy !req
463. Wait a minute.Copy !req
464. Hey, wait!Copy !req
465. Hey, wait a minute.Copy !req
466. Maybe I do know some girls.Copy !req
467. In fact, I know a lot of girls.Copy !req
468. - I just gotta find them.
- That's the spirit.Copy !req
469. As you can see, I'm pretty
goddamn desperate.Copy !req
470. I'm D-Bob.Copy !req
471. - Rudy.
- And I'm in love.Copy !req
472. - Hey, how you doing?
- Don't say anything.Copy !req
473. Pretty sweater you're wearing.
This is D-Bob.Copy !req
474. He's feeling not well.Copy !req
475. Will you cut it out?Copy !req
476. Branski twisted his knee.Copy !req
477. He's not gonna make...Copy !req
478. - Is this the practice field?
- All practices are closed.Copy !req
479. - I know Coach Parseghian.
- Are you...Copy !req
480. - I talked to him the other day.
- Watch out.Copy !req
481. - Step back, okay?
- All right.Copy !req
482. Hey, coach!Copy !req
483. You gotta keep your eyes open
around here, kid.Copy !req
484. Hey, coach!Copy !req
485. Coach Parseghian...Copy !req
486. anything I can do to help the team,
you just let me know.Copy !req
487. See you.Copy !req
488. - Who's that?
- Your lunch breaks are too long.Copy !req
489. Go plug in the end zone.Copy !req
490. - Tell Jake I need to talk to him.
- All right, boss.Copy !req
491. - What did I tell you about trespassing?
- You're the guy I need to talk to.Copy !req
492. - I need your help.
- Why should I help you?Copy !req
493. - I want to be your assistant.
- I've got a full crew.Copy !req
494. Couldn't you use somebody else?
I mean, I'll work for free.Copy !req
495. What's in it for you?Copy !req
496. I volunteered to help the team
do anything I can, but...Copy !req
497. I can't, because I'm not
a student here.Copy !req
498. But I will be.Copy !req
499. I figured if I'm gonna play here,
I need to know the lay of the land.Copy !req
500. You're nuts.Copy !req
501. I've heard that a lot.Copy !req
502. Well, you've got to be nuts
to want to work for nothing.Copy !req
503. I just want to be a part
of this university.Copy !req
504. Okay.Copy !req
505. Meet me here tomorrow, 10 a.m.Copy !req
506. - Thanks.
- Minimum wage.Copy !req
507. - Thanks again.
- All right.Copy !req
508. Did you understand what
I was trying to say?Copy !req
509. You don't understand.Copy !req
510. - Let me give you a hand.
- Are you sure?Copy !req
511. - No problem. Here.
- I got it.Copy !req
512. - Keep it straight, kid.
- Okay.Copy !req
513. - Poet. Scholar.
- Dickinson. Dickinson.Copy !req
514. Hut, hut. Blue and gold, let's go.Copy !req
515. - Hi there, what's your name?
- Donna.Copy !req
516. - Great. My name's Rudy Ruettiger.
- Hi, I'm Colleen.Copy !req
517. - I've got this buddy, D-Bob.
- D-Bob with the two watches?Copy !req
518. Mr. Marshall Fields?Copy !req
519. - His name's D-Bob. He's a sweetheart.
- Well, maybe I'll see you around.Copy !req
520. - No, I have class.
- I sit behind you in 235.Copy !req
521. - Two watches!
- Two watches!Copy !req
522. Don't waste time reading the question
if it's a long test in a short period.Copy !req
523. - All right.
- Two of them will be similar.Copy !req
524. It'll be one of those two.
One's absurd. Forget that one.Copy !req
525. - This is important.
- "Increase...Copy !req
526. in psychological responses."
- What do you think?Copy !req
527. Excuse me.Copy !req
528. I'm sorry to interrupt, but
I just have to ask you...Copy !req
529. have we met somewhere before?Copy !req
530. You know, you look
really familiar to me.Copy !req
531. Maybe psych class. Do you have psych
on Monday, Wednesday, Friday?Copy !req
532. I'm in there at 10:00.Copy !req
533. Yeah, he's in that class.Copy !req
534. I bet that's where.
I knew you looked familiar.Copy !req
535. Well, anyway, this is kind of
embarrassing, but...Copy !req
536. you heard about the dance
on Saturday night, right?Copy !req
537. - Right?
- Yeah, we've heard about it.Copy !req
538. Okay. All right, well, I was just
wondering, do you have any plans?Copy !req
539. - That's great. So you're available?
- D-Bob would love to go.Copy !req
540. Really? This is so great.Copy !req
541. I would love to introduce you
to my roommate, Elza.Copy !req
542. Elza, come here.Copy !req
543. D-Bob was suspicious, so he made me go
to a language lab to take these tests.Copy !req
544. They said I had a slight case
of dyslexia.Copy !req
545. It's when the words get mixed up
in your head when you're reading.Copy !req
546. I'm doing exercises to help me, and...Copy !req
547. - I got an A on a literature test.
- That's great, kid.Copy !req
548. Hey, do you live in here?Copy !req
549. Believe it or not, got my own home.Copy !req
550. That cot's for when
my sciatica acts up.Copy !req
551. Okay, let's go to work.Copy !req
552. See that hose on top of the locker?Copy !req
553. Bring that with you.Copy !req
554. So you're in student housing?Copy !req
555. Huh?Copy !req
556. No, I'm living with a friend in town.Copy !req
557. Where in town?Copy !req
558. - I haven't found a place to stay yet.
- Funds pretty low, huh?Copy !req
559. All my savings went for tuition.Copy !req
560. I shower at Holy Cross.
I'm all right.Copy !req
561. - So this is it, huh?
- This is where it starts and finishes.Copy !req
562. "I've gotta go, Rock.Copy !req
563. It's all right. I'm not afraid.Copy !req
564. Sometime, when the team's
in trouble...Copy !req
565. and things are wrong and the breaks
are beating the boys...Copy !req
566. tell them to go in there and
win just one for the Gipper.Copy !req
567. I don't know where I'll be then, Rock,
but I'll know about it...Copy !req
568. and I'll be happy."Copy !req
569. The Four Horsemen.Copy !req
570. Knute Rockne.Copy !req
571. Moose Krause.Copy !req
572. Angelo Bertelli.Copy !req
573. Johnny Lujack.Copy !req
574. Leon Hart, Terry Hanratty, Jack Snow.Copy !req
575. John Lattner.Copy !req
576. Paul Hornung could've dressed
in this locker.Copy !req
577. We got work to do, kid.Copy !req
578. "We're gonna go inside.
We're gonna go outside.Copy !req
579. We're gonna get them on the run.
We're gonna keep them on the run.Copy !req
580. Then we're gonna go, go, go, go, go!Copy !req
581. We won't stop until we're across
that goal line.Copy !req
582. This is a team they say is good.
Well, I think we're better than them.Copy !req
583. They can't lick us.Copy !req
584. What do you say, men?"Copy !req
585. By the way, Gipper,
I got your gym card.Copy !req
586. - Great!
- Wait, we had a deal.Copy !req
587. - I do your laundry for two months.
- This was hard to get.Copy !req
588. - It's gonna be a semester.
- Of doing your laundry?Copy !req
589. - Come on, let me see.
- A semester.Copy !req
590. All right, fine.
Just let me see the card.Copy !req
591. - Come on, that's impossible.
- It's your job to give it a shot.Copy !req
592. She's out of our league.Copy !req
593. Tell her I'm a Fields.Copy !req
594. As in Marshall Fields. She'll know.
Just tell her that, please.Copy !req
595. That looks great.
I think you'll really enjoy it.Copy !req
596. Hi, are you interested in joining
a student activity?Copy !req
597. Here's your choices.Copy !req
598. Do you see that guy over there?
Over by the pillar.Copy !req
599. Could you wave at him a little bit?
Just kind of humor him.Copy !req
600. Please?Copy !req
601. That was perfect. Thank you.Copy !req
602. Well?Copy !req
603. Choir looks good. I used to sing
in the high school choir.Copy !req
604. - What's Football Boosters?
- We organize the pep rallies and...Copy !req
605. paint the helmets
the night before the game.Copy !req
606. The actual football helmets?
You guys...Copy !req
607. That's definitely me.
Where do I sign?Copy !req
608. Right here.Copy !req
609. You are a student
at Notre Dame, right?Copy !req
610. Yeah. Why, don't I look like one?Copy !req
611. Oh, no, we're just supposed to ask.Copy !req
612. Yeah, I'm Notre Dame gold and blue,
through and through.Copy !req
613. The first meeting is tomorrow night
at the ACC, 7:00.Copy !req
614. - See you there.
- All right, bye.Copy !req
615. Like to sign up
for a student activity?Copy !req
616. - Strike?
- Out.Copy !req
617. She has a boyfriend
who's on the football team.Copy !req
618. - You looked like you were in.
- Well, I'm sorry.Copy !req
619. You look awful goddamn
happy about this.Copy !req
620. Thank you.Copy !req
621. - Did you get the field passes?
- Chuck hasn't given them to me yet.Copy !req
622. Mary.Copy !req
623. Mary!Copy !req
624. - Watch yourself.
- Oh! Sorry.Copy !req
625. Hey...Copy !req
626. isn't this fantastic?Copy !req
627. There's 24-karat gold in the paint!Copy !req
628. - What's your name again?
- Rudy Ruettiger.Copy !req
629. I need your student I.D.
To get your card section pass.Copy !req
630. I don't have it now,
but I'm gonna get it.Copy !req
631. - I'll have it by tomorrow.
- I gotta send the names in tonight.Copy !req
632. Couldn't you let it slide this once?Copy !req
633. It's the rules, sorry. Next game.Copy !req
634. Are you gonna come to Corby's?
It's where we all go afterwards.Copy !req
635. Yeah, I'll be there. Thanks.Copy !req
636. Is that Bob Gladieux and Ron Dushney
sitting at the end of the bar?Copy !req
637. - How about another one?
- Sure.Copy !req
638. Now, that's a game to remember:
1966 against Michigan State.Copy !req
639. Gladieux caught the greatest pass
in Notre Dame football history.Copy !req
640. Hey!Copy !req
641. "Mary, Mary quite contrary,
what makes your garden grow?"Copy !req
642. Excuse me, could I get change
for a dollar, please?Copy !req
643. Thank you.Copy !req
644. You all right?Copy !req
645. Yeah. I just wanted to say
it's been a pleasure working with you.Copy !req
646. Thanks.Copy !req
647. You said before you were the greatest
Notre Dame football fan in history.Copy !req
648. I thought I was, so I guess that
means we got something in common.Copy !req
649. In fact, I'm gonna be playing football
for the Irish next fall.Copy !req
650. I've talked to Coach Parseghian
about it.Copy !req
651. You see, I'm at Holy Cross for
a semester, maybe two at the most.Copy !req
652. Father Cavanaugh says
if I make the grades...Copy !req
653. I'll have a real good shot
at getting in.Copy !req
654. And for the first time in my life,
my grades have been really good.Copy !req
655. You're not a Notre Dame student?Copy !req
656. Not officially.Copy !req
657. - But I will be next semester.
- You can't be a part of the Boosters.Copy !req
658. - I'm sorry.
- Mary, wait a minute.Copy !req
659. Will you please forget I said that?Copy !req
660. - You know what a tremendous fan I am.
- It's the rules.Copy !req
661. I know, but...Copy !req
662. Damn!Copy !req
663. I need one ticket.Copy !req
664. No way.Copy !req
665. - Mister, I got 10 bucks for a ticket.
- Ten bucks? You're 90 short.Copy !req
666. - Kid, can I buy that ticket from you?
- Yeah, for 20 bucks.Copy !req
667. - Please, can I get in? I got $10.
- I couldn't do it. I'd lose my job.Copy !req
668. Really.Copy !req
669. I'd like to, buddy.Copy !req
670. Hands off to Eric Penick
for the Notre Dame touchdown.Copy !req
671. Do you have an extra ticket? Please?Copy !req
672. - One ticket. I just need one seat.
- I'm sorry, no.Copy !req
673. Point after attempt is good.
Irish, 7, Northwestern, nothing.Copy !req
674. Fortune, did you see Eric Penick's
kickoff return yesterday?Copy !req
675. I saw it on TV.Copy !req
676. He broke free right about here.Copy !req
677. The 40. The 35. The 30!Copy !req
678. The 25! The 20! The 15!Copy !req
679. The 10! The 5! Touchdown Irish!Copy !req
680. Hey, hey, hey, we got work to do.Copy !req
681. Down, set, hut!Copy !req
682. - You ever see a game from in here?
- Nope.Copy !req
683. Well, then your first game
will be one I'm playing in.Copy !req
684. Whatever you say, kid.
You gonna watch me or help me?Copy !req
685. Thanks for the blanket and the key.Copy !req
686. I don't know nothing about it.Copy !req
687. Then who put the key on the cot?Copy !req
688. You hear what I just said?Copy !req
689. Yeah.Copy !req
690. All B's.Copy !req
691. And an A.Copy !req
692. I know my grades have gone down,
Father, but...Copy !req
693. I have a lot of
extracurricular activities.Copy !req
694. You did a good job, kid.Copy !req
695. Admissions people, you never can tell.
They're a funny bunch of squirrels.Copy !req
696. Have I done all I can?Copy !req
697. Excuse me.Copy !req
698. Hi, I need box 620, please.Copy !req
699. Thank you.Copy !req
700. "Dear Mr. Ruettiger,
Your application for admission...Copy !req
701. to the University of Notre Dame
has been evaluated by..."Copy !req
702. - Merry Christmas.
- Merry Christmas to you.Copy !req
703. Tommy, where did you get that?
Oh, you're all sticky.Copy !req
704. It's okay, but it's just gonna
get everything all over the place.Copy !req
705. Rudy!Copy !req
706. Where have you been for so long?Copy !req
707. I've been going to college
at Holy Cross. It's in South Bend.Copy !req
708. If you're going to Holy Cross,
why do you have a Notre Dame jacket?Copy !req
709. - I'll go there next year.
- Then that's where I'll go too!Copy !req
710. Do you want something to eat?Copy !req
711. An A and three B's.Copy !req
712. Good for you.Copy !req
713. I didn't make it into Notre Dame this
semester. I saw a few home games.Copy !req
714. I thought about you. You'd have loved
it. You gotta come over for a game.Copy !req
715. It's so exciting. You've...Copy !req
716. I watch the games here on
my television. That's fine for me.Copy !req
717. I know, but it's not the same thing.Copy !req
718. What if I were in the game?Copy !req
719. Jesus, we still have
to listen to this crap?Copy !req
720. That semester at college
didn't make you smarter.Copy !req
721. I'm glad you made good grades.Copy !req
722. Come on, Johnny. Please tell me.Copy !req
723. It wouldn't be a surprise if I tell.Copy !req
724. You can do better than that.Copy !req
725. Okay, one more hint.Copy !req
726. Hey, Johnny-boy, aren't you gonna
wish your brother a merry Christmas?Copy !req
727. How you doing, Rudy?Copy !req
728. Fine.Copy !req
729. I just want to tell you that
you going to college and all...Copy !req
730. I think that's great.Copy !req
731. Thanks, Johnny.Copy !req
732. I'll be in the kitchen.Copy !req
733. I gotta go.Copy !req
734. Why don't you stay for a while?Copy !req
735. I have to go to work.Copy !req
736. Rudy, I'm sorry.Copy !req
737. I just want to tell you that
I hope you make it. I do.Copy !req
738. Hi.Copy !req
739. Hi.Copy !req
740. Twelve o'clock. Closing time.Copy !req
741. - Thanks, Mrs. Mackenzie.
- You're welcome.Copy !req
742. Thanks.Copy !req
743. Vacation, that's all I hear from you.
"I'm gonna go on vacation."Copy !req
744. After this game you're gonna
pay my money, right?Copy !req
745. What about the end of the month?Copy !req
746. Total failure.Copy !req
747. Everything I did.Copy !req
748. Work, the studying, four hours
a night's sleep in a dungeon.Copy !req
749. I've blown another year
of eligibility.Copy !req
750. This entire year's been a waste.Copy !req
751. A waste, huh?Copy !req
752. You got your head so far up your ass
about that damn football team...Copy !req
753. you don't get that you just got
one year of top-quality education.Copy !req
754. "Waste."Copy !req
755. Don't be wasting my time.Copy !req
756. Ain't you got some work to do?Copy !req
757. First three chapters for next week.
Start thinking about those.Copy !req
758. Thank you.Copy !req
759. Damn it!Copy !req
760. We gotta do
our own cooking and laundry.Copy !req
761. We gotta do
our own cooking and laundry.Copy !req
762. I'm not very good at that either.Copy !req
763. You gonna invite me?Copy !req
764. You'll be the first one.Copy !req
765. - First? I'm gonna be the guinea pig?
- If you live through it, why...Copy !req
766. - Excuse me.
- Sure.Copy !req
767. Taking your appeal to a higher court.Copy !req
768. I'm desperate.Copy !req
769. If I don't get in next semester,
it's over, done.Copy !req
770. Notre Dame doesn't accept
senior transfers.Copy !req
771. Well, you did a hell of a job, kid,
chasing down your dream.Copy !req
772. I don't care. If it doesn't produce
results, it doesn't mean anything.Copy !req
773. I think you'll discover that it will.Copy !req
774. Maybe I haven't prayed enough.Copy !req
775. I'm sure that's not the problem.Copy !req
776. Praying is something
we do in our time.Copy !req
777. The answers come in God's time.Copy !req
778. Have I done everything I possibly can?
Can you help me?Copy !req
779. Son, in 35 years
of religious studies...Copy !req
780. I've come up with only
two hard, incontrovertible facts:Copy !req
781. There is a God...Copy !req
782. and I'm not Him.Copy !req
783. Is there anything in box 620, please?Copy !req
784. "... has been approved.Copy !req
785. You've been accepted as a freshman
for the fall semester..."Copy !req
786. Oh, thank God.Copy !req
787. What's wrong?Copy !req
788. Read it.Copy !req
789. "Congratulations, you are..."Copy !req
790. I did it.Copy !req
791. You did it.Copy !req
792. You did it.Copy !req
793. Hey, guys.Copy !req
794. My son's going to Notre Dame.Copy !req
795. All right, Rudy. Way to go!Copy !req
796. Hey, you guys!Copy !req
797. My son's going to Notre Dame!Copy !req
798. You hear that, Johnny?
Your brother's going to Notre Dame.Copy !req
799. Can you believe it, Frank?Copy !req
800. Congratulations.Copy !req
801. So, listen, you wanna work
till it's time to go to school?Copy !req
802. I gotta get back, Pop.
Football tryouts start this week.Copy !req
803. I'll call you.Copy !req
804. One, two, three...Copy !req
805. four, five, six...Copy !req
806. seven, eight!Copy !req
807. Let me tell it to you
as clean as I can.Copy !req
808. We have 95 players here...Copy !req
809. so accomplished
as athletes in high school...Copy !req
810. they have full scholarships to the
best football program in the country.Copy !req
811. NCAA regulations allow us
to dress just 60 for home games...Copy !req
812. which means at least
35 scholarship players...Copy !req
813. will be watching the game
from the stands.Copy !req
814. So if any of you has any fantasies...Copy !req
815. about running out of that tunnel
with your helmet shining in the sun...Copy !req
816. you best leave them right here.Copy !req
817. Of you 15 dreamers out there,
maybe we'll keep one or two.Copy !req
818. My job is to basically beat the shit
out of you for the next five days.Copy !req
819. And whoever is still
standing at the end...Copy !req
820. maybe we'll use
for our scout teams.Copy !req
821. You'll be running the opposition's plays
week in and week out.Copy !req
822. Your greatest value to us is,
we don't care whether you get hurt.Copy !req
823. Our first teams are gonna pound on you
like you're their worst enemies.Copy !req
824. Like what you hear so far?Copy !req
825. Any of you want to run home to Mama?
Now's your chance.Copy !req
826. Joe, they're all yours.Copy !req
827. Don't just stand there trying to think.
Let's hit those ropes. Move it!Copy !req
828. Move it, I said! Come on!Copy !req
829. Pick them up, pick them up!Copy !req
830. High knees!
Let's go, gentlemen, let's go!Copy !req
831. Pump your arms,
keep your heads up.Copy !req
832. That's it, don't step on that rope!Copy !req
833. Up and down, let's go!
We want to see how quick you are here.Copy !req
834. Keep it rolling, keep it rolling.Copy !req
835. Heads up, keep moving, keep moving.Copy !req
836. Pump those arms, pump those arms
when you're backwards running.Copy !req
837. Move it, move it, move it!Copy !req
838. Keep your heads up,
keep your heads up!Copy !req
839. Run!Copy !req
840. Get in there, Ruettiger,
get in there!Copy !req
841. All right, let's concentrate
and get it right.Copy !req
842. Go hard, charge him.Copy !req
843. What is that?
What are you doing? Come on!Copy !req
844. Who has the play?
Who wants to do it right?Copy !req
845. I got it.Copy !req
846. All right, stay low.Copy !req
847. Come on, let's do it again!Copy !req
848. - Get out of here.
- Coach, I can do it.Copy !req
849. Oh, yeah? All right, we'll see.Copy !req
850. This is where we separate
the men from the girls.Copy !req
851. 30, hit the spot.Copy !req
852. Get in there. Now pick him off.
Pick him off, damn it!Copy !req
853. All right, if you want
to make this team...Copy !req
854. Relax for a few minutes.Copy !req
855. If it was up to me,
I'd get rid of all of them.Copy !req
856. If they can't protect themselves,
I don't want them.Copy !req
857. The kid with blood on him.Copy !req
858. Ruettiger?Copy !req
859. Have you been watching?
No athletic skill.Copy !req
860. - He's put more effort than anybody.
- You fellows decide.Copy !req
861. Not in my defensive backfield.
You want him, you got him.Copy !req
862. All right, shower up.
We'll let you know.Copy !req
863. You think you made it?Copy !req
864. Unfortunately, yeah.Copy !req
865. What is so unfortunate
about making the team?Copy !req
866. This is my third year as a walk-on.Copy !req
867. I had scholarships
to two Big Ten schools.Copy !req
868. But my father was
an all-American here...Copy !req
869. so I get a lot of family pressure.Copy !req
870. I don't understand.Copy !req
871. If you haven't been cut,
then you still have a chance.Copy !req
872. - What, a chance to play?
- Yeah.Copy !req
873. The only reason they keep me on
here is because I'm a legacy.Copy !req
874. To them I'm no more valuable
than a tackling dummy.Copy !req
875. Ruettiger, come with me.Copy !req
876. Yeah, coach.Copy !req
877. You want on the team pretty bad.Copy !req
878. You have no idea.Copy !req
879. - You sure busted your balls out there.
- Coach, I'll do anything.Copy !req
880. You think you can give
the same effort...Copy !req
881. day in and day out
for the next five months?Copy !req
882. Sir, I have no doubt.Copy !req
883. Fine.
If you do lighten up one hair...Copy !req
884. I'll throw you off this team
so fast you won't know what hit you.Copy !req
885. Wait a minute.Copy !req
886. Throw me off? That means
I gotta be on the team first.Copy !req
887. - Don't let me down.
- Does that mean I'm on the team?Copy !req
888. - Yeah, kid, you're on the team.
- Thank you!Copy !req
889. Hey, hey, come on.Copy !req
890. Go put some shoes on.Copy !req
891. Thanks for everything.Copy !req
892. Here.Copy !req
893. What's that?Copy !req
894. It's the key to the maintenance room.Copy !req
895. Don't know nothing about it.Copy !req
896. Yeah...Copy !req
897. You promised. You'll come see
your first game if I ever dress.Copy !req
898. Well, I'll stop by every now
and again, just to bother you.Copy !req
899. See you later.Copy !req
900. Hey, kid.Copy !req
901. You ever dress...Copy !req
902. I'll be there.Copy !req
903. Rally, sons of Notre DameCopy !req
904. Sing the glory and sound the fameCopy !req
905. Raise the gold and blue
And cheer with voices trueCopy !req
906. Rah-rah for Notre DameCopy !req
907. We will fight in every gameCopy !req
908. Strong of heart and true to her nameCopy !req
909. We will ne'er forget her
And will cheer her everCopy !req
910. Loyal to Notre DameCopy !req
911. Cheer, cheer for old Notre DameCopy !req
912. Wake up the echoes cheering her nameCopy !req
913. Send the volley cheer on highCopy !req
914. Shake down the thunder from the skyCopy !req
915. What tho the odds be great or smallCopy !req
916. Old Notre Dame will win over allCopy !req
917. While her loyal sons are marchingCopy !req
918. Onward to victoryCopy !req
919. Cheer, cheer for old Notre DameCopy !req
920. Wake up the echoes cheering her nameCopy !req
921. Send the volley cheer on highCopy !req
922. Shake down the thunder from the skyCopy !req
923. What tho the odds be great or smallCopy !req
924. Old Notre Dame will win over allCopy !req
925. While her loyal sons are marchingCopy !req
926. Onward to victoryCopy !req
927. Onward to victoryCopy !req
928. Sloppy!Copy !req
929. Run it again.
Sloppy, for chrissake!Copy !req
930. 38 counter.Copy !req
931. The back missed the hole.
He's gotta go to the outside.Copy !req
932. You all right, man?
Come on, get up.Copy !req
933. - Get in the huddle.
- Ruettiger!Copy !req
934. Ruettiger, get out.Copy !req
935. I can do it, coach!Copy !req
936. - Ready?
- Let's go, fellas.Copy !req
937. What are you doing?Copy !req
938. Don't treat me like your kid brother.
I'm playing defense for Purdue.Copy !req
939. You ain't here to be no nanny
in no kindergarten!Copy !req
940. - Now, go play ball.
- Hit me, man.Copy !req
941. Red 40!Copy !req
942. Red 40!Copy !req
943. Keep your ass down.Copy !req
944. So on Eagle,
do I go on "set" or "2"?Copy !req
945. You gotta go on "set."
You gotta pick the man up.Copy !req
946. On Eagle Slant, do I let him slide
or do I pick him up too?Copy !req
947. Hey, little buddy! Hold up, man.Copy !req
948. I'm not talking to you.
You keep going.Copy !req
949. I'm sorry about
what happened at practice today.Copy !req
950. Don't be sorry.Copy !req
951. If you don't cool it out there,
you'll get yourself killed.Copy !req
952. If I cool it, I won't be helping you
get ready for the games. Got it?Copy !req
953. I got it.Copy !req
954. He's just a showboat, man.
That's all he's about.Copy !req
955. He's just doing his job, Jamie.
Can it.Copy !req
956. Go Irish!Copy !req
957. Go Irish!Copy !req
958. - Let's go. Come on.
- Come on, here we go.Copy !req
959. What are you doing, huh?Copy !req
960. Break it up!Copy !req
961. Get off me!Copy !req
962. Come on, Ruettiger!Copy !req
963. Break it up, I said. And cool down.Copy !req
964. You brown-nosed suck-ass!
You suck ass!Copy !req
965. What's your problem, O'Hare?Copy !req
966. Last practice and this asshole
thinks it's the Super Bowl.Copy !req
967. You just summed up
your entire sorry career here...Copy !req
968. in one sentence!Copy !req
969. If you had a tenth of Ruettiger's heart,
you'd have made all-American.Copy !req
970. As it is, you just went
from third team to prep team.Copy !req
971. Go on, get out of here.
Get me another tailback.Copy !req
972. - Huddle!
- Let's run it.Copy !req
973. Come on, let's rock some ass.Copy !req
974. - Huddle!
- Let's go. Defense, come on out.Copy !req
975. Rudy, I want you to ice this
twice more in your room tonight.Copy !req
976. We'll see you tomorrow.Copy !req
977. Keep that pack on that shoulder
for at least 15 more minutes.Copy !req
978. Hey, Jim.Copy !req
979. Your bullshit out there makes us
look bad, so dial it down a notch.Copy !req
980. Dial it down?Copy !req
981. Everybody's sick and tired of hearing,
"Put out more like Ruettiger."Copy !req
982. What do you get out of
getting your head kicked in?Copy !req
983. It's not worth it, you know?Copy !req
984. You gotta be in at least one play
during a game...Copy !req
985. to officially be part of this team.Copy !req
986. The only uniform you'll put on is
that grungy thing you've been wearing.Copy !req
987. If you hate it so much,
why don't you just quit?Copy !req
988. I can't.Copy !req
989. Why not?Copy !req
990. If I quit, my father
won't pay my tuition.Copy !req
991. Is that why you're here?Copy !req
992. I'm under the delusion that I might
get a chance to run out that tunnel.Copy !req
993. Does he think I'm lying to him?Copy !req
994. Nobody said nothing about lying.Copy !req
995. I have to get pictures taken
of practice to prove I'm on the team?Copy !req
996. I believe you.Copy !req
997. What happened to my face?
Where did I get these?Copy !req
998. - So you're a glorified waterboy.
- Oh, you just don't get it.Copy !req
999. If you are on that team, my opinion
of Notre Dame just hit the shits.Copy !req
1000. Leave him alone.Copy !req
1001. There's no "if."Copy !req
1002. I wear a uniform, I block and tackle.
You just don't understand.Copy !req
1003. Actually, it's simple.Copy !req
1004. Every Saturday when we turn on
the TV to watch...Copy !req
1005. we see players wearing the blue
and gold. We just don't see you.Copy !req
1006. You will.Copy !req
1007. - What?
- You will. Now shoot.Copy !req
1008. Just shoot.Copy !req
1009. Coach, Rudy Ruettiger's
here to see you.Copy !req
1010. Send him in.Copy !req
1011. This won't take long, coach.Copy !req
1012. First, I'd like to thank you for
the opportunity of being on the team.Copy !req
1013. I never thought I'd be saying this...Copy !req
1014. but it's been a pleasure.
Now what can I do for you?Copy !req
1015. Well, one of the many things
that I've learned this year...Copy !req
1016. is that no matter how hard I try,
I'll never get above the prep team.Copy !req
1017. I've accepted that God made some
people football players, but not me.Copy !req
1018. I wish God would put your heart
in some of my players' bodies.Copy !req
1019. My father loves Notre Dame football
more than anything else in the world.Copy !req
1020. He doesn't believe I'm on the team...Copy !req
1021. because he can't see me
during the games.Copy !req
1022. Next year, my senior year, I'd love
to be able to give him this gift:Copy !req
1023. I'd really appreciate it if you'd
let me dress one game next season.Copy !req
1024. Look, Rudy...Copy !req
1025. the NCAA really hamstrings us
with this 60 rule.Copy !req
1026. In some positions
we only have one backup.Copy !req
1027. You know every year we're competing
for the national championship.Copy !req
1028. Is this just for your father?Copy !req
1029. No, it's for everybody who told me
that it would be impossible.Copy !req
1030. It's for my brothers...Copy !req
1031. the kids in my high school,
the guys I work with at the mill.Copy !req
1032. They can't come to practice
and see that I am part of the team.Copy !req
1033. Okay.Copy !req
1034. You deserve it. You'll dress
for one game next season.Copy !req
1035. Thank you, coach.Copy !req
1036. Yes!Copy !req
1037. I don't know which game yet,
but it'll definitely be next season.Copy !req
1038. I'm sure.Copy !req
1039. I guess they'll tell me
a few days before the game.Copy !req
1040. Look, just be ready, okay?Copy !req
1041. Thanks, Dad.Copy !req
1042. All right, bye.Copy !req
1043. V-I-C-T-O-R-YCopy !req
1044. V-I-C-T-O-R-YCopy !req
1045. Victory, victory, that's our cryCopy !req
1046. Gipper. Hey, Gipper!Copy !req
1047. Goddamn Miami law school beckons.Copy !req
1048. Miami!Copy !req
1049. I had to go.Copy !req
1050. What's wrong with you?Copy !req
1051. Look.Copy !req
1052. Ara quit?Copy !req
1053. I'll be goddamned.
Who's the new coach?Copy !req
1054. - Dan Devine from the Green Bay Packers.
- Wow...Copy !req
1055. I'm sure Ara's gonna let him know
about his promise to let you dress.Copy !req
1056. Come on, let's take a walk.Copy !req
1057. When are you leaving?Copy !req
1058. - In about six minutes.
- Really?Copy !req
1059. The spring semester starts
in two weeks.Copy !req
1060. We've had a hell of a goddamn...Copy !req
1061. We've had a hell of a goddamn run,
haven't we?Copy !req
1062. Yeah, we have.Copy !req
1063. You let me know when you dress.
I'll fly out for that.Copy !req
1064. There's no way I can thank you
for everything you've done.Copy !req
1065. You already have.Copy !req
1066. You remember Elza, right?Copy !req
1067. - Hi.
- Good to see you again.Copy !req
1068. She's my girl now.
She's coming with me.Copy !req
1069. - Isn't that goddamn something?
- Dennis.Copy !req
1070. I forgot. I'm not allowed
to say "goddamn" no more.Copy !req
1071. What's a lapsed Catholic to do?Copy !req
1072. - We should get going.
- Yeah.Copy !req
1073. I'll see you next fall, right?Copy !req
1074. Thanks for everything.Copy !req
1075. - You take care of him.
- We're going.Copy !req
1076. Don't I know you?Copy !req
1077. Ruettiger, get your ass back out here!Copy !req
1078. Touchdown!Copy !req
1079. Sorry, man.Copy !req
1080. Sorry, man.Copy !req
1081. It just ain't right.Copy !req
1082. No, it's not.Copy !req
1083. - Where are you going?
- I quit.Copy !req
1084. - Wait up.
- The hell with Devine, with Yonto!Copy !req
1085. Wait up. In two years,
you haven't missed one practice.Copy !req
1086. And now you just quit?Copy !req
1087. - That's what I said.
- I don't want you to quit.Copy !req
1088. What the hell is it to you?Copy !req
1089. You're one of the reasons
I stayed on this last year.Copy !req
1090. Well, I'm sorry.Copy !req
1091. You're sorry?Copy !req
1092. You're full of crap!Copy !req
1093. Everything you did and
everything you said is bullshit!Copy !req
1094. Tell Jake to make sure
the top's ready.Copy !req
1095. We'll check with the weather service
by 5, and we'll make a decision then.Copy !req
1096. Hey, hey, hey, hey.Copy !req
1097. What you doing here?
Don't you have practice?Copy !req
1098. Not anymore. I quit.Copy !req
1099. Well, since when are you
the quitting kind?Copy !req
1100. I don't see the point anymore.Copy !req
1101. So you didn't make the dress list.Copy !req
1102. There are greater tragedies
in the world.Copy !req
1103. I wanted to run out of
that tunnel for my dad.Copy !req
1104. To prove to everyone...Copy !req
1105. Prove what?Copy !req
1106. - That I was somebody.
- Oh, you are so full of crap.Copy !req
1107. You're 5 feet nothing.
A hundred and nothing.Copy !req
1108. And you've got hardly
a speck of athletic ability.Copy !req
1109. You hung in with the best college
football team in the land for 2 years!Copy !req
1110. And you're gonna walk out of here
with a degree from Notre Dame.Copy !req
1111. In this life you don't have to prove
nothing to nobody except yourself.Copy !req
1112. And after what you've gone through,
if you haven't done that by now...Copy !req
1113. it ain't gonna never happen.Copy !req
1114. Now go on back.Copy !req
1115. I'm sorry I never got you
to see your first game.Copy !req
1116. Hell, I've seen too many games
in this stadium.Copy !req
1117. - You said you never saw a game.
- I've never seen one from the stands.Copy !req
1118. You were a player?Copy !req
1119. I rode the bench for two years.Copy !req
1120. Thought I wasn't being played
because of my color.Copy !req
1121. I got filled up with
a lot of attitude, so I quit.Copy !req
1122. Still not a week goes by,
I don't regret it.Copy !req
1123. And I guarantee a week won't go by,
you won't regret walking out...Copy !req
1124. letting them get the best of you.Copy !req
1125. Now, you hear me clear enough?Copy !req
1126. Yeah.Copy !req
1127. Bill? The pitch was too soon.
Wait. Make him commit.Copy !req
1128. 38 option, 38 option.Copy !req
1129. Hustle up.Copy !req
1130. It's Rudy.Copy !req
1131. Welcome back. Line up.Copy !req
1132. What's going on down there?
Get back to work.Copy !req
1133. Yeah?Copy !req
1134. Oh, hi, Roland. Come in.Copy !req
1135. I want Rudy to dress in my place.Copy !req
1136. He deserves it.Copy !req
1137. Don't be ridiculous.Copy !req
1138. Georgia Tech's one of the top
offensive teams in the country.Copy !req
1139. You're an all-American
and our captain. Act like it.Copy !req
1140. I believe I am.Copy !req
1141. Me too, coach.Copy !req
1142. I want Rudy to dress in my place.Copy !req
1143. Coach, this is for Rudy.Copy !req
1144. This is for Rudy, coach.Copy !req
1145. I promise. This is the real thing.Copy !req
1146. I'm gonna be on
the sidelines, in uniform.Copy !req
1147. Frank, I've never asked you
for anything in my life.Copy !req
1148. Promise me he'll be
on that bus tomorrow.Copy !req
1149. Frank, I want you to be there too.Copy !req
1150. Please.Copy !req
1151. Here you go.Copy !req
1152. What a day for a game, huh?Copy !req
1153. You bet.Copy !req
1154. All right. Go Irish!Copy !req
1155. - Go Irish! Thank you.
- Thank you.Copy !req
1156. I'll get you on the way back.
I don't got my wallet.Copy !req
1157. This is our gate.Copy !req
1158. Hey, Rudy?Copy !req
1159. I just want you to know that
I think this is a great thing.Copy !req
1160. Thanks.Copy !req
1161. You're welcome.Copy !req
1162. It's your day.Copy !req
1163. - I wish you could be out there with me.
- I know.Copy !req
1164. This is the most beautiful sight
these eyes have ever seen.Copy !req
1165. Come on, Dad.Copy !req
1166. Huddle up.Copy !req
1167. Bring it in, guys.Copy !req
1168. Father.Copy !req
1169. Everyone, take a hand.Copy !req
1170. Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with thee.Copy !req
1171. Blessed art thou among women and
blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.Copy !req
1172. Holy Mary, mother of God,
pray for us sinners now...Copy !req
1173. and at the hour of our death.Copy !req
1174. Notre Dame, Our Mother.Copy !req
1175. Pray for us!Copy !req
1176. You all know what you have to do.Copy !req
1177. Remember...Copy !req
1178. no one...Copy !req
1179. and I mean no one...Copy !req
1180. comes into our house
and pushes us around.Copy !req
1181. This is your game now, gentlemen.Copy !req
1182. And for you seniors, it's your
last one, so make it count...Copy !req
1183. because you'll remember it
for the rest of your lives.Copy !req
1184. Let's get 'em.Copy !req
1185. Rudy!Copy !req
1186. You ready, champ?Copy !req
1187. I've been ready
for this my whole life.Copy !req
1188. Then you take us out on the field.Copy !req
1189. All right, let's go.Copy !req
1190. Here they go!Copy !req
1191. - That's him. 45.
- 45. You see him?Copy !req
1192. Forty-five! Forty-five!Copy !req
1193. That's him! I know him!
That's Rudy!Copy !req
1194. You guys already know this...Copy !req
1195. but this is the most important
game of your lives!Copy !req
1196. No excuses! Do the work!Copy !req
1197. - Our Lady of Victory!
- Pray for us!Copy !req
1198. What the hell?
They're across the line.Copy !req
1199. Watch number 70.
He's waltzing with him.Copy !req
1200. Forty yards for
a Notre Dame touchdown.Copy !req
1201. It's the fourth quarter with 3 minutes
to play and the issue still in doubt.Copy !req
1202. As Barratt fades back to pass for
Georgia Tech from his 30-yard line.Copy !req
1203. Looks upfield, throws.Copy !req
1204. Intercepted by Roland Steele!Copy !req
1205. He has a convoy of blockers
down the sidelines.Copy !req
1206. Steele going in unmolested
for a Notre Dame touchdown.Copy !req
1207. It's a backbreaker for Georgia Tech.Copy !req
1208. Joe, play all the seniors!Copy !req
1209. And Rudy?Copy !req
1210. - Let him in for one play.
- Absolutely not.Copy !req
1211. Coach, you gotta play him.
Come on, coach. One play.Copy !req
1212. Give him a chance, coach!Copy !req
1213. Notre Dame all over the ball.
Thompson recovers for the Irish.Copy !req
1214. Rudy!Copy !req
1215. Rudy! Rudy!Copy !req
1216. Rudy! Rudy! Rudy!Copy !req
1217. 37 seconds remaining and it'll be
all over here at Notre Dame.Copy !req
1218. To our left...Copy !req
1219. I'm picking up a chant
from the Notre Dame student body.Copy !req
1220. Can't quite make out just what it is.Copy !req
1221. Devine's gonna empty his bench with
a little time remaining in the game.Copy !req
1222. One of the players going
into the game is Jamie O'Hare.Copy !req
1223. O'Hare was heavily recruited throughout
the country several years ago.Copy !req
1224. He came to Notre Dame...Copy !req
1225. and it's safe to say that
his career has been a disappointment.Copy !req
1226. They're chanting for Rudy.Copy !req
1227. Tell him to go to a knee.Copy !req
1228. Listen up.
Victory formation.Copy !req
1229. The hell with Devine.Copy !req
1230. If the offense is here,
Rudy can't play.Copy !req
1231. - We gotta run the play.
- No, we gotta score now.Copy !req
1232. - Let's get a score for Rudy.
- It's the last game!Copy !req
1233. All right, this one's yours.
Pro right.Copy !req
1234. 38 halfback pass on one.
On one. Ready?Copy !req
1235. What the hell is he doing?Copy !req
1236. Touchdown. Notre Dame, 23.
Georgia Tech, 3.Copy !req
1237. That was for you.Copy !req
1238. What was that?
Who called that play?Copy !req
1239. It's just occurred to me...Copy !req
1240. what they've been chanting
for the last few minutes.Copy !req
1241. It's the name "Rudy."Copy !req
1242. Dan Ruettiger, a walk-on senior...Copy !req
1243. subject of an article in yesterday's
student newspaper, The Observer.Copy !req
1244. All right, go get 'em, kid!Copy !req
1245. He's so little!Copy !req
1246. Come on. One more play.Copy !req
1247. What do I do?Copy !req
1248. Stay in. Stay there!Copy !req
1249. Who's the wild man now?Copy !req
1250. That's it.Copy !req
1251. You won.Copy !req