Remember the Titans we want some more

A movie with meaning. In September 2000, Remember the Titans debuted in theaters and soon became a favorite. Not only was it led by an all-star cast, the story line was a powerful one.

The flick is based on a true story, following African American football coach Herman Boone (Denzel Washington) as he attempts to integrate a high school in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1971. Bill Yoast (Will Patton) is moved to assistant coach, as star players Gerry Bertier (Ryan Hurst) and Julius Campbell (Wood Harris) are put in place to run the team. In addition to being a great sports film, it also includes a strong underlying theme that together, no matter the color of one’s skin, more can be accomplished.

The film also kicked off many other stars’ careers, including Donald Faison, Ryan Gosling, Ethan Suplee and Kip Pardue, all whose characters played on the football team. Hayden Panettiere and Kate Bosworth also starred.

“You want to do movies that teach youth, society and people about how other people feel and the right way to treat each other,” the Scrubs alum told Us Weekly exclusively in 2017. “You want to do projects that have topics like that. It’s really challenging to hear people call you negative things regardless if they are acting or not — that’s very challenging to do. But you want to be a part of something that means something to people. I wouldn’t necessarily say it was challenging. It was a joy to be a part of something like that.”

In addition to the very powerful theme of the film, there was another part of the project that stood out to Faison: The training.

“The one thing that we didn’t know before starting the movie was that they threw all of the actors into a football camp. We had to go through it — each and every one of us,” he told Us at the time. “Some of us got injured really bad. We couldn’t understand why we were working so hard. We learned how to play football even though we had stunt doubles to do all this stuff. We got into fights, it was crazy! But we got out of it and we were a tight group. We hung out together. It made us very much like a team. We didn’t know each other before we started the camp. To go through all that brought us together and helped us out.”

Just like in the movie, the stars were up at sunrise and had six-hour practices.

“When you push a sled with a football team, it’s like 30 guys pushing a sled for maybe 10 yards. It was sometimes nine of us pushing a sled for 100 yards. They worked us ridiculous,” he shared. “It was weeks of that so first week we did that, the second week they brought in the stunt doubles and worked out with them and last week we kind of had off and the stunt doubles learned all the plays and stuff like that.”

Remember the Titans is widely recognized as one of the best biographical sports films of all time. Here are 20 Remember the Titans quotes about unity and leadership.

By Flavia Medrut    March 19, 2020

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Remember the Titans is widely recognized as one of the best biographical sports films of all time. Here are 20 Remember the Titans quotes about unity and leadership.

Remember the Titans is widely recognized as one of the best biographical sports films of all time. The movie is based on the true story of African-American coach Herman Boone (portrayed by Denzel Washington), who led the T. C. Williams High School football team to a state championship in 1971.

The events of the movie take place in a time where racial tensions were still high. In an attempt to reduce racial segregation, the city consolidated all high school students into one public senior high school — T.C. Williams. In addition, Herman Boone was hired to lead the school’s football team

At first, both white and black players refused to even speak to each other. Coach Boone decides to take action and after a long struggle, the boys begin to understand the real meaning of ‘team’. The ongoing training under the strict guidance of Coach Boone made the players gradually ignore racial prejudice, and ultimately bring their community together.

The following Remember the Titans quotes are some of the most memorable lines from the movie. Some of them are harsh, but extremely motivational.

Here are 20 Remember the Titans quotes about teamwork and leadership:

I’m not gonna talk to you tonight about winnin’ and losin’. You’re already winners ’cause you didn’t kill each other up at camp.

COACH BOONE

You listen, and you take a lesson from the dead. If we don’t come together right now on this hallowed ground, we too will be destroyed, just like they were. I don’t care if you like each other of not, but you will respect each other. And maybe… I don’t know, maybe we’ll learn to play this game like men.

COACH BOONE

According to Greek mythology, the Titans were greater even than the gods. They ruled their universe with absolute power! Well that football field out there tonight, that’s our universe. Let’s rule it like Titans!

COACH BOONE

Yeah. I hope you boys have learned as much from me this year as I’ve learned from you. You’ve taught this city how to trust the soul of a man rather than the look of him. And I guess it’s about time I joined the club.

COACH YOST

Attitude reflects leadership, captain.

BIG JU

People say that it can’t work, black and white; well here we make it work, everyday. We have our disagreements, of course, but before we reach for hate, always, always, we remember the Titans.

OLDER SHERYL

I don’t scratch my head unless it itches and I don’t dance unless I hear some music. I will not be intimidated. That’s just the way it is.

COACH BOONE

We will be perfect in every aspect. You drop a pass, you run a mile. You miss a blocking assignment, you run a mile. You make a fumble, i will break my foot off in you John Brown hind parts and then you will run a mile. Perfection.

COACH BOONE

Now, I ain’t saying that I’m perfect, ’cause I’m not. And I ain’t gonna never be. None of us are. But we have won every single game we have played till now. So this team is perfect. We stepped out on that field that way tonight. And, uh, if it’s all the same to you, Coach Boone, that’s how we want to leave it.

BIG JU

Well I’m not going to cut ’em and eat ’em. The best player will play, color won’t matter.

COACH BOONE

It’s all right. We’re in a fight. You boys are doing all that you can do. Anybody can see that. Win or lose… We gonna walk out of this stadium tonight with our heads held high. Do your best. That’s all anybody can ask for.

COACH BOONE

Coach Yoast: I think this is a very good time for prayer and reflection…

Bertier: Coach, I’m hurt. I’m not dead.

Sometimes life is hard for no reason at all.

CAROL BOONE

I’m a winner. I’m going to win.

COACH BOONE

Blue Stanton: We need a water break sir.

Coach Boone: A water break? Water is for cowards. Water makes you weak. Water is for washing blood off that uniform and you don’t get no blood on my uniform, boy you must be outside yo mind! We are going to up-downs, until Blue is no longer tired, and thirsty

Everywhere we go – everywhere we go – People wanna know -people wanna know – Who we are – who we are, – So we tell them – so we tell them – We are the Titans! – We are the Titans!- The Mighty Mighty Titans! -The Mighty Mighty Titans!

Team

Whatever kind of ambition it took to do what you did around here, this world could use a lot more of it Herman.

CAROL BOONE

Now I may be a mean cuss. But I’m the same mean cuss with everybody out there on that football field. I don’t give a damn about how sensitive these kids are, especially the black kids. You ain’t doin’ these kids a favor by patronizing them. You crippling them; You crippling them for life.

COACH BOONE

CAUSE BABY THERE AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH, AIN’T NO VALLEY LOW ENOUGH …

BLUE STANTON

You got anger, that’s good you’re gonna need it, you got aggression that’s even better you’re gonna need that, too. But any little two year old child can throw a fit! Football is about controlling that anger, harnessing that aggression into a team effort to achieve perfection!

What is the famous line from Remember the Titans?

Attitude reflects leadership, captain. People say that it can't work, black and white; well here we make it work, everyday. We have our disagreements, of course, but before we reach for hate, always, always, we remember the Titans. I don't scratch my head unless it itches and I don't dance unless I hear some music.

What did Coach Yoast say at halftime?

Coach Yoast Asking For Help During Halftime The halftime speech is focused on giving good effort and being proud of themselves as if they're getting rocked, instead of “Hey guys, it's a one-score game, easy enough.” The worst moment comes when Yoast claims he's getting his ass kicked and could really use Boone's help.

What is pain Remember the Titans quote?

Coach Boone : What is pain? Team : French bread! Coach Boone : What is fatigue? Team : Army clothes!

What are 3 lessons that we can learn from the movie Remember the Titans?

“Remember the Titans” offers memorable workplace lessons.

The details matter. In the movie, the disciplined head coach, played by Denzel Washington, drills his players on executing the basics of the game flawlessly. ... .

It's about the team, not the individuals. ... .

Success takes sacrifice. ... .

Winning is fun..