Glory Road
Willie 'Scoops' Cager: “They're trying to take our dignity away from us.”
Coach Don Haskins: “Your dignity's inside you. Nobody can take something away
from you something you don't give them.”
Don Haskins
“I don’t see color. I see quick, I see skill. That’s what I’m putting on the
court, and that’s what you have.”
“You'll play basketball my way. My way is hard.”
“This is more than just a game now.”
“I can’t take a chance with your heart. I can’t do that…we’re gonna need
that big heart of yours.”
“Ignore all this trash. Just get out on the court.”
“Sit down. Never let your anger get the better of you.”
“Ah, what’d I get these boys into, Ross?”
“You quit now, and you quit every day of your life.”
“Hey, hold your heads up. Hold your heads up. You wanna shake off
that hate? it’s your choice…”
“Shut them up. Win.”
“These boys are playing for more than just a championship.”
“I’m so sick of it that tonight I made a decision that we’re gonna put a
stop to it. Forever. Lattin. Flournoy. Artis. Cager. Worsley. Hill. Shed.
Five players, two subs. Forty minutes.”
“Send ‘em a message.”
“I need you to be standing there waiting for them when they come out
of this time out. Stand there waiting for them like a force, like a wall.”
“Right now it’s not about talent, it’s about heart. It’s about who can go
out there and play the hardest. Who can go out there and play the
smartest….Now, they’ve been here before, so they’re not going to give it
to us. We gotta go out there and we gotta take it. Take it!”
Mary Haskins
“When I came here, I didn’t want to come; I didn’t want to be a part of
this. But I was wrong.”
Bobby Joe Hill #14
“This ain’t gonna be nothing. Just another day at the playground.”
Jerry Armstrong #52
“You know, my dad called. He said everybody’s going to Delma’s
Steakhouse to watch the game. He said he was proud of me.”
“Coach, I can’t lie. I wanna play. We all wanna play. But I just want to
say one thing. Tomorrow night, y’all go out there and show them how
‘bad’ five brothers can be on the court can be.”
David Lattin #43
“Well, what are we supposed to do; just take it?”
“…but this is different. This is worse, This is the whole world.”
“I’ve been the minority every day of my life.”
Orstin Artis #20
“We can’t all live the Dr. King rule.”
“I know what you mean. Feels like my whole life.”
Harry Flournoy #44
“I’m going to start carrying a knife.”
Willie Worsley #24
“I could kill…tonight.”
“Hey, man. You ever get scared?”
“It was always just a game to me, but now it feels like much more than
just a game.”
Willie “Scoops” Cager #10
“…Ain’t nobody killing nobody.”
“You show a blade, they’re gonna show a shotgun.”
“I’m saying we think. We go to the south, we gotta go in twos. We’re
always on the lookout for each other.”
“They come after one of us, they’re gonna have to fight all of us.”
“My heart’s too big. Ain’t that something.”
Nevil Shed #32
“Coach, I’ll never be able to look my daddy in the eye again.”
“Coach, the more we win the harder it is out there for us.”
“My old man’s coming too. He was always a baseball fan, but I think he’s
finally liking basketball.”
“Mama. I’m a national champion. I’m a national champion!”
Other characters in Glory Road:
Adolf Rupp
Mo Iba (the guy in the middle)
Louis Baudoin #54
Togo Railey #30 (glasses; on floor) Ross Moore
Before the movie, make sure that you have completed your:
Two-column abstract equation notes on “I Have a Dream”
Two-column abstract equation notes on “On African Self-Hatred”
Two-column abstract equation notes on Chapters 15-17 of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
During the movie, take two-column notes (10 - 15 quotes) that connect a character (or characters) to the focus of
each Core Knowledge text we have read in this unit. For example, you could write that the character David Lattin asks,
“Well, what are we supposed to do; just take it?” (Glory Road). [Notice the MLA in-text citation rule for film: only write
the name of the movie. When handwriting an in-text citation, you will need to underline it.] Interactive Notebook
example:
This quote connects to Malcolm X because X also
questions whether African Americans are supposed to
allow violence to happen, just because leaders—like Dr.
King—insist that this is the best route to equality.
David Lattin asks, “Well, what are we supposed to do: just
take it?” (Glory Road).
After the movie, we will be reading Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham City Jail.
you are absent during one of the film days, check back with Mr. Parker regarding after-school viewing.
REMEMBER: If