The Rudy story was largely embellished and many famous moments from the movie never happened
The Rudy story made a great movie and a lot of it was embellished. ... Locker rooms are pretty brutal anyway, but you know, I won't lie, Rudy's story made a great movie... I tell the truth but there are a lot of things that didn't happen. ... Did I tell him my jersey? No. ... Every time somebody says 'tell me about Rudy' I go, 'You really want to know about Rudy?' ... It made a good movie, but you know, there's a lot of things that didn't happen.
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The fact that the Capitals didn't re-sign their Stanley Cup winning coach after he won a Stanley Cup is still so fucking crazy to me. I know there's money and all that stuff, but how do you win a cup and not bring that guy back? ... He's a fun coach. He's a player's coach and once it gets to the playoffs, it's all about just making your team comfortable. Todd Reirden is not that guy.
This is the easiest sports letdown of all time because fans can't attend games or have parades anyway
This is the easiest letdown of all time because you can play that game in your mind like, 'What's the point of even winning a cup if you can't go to games or go to the bars with your friends?' ... If your team loses, just enjoy the fact that this will be the easiest letdown of all time that we will ever have as fans.
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The Lakers are going to fuck the Blazers up. Put it up, put it right down, quote it. Five games. Maybe [four]. ... The Blazers play pickup basketball. They do not play defense. And they play against the Lakers. I think the Lakers just need to get three consecutive stops and the game's over.
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The rule change makes it easier. ... It does make it easier when you can stand there and know that you're not taking a hit. ... It used to be what separated everybody back then was who can stay in that pocket, stand there knowing there's a guy running right down the middle of you and as soon as you release this ball, you're going to get planted into the ground. Can you throw it accurately? That was the separator for most quarterbacks and they don't have to deal with that today.