Coach Carter Page #11

We pressure the ball.

And most importantly,

we control the tempo of the game!

We make them play

Richmond Oiler ball.

Worm, you can take this kid.

Force him left,

and when he crosses over,

you jump him.

Damien, push the tempo.

Kenyon, Lyle, crash the boards.

Cruz, when you're in the game in

transition, take that jumper you love.

Junior, just keep doing

what you're doing.

Hold on to that monster.

You do those things, gentlemen,

and l guarantee you,

at the end of the game,

we will be there.

All right, hands in.

- Game time.

- All right, take control of this game.

Who's gonna win this game?

One, two, three, Richmond!

Let's go. Let's do this.

One, two, three, Mustangs!

- Get up, get up.

- Go, go, go.

Yes.

- Reach-in foul.

- That's the only damn one.

- How you gonna call that on me, ref?

- Good call, ref.

Cruz. ln for Kenyon.

- Ball, ball, ball, ball.

- Run it, run it, run it.

Get back, get back!

Everybody get back.

Yeah! Come on!

Get back, get back, get back.

Ref, you gotta call that.

This is my house.

- Push, push.

- Can we get a call?

Take care of the ball, man.

l'm gonna catch my breath.

Come on. Get back, get back.

Swing it right here. l got it.

Charge.

- Go get them, boys.

- Yeah, baby.

Charge, number 30. Red ball.

Come on, ref,

you wasn't even there.

- Red ball, red ball. Red, red, red.

- Yes. Yes.

- Richmond's ball.

- What?

Okay, let's go. Let's go.

- Red ball.

- Junior, good block!

- l know that's a foul.

- lt's all ball.

- What are you talking about?

- What's up, man?

Knock his b*tch ass out.

Calm down, man.

We're still in the game.

Come on.

- Ease back.

- Bring it in. Bring it in.

Get out of my way, man. Get off me.

Let's go, let's go.

All right, baby, it's all us now.

lt's all us. Let's go.

They're standing on the edge of a cliff.

All we gotta do is push them off.

We're gonna run Candy.

Worm, you gotta sell them

the pass to Damien.

Junior, we come to you

on the weak-side seal.

But, gentlemen,

just because you deserve this

doesn't mean they're gonna

give it to you.

Sometimes you gotta take

what's yours. You ready to do this?

- Hell, yeah.

- Let's go.

- All right, hands in.

- Come on, take this.

Richmond on three.

One, two, three, Richmond!

- Careful of the foul, all right? Let's go.

- l got you. 1 -4, 1 -4!

- All right.

- Defense! Mustangs!

Let's go, let's go, let's go.

Candy! Candy!

Ball, Damien.

- Move, move.

- Help, help.

Get back, get back, get back!

Junior, get back!

Hands up!

Yeah, that's what l'm

talking about, baby. Yeah!

Mustangs! Mustangs!

Hold on, hold on. Let me down,

let me down. Battle, Battle! Battle!

You're real, man.

l mean that. All right?

All right? Keep your head up, baby.

Well, not quite

your storybook ending, huh?

Not for us, anyway.

But you men played like champions.

You never gave up.

And champions

hold their heads high.

What you achieved goes way beyond

the win-loss column

or what's gonna be written

on the front page

of the sports section tomorrow.

You've achieved something

that some people

spend their whole lives trying to find.

What you achieved

is that ever-elusive victory within.

And, gentlemen...

...l am so proud of you.

Four months ago, when l took

the job at Richmond, l had a plan.

That plan failed.

l came to coach basketball players,

and you became students.

l came to teach boys...

...and you became men.

And for that, l thank you.

lf someone walked in this door

right now

and offered me the coaching job

at any school in the state of California,

you know which team l'd choose?

St. Francis?

l'm just saying, man.

Kenyon?

- Richmond?

- Rich what?

- Richmond.

- Rich what?

Richmond.

- Rich what?

- Richmond.

- Where we from?

- Richmond!

- What's my hometown?

- Richmond!

- What do we love?

- Richmond!

- Rich what?

- Richmond!

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