Cool Runnings Page #6

You don't see the Swiss

team fightin', do you?

You don't see the Swiss team

drinkin' and carryin' on and such.

And you don't see the Swiss

team smilin' neither.

In fact, if one of those Swiss boys

ever come across a pretty girl...

he probably yell,

"Eins, zwei, drei..."

and try to push her

down some ice.

- What happened?

- Oh, I took care of the whole thing.

I told the owner of the bar

these guys were...

mentally disturbed, so he's

not gonna press any charges.

All right, sled god

does it again.

Just shut up, Sanka.

Now maybe you

haven't noticed...

but we aren't exactly winning

any popularity contests here.

They hate me, they hate you,

they hate us.

Now, if we're even gonna

think about qualifying...

we're each gonna have to sit down

and take a nice, deep look inside.

I didn't come all this way

to get my butt whipped.

As a matter of fact, now that

I'm here, I thought I'd do

a little whippin' of my own.

Good night, gentlemen.

Rise and shine!

It's butt-whipping time.

Rise above it

Rise above it

Not bad.

Pick it up though.

Come on, come on, come on,

come on. Now, now, now!

Just rise above it

Come on and rise above it

- Good. That's it.

- Even though the road

seems very long and narrow

- Five more. Come on. Five more.

Push it, push it. Come on.

- Baby need to sharpen his pin

- Just like an arrow

- That's it, that's it.

- Got-a no place to go

- That's it. Good, good.

- Good. You're doin' fine.

You got anymore?

- Believe us, baby

Come on! Come on! Get in!

Oh! Wait! Hey! Help!

You gotta learn to

believe in yourself, yeah

Listen, little man, there ain't

nothin'you can't achieve if

you work hard and sacrifiice

- Hear me now

- If you've got a problem

- You've got to rise above it

Yes, you do

- Go, go, go, go, go! That's it.

- And when you face a challenge

- You gotta grip with your toes. Go! Go!

- You got to rise above it It's so large

- Now! Now!

If those storm clouds

reappear, oh, yes

You don't ever have to fear

Just rise above it

- You have got to

- Rise above it

I tell ya once

and I tell ya twice

You know, you're gonna have to

do this on your own one day.

Just one man

and a thousand eyes

Come now, come now

and take my advice

Rise above it

Rise above it

- Rise above it

- Go, go, go, go, go!

Now, now, now, now, now!

- Straight. Right.

- Turn six. Turn seven.

- Straight. Right.

- Turn eight.

- Follow me, follow me

follow me, follow me

- Rise above it

- That's it! That's it! That's it!

- Rise above it

- Rise above it

- You can do it

- Rise above it

- You can do it

Okay, guys.

Tonight's the night.

Now in a few minutes, you're gonna

get a chance to do something...

that no one in your country

has ever done.

I was gonna save this for

the Olympics, but I figure...

if we're going to convince

these judges...

that we are

world-class sledders...

then we had better look

like world-class sledders.

- Whoa, man.

- Yes.

Nice.

I freeze in this.

Bob in track.

Hello, gentlemen.

Irv, this is Karl Shindler.

He'll be watching the middle track.

- How do you do?

- And this is August Gremmer.

He'll be judging

the push starts.

- Hi.

- I'm your third official

up in the tower.

You. What happened

to Kroychzech?

He came down sick this morning.

I'm taking his place.

Oh, goody.

Oh, the Alliance has decided

to change the qualifying time...

from a minute-two

to a minute-flat.

Is that clear?

No problem, man.

Go get 'em, kid.

Track is clear

forJamaica One.

Eins, zwei, drei.

Go, go, go!

Now, now, now, now!

- All right, what was that time?

- 6.13.

Under 60?

Is it under 60?

I'm, uh... I'm sorry.

I'm outta here. That's terrific.

Derice!

- Ah, no, it's great.

- They couldn't beat us.

- I know we were the best.

- Yeah.

...inspired you guys, that's all.

- You were great, all of ya.

Nobody had that much fun

in a sled since Santy Claus.

Fellas, here's to

followin' your dreams.

- Yeah, man.

- Followin' your dreams.

I said it to your father the first time

I met him, and I'll say it again.

Sprinters make

the best bobsledders.

Here's to sprinting.

So what are we gonna

name the sled?

How about "Tallulah"?

- That's hot. Tallulah.

- Tallulah. Tallulah.

Sounds like a two-dollar hooker.

How you come up with that?

Hey, you idiot,

that's my mother's name.

- It's a pretty name.

- Tallulah. I like that.

So what's it gonna be, star?

What are the people gonna be screamin'

when Jamaica takes the hill?

I say we call it

"Cool Runnings."

- Beautiful.

- I like it.

- It's very strong.

- Nice. Very nice.

Uh, what exactly

does it mean?

"Cool runnings" means

"Peace be the journey."

- Peace be the journey.

- Peace be the journey.

- Cool runnings.

- Cool runnings.

- Cool runnings.

- E-Excuse me.

To the man

in the orange suit!

To the orange!

To the man in the orange!

- To the messenger.

- To the messenger.

- To the messenger.

We are officially

disqualified.

Excuse me, gentlemen.

Kurt, I really have to talk to you.

Excuse me, Irv.

I've nothing to say to you.

Yes, you do.

- I want to know why

you disqualified my guys.

- As you were told...

your team must compete in

an international race in order

to qualify for the Olympics.

But in an Olympic year...

the qualifiers count

as an international race.

That may have been true

in past Olympic years...

but this year, the Alliance

decided to change its policy.

Oh, please!

Change its policy?

The Alliance has the right to do

whatever they feel is in the

best interest of the sport.

We must also be concerned about

the potential for embarrassment.

Oh, forgive me.

I didn't realize...

that four black guys in

a bobsled could make you blush.

I think we've heard enough.

Come on, Kurt. What you're doin'

is wrong and you know it.

Now, if this is about

you and me...

then let's get it straight

right now.

All right, 16 years ago, I made

the biggest mistake of my life.

I cheated.

I was stupid.

I embarrassed myself,

my family...

my teammates,

my country and my coach.

If it's revenge you want,

take it.

Go ahead.

Disqualify me. Banish me.

Do whatever you want,

but do it to me.

It was me who let you down,

Kurt. It wasn't my guys.

They've done everything you've

asked of them, and they did it...

with all of you

laughing in their face.

Hell, it doesn't matter

if they come in first or 50th.

Those guys have earned the right

to represent their country.

They've earned the right...

to march into that stadium

and wave their nation's flag.

That's the single

greatest honor...

an athlete

could ever have.

That's what the Olympics

are about.

Sixteen years ago,

I forgot that.

Don't you go

and do the same.

Sorry if I interrupted

your meeting.

Hello. Yes?

Yeah.

Right. Good-bye.

- What?

- That was the Alliance.

- God.

- What did they say?

Oh, they said

we're back in.

Yes! Yes! Yes!

And a lot is expected

of the Italian team.

Did I miss it?

Did I miss it?

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