Cheers (TV Series)

Manager Coach (1983)

Ted Danson: Sam Malone

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• Sam Malone : Every guy needs a hobby, right?

  Norm Peterson : I wish I had time for one.

  Cliff Clavin : Norm, you've got time to make your own coal.

• Sam Malone : [declining an offer to coach Little League]  I spend half my time trying to keep this bar on its feet, and the other half trying to keep Diane off hers.

• [one of Coach's Little Leaguers has pinched Diane's rear] 

  Sam Malone : You're gonna kick him off the team just for that one little incident?

  Ernie 'Coach' Pantusso : No, Sam, that's not the only reason. He's leading the league in errors. The only thing he's had his hands on all week is Diane's keister.

• Sam Malone : [about the Coach]  He's winning Diane, and winning's the most important thing here.

  Diane Chambers : Well, I don't think winning is the most important thing here.

  Sam Malone : Well good, then you won't mind losing this argument.

  Diane Chambers : Over my dead body.

  Sam Malone : Hey, don't bring last night into this.

  Diane Chambers : That's exactly what it was: your *last* night.

• Diane Chambers : [about Coach]  He's obsessing. I know all the signs. I had a small obsession myself until I got some help.

  Sam Malone : You did?

  Diane Chambers : Yes, I was obsessive compulsive about neatness. I demanded that everything be in its proper place. But now, look at the laissez-faire attitude I have about my apron. Huh? Now in the old days, I would have insisted that it be pencil, pen, pencil, pen, pad. Well now, it doesn't matter if it's pen, pencil, pen, pencil, pad, or pencil pencil pen pen pad, or even pencil pen pad, pencil pen.

  Diane Chambers : [looking down at the current state of her apron]  There's one thing that I cannot have and it's this: pad, pen, pen, pencil, pencil. That's just irritating.

• Carla Tortelli : Sam, where do you stand on breastfeeding?

  Sam Malone : Well, as I recall, I liked it.

  Carla Tortelli : No... I mean me, here in the bar.

  Sam Malone : Oh, Carla... Well, I guess it's cheaper than a piano player.