Chris Quote #575
Quote from Chris in Everybody Hates Varsity Jackets
Adult Chris: [v.o.] In professional sports, the best athletes get a sneaker contract.
Greg: Are those Air Jordans?
Chris: Yeah. My dad got them for me last year.
Greg: Oh, that's so cool. He's, like, the best guy in the NBA.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] As cool as it was having Jordan sneakers, it was nowhere near as cool as having a varsity letter.
Chris: Man, I would set these sneakers on fire and eat them for a varsity letter.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] That's how David Blaine got his.
Everybody Hates Chris Quotes
‘Everybody Hates Varsity Jackets’ Quotes
Quote from Chris
Ms. Morello: So, what have you prepared for us, Chris?
Chris: I would like to do a selection from Uncle Ben's Cabin.
Ms. Morello: You mean Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Chris: No. Uncle Ben's. It's a lesser known work by Mark Twain's cousin, Dwayne.
Ms. Morello: Dwayne Twain?
Chris: Yes.
Ms. Morello: Go ahead.
Chris: Rice, rice, rice. You think all I knows is rice? I was there when George Washington Carver shucked that first peanut. I make yams and corn and cotton, but all America wants is them little grains of rice. I gives and I gives, till I can't gives no more. Still I rise.
Ms. Morello: Oh, Chris, I have just the part for you in our next production.
Quote from Chris
Adult Chris: [v.o.] Wanting a letter was one thing, figuring out how to get it was a whole other story.
Chris: How am I supposed to get a letter in a sport when I'm terrible at sports?
Greg: Maybe there's something a guy like you would be good at.
Chris: I need a sport without water, balls, hoops, hurdles, bats, cleats, clubs, gloves, tracks, fields, weights or boards.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] Isn't that cheerleading?
Quote from Julius
Chris: You know, these shakes would be really good with a burger and some fries. Can we get some real food?
Tonya: Yeah. I'm hungry.
Drew: Me too.
Julius: Look, why don't we all just give this diet a chance? I think it's pretty good, actually.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] My father didn't really like the shakes. He just found out it was cheaper than groceries.
Julius: And, you know, since we've been on this diet, I've saved over $50 in groceries.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] Told you.