Mark Schultz Quotes in Foxcatcher (2014)

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Mark Schultz Quotes:

  • John du Pont: [coaching Mark to deliver a speech filled with difficult terms] Ornithologist, Philatelist, Philanthropist.

    Mark Schultz: Ornithologist, Philatelist, Philanthropist.

    John du Pont: Ornithologist, Philatelist, Philanthropist.

    Mark Schultz: Ornithologist, Philatelist, Philanthropist.

    John du Pont: [intensively] Ornithologist, Philatelist, Philanthropist.

    Mark Schultz: Ornithologist, Philatelist, Philanthropist.

  • John du Pont: [from trailer] You're going to do great things, Mark.

    Mark Schultz: I'm gonna give you everything I have.

  • Mark Schultz: You can't buy Dave.

  • [John du Pont and Mark sit out on the backyard porch of the du Pont residents, a little drunk and drugged]

    Mark Schultz: You all right? Huh?

    John du Pont: You are a good friend, Mark.

    Mark Schultz: Thank you, John.

    John du Pont: I only had one real friend growing up. Hugh Cherry. Hughby. He was the son of my mother's chauffeur.

    Mark Schultz: Uh-huh.

    John du Pont: When I was 16, I found out that my mother had been paying him to be my friend.

    Mark Schultz: Dave was my only friend growing up. Yeah.

    [John du Pont chuckles at Mark]

  • Mark Schultz: I just don't wanna let you down.

  • [John du Pont walks into the Foxcatcher gym with a pistol, where all of the wrestlers are stretching for practice]

    John du Pont: Mark.

    [John signals for Mark]

    John du Pont: After practice, I want you to shower, and come talk to me. All right?

    Mark Schultz: Yeah. All right.

    [John du Pont then fires a round from his pistol into the ceiling of the gym]

    John du Pont: Three hundred eighty-seven days to Seoul, gentlemen. Let's have a good practice, shall we?

  • [first lines]

    Mark Schultz: [Mark gives a speech to a school of young students] Hello. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to talk to you today. My name is Mark Schultz. I wanna talk about America, and I wanna tell you why I wrestle.

    [Mark holds up his Olympic gold metal to the kids]

    Mark Schultz: This is an Olympic gold metal. I won this three years ago at the 23rd Olympic games in Los Angeles, California. This is more than just some piece of metal. It's about what the metal represents. The virtues it requires to attain it.

  • [Mark's first meeting with John du Pont]

    John du Pont: You look good. You look strong. Fit.

    Mark Schultz: Thank you, sir.

    John du Pont: Feeling confident?

    [Mark nods yes]

    John du Pont: That's one of the most important elements of entering a match is feeling the confidence, knowing that you're going to win. Feeling it inside. If you get - go to a match knowing you're going to win that match, odds are you're going to win that match. You're training with your brother Dave?

    Mark Schultz: Yes, sir.

    John du Pont: Great Dave Schultz?

    Mark Schultz: Yeah.

    John du Pont: And I'm talking to the great Mark Schultz. Do you have any idea why I asked you to come here?

    Mark Schultz: No.

    John du Pont: No. Well, Mark, do you - do you have any idea who I am?

    Mark Schultz: No. No.

    John du Pont: Some rich guy calls you on the phone. I want the great Mark Schultz to come visit me. Well, I'm a - I'm a wrestling coach. And I have a deep love of the sport of wrestling. And I wanted to speak with you about your future. About what you hope to achieve. What do you hope to achieve, Mark?

    Mark Schultz: Well, I wanna be the best in the world. I wanna go to the Worlds and win gold. I wanna go to the '88 Olympics and win gold.

    John du Pont: Good. I'm proud of you. Are you getting the support that you need?

    Mark Schultz: What do you mean, sir?

    John du Pont: Well, you know how the soviets support their wrestlers.

    Mark Schultz: I do.

    John du Pont: Mark, we as a nation have failed to honor you. And that's a problem. Not just for you, but for our society. When we fail to honor that which should be honored, it's a problem. It's a canary in a coal mine. Do you bird-watch?

    Mark Schultz: Uh, no.

    John du Pont: You can learn a lot from birds. I'm an ornithologist. But more importantly, I am a patriot. And I want to see this country soar again.

    Mark Schultz: I want that too.

    John du Pont: I can see that.

  • [Dave talks to Mark about not being able to leave Foxcatcher]

    David Schultz: Mark... Look, I don't know what's going to happen in the future, but Nancy and I would like to try and make it work here.

    Mark Schultz: You and I both know that I can't stay here.

    David Schultz: I know, Mark.

    [long pause]

    David Schultz: Hey, do you remember when we were kids? You remember how we lived? Moving all over the place? Never had any idea of where or how long we were gonna be anywhere. You remember how that was for us? Was it easy for us?

    Mark Schultz: No.

    David Schultz: That's my responsibility to my family, Mark. I know you understand that. Keep your head in the game, Mark. Go on down.

  • [Mark and John du Pont stare out at the morning forest of Valley Forge]

    John du Pont: Three thousand men died here. These patriots were willing to give up everything... including their lives... for freedom. I like to come here to remind myself what really matters. We're going to do great things, Mark. Great things.

    Mark Schultz: Yes, sir.

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