Reno Hightower Quotes in The Best of Times (1986)

Reno Hightower: She's gonna leave me as soon as I fix her car.

Jack Dundee: you gonna fix it?

Reno Hightower: Hell no! I love her.

Reno Hightower: Okay Jack, you tell the Caribou whatever you want, but I'm gonna tell you something. You're a low-life, black mailing, chicken-shit squid.

Jack Dundee: Low-life, black mailing, chicken-shit squid? Welcome aboard Reno.

Luther Jackson: Uh, two minutes left to kick-off. Time for my last smoke.

Reno Hightower: You lazy jive-ass! You're soft, you're slow and your hands are for shit!

Luther Jackson: Hey, who woke you up?

Reno Hightower: Get on the field and shut up, Luther!

Luther Jackson: Reno, you're a prick, and you always were a prick.

Reno Hightower: Great, great. Now get your ass on the field. NOW!

Charlie: All those that think Jack's proposition is sprinkled with horseshit, signify by saying "aye."

All Caribou: Aye!

Charlie: Opposed?

Reno Hightower: No.

Charlie: The ayes are above the nos.

Reno Hightower: I was never great. I was pretty good. I was great for around here. Every year I got better. The people remember me in my prime. The kids always ask me about the 6 touchdown passes against Porterville. Hell, I only threw 3 touchdowns.

Jack Dundee: It was 7.

Reno Hightower: I'm not going to argue. I like the idea of 7 better. In a couple more years it'll be 8. I get better with age. My knees are killing me. I'm slow.

Jack Dundee: That's why you didn't want to play the game.

Reno Hightower: No. I just... I didn't want to destroy the only thing I've got left, those stories about how great I was.