Richie Renard Quotes in The Fan (1996)

[Gil talks to his son while listening to Mick Jagger in his van]

Gil Renard: I remember when Mick recorded this in '78, we had a wild party afterwards.

Richie Renard: Jason Pelligrino's dad says Mick Jagger's gay.

Gil Renard: [Gil sarcastically replies] Yeah? Well, Jason Pelligrino's dad takes it up the ass.

[Gil teaches his son about the sacrifice fly ball while watching the game]

Gil Renard: Don't get greedy, son. Don't get greedy. What we need now is a sacrifice. A winning team has to know how to manufacture runs. Coop taught me that. He used to say the most beautiful play in the game is a sacrifice fly. You know why?

Richie Renard: 'Cause you give yourself up for the team?

Gil Renard: And it doesn't even count against your average. That's why baseball's better than life. It's fair.

[Gil in front of his son's major tryouts, tells his son one thing while looking like a crazy man]

Richie Renard: [Richie cries when telling his father] Dad, you'd better go.

Gil Renard: Don't swing at anything. Don't swing at anything. Wait for a good one. Step on the eggshell and squash the bug. Okay?

Gil Renard: [Gil begins to walk off as he points to Tim] You mind your fuckin business! You're lucky.

[Gil asks his son where he got his baseball glove from]

Gil Renard: Where'd you get that glove?

Richie Renard: Tim gave it to me.

Gil Renard: [Gil looks away] It's a piece of shit.

[Gil and his son Richie arrive at the Giants game as Gil watches Bobby Rayburn do his practice swings]

Gil Renard: Did you see that? Did you see the way he moved his legs?

Richie Renard: Can I have a hot dog?

Gil Renard: A what?

Richie Renard: Can I have a hot dog?

[Gil runs over his son's leg to try and catch a foul ball]

Gil Renard: [Gil tries to take the ball out of the kids' hand who does catch it, walking back to his seat] The wind took it. The wind took it. Kid was lucky. Kid was lucky.

Gil Renard: [Gil to his son] The wind took it.

Richie Renard: You stepped on me.

Gil Renard: Don't worry. We'll get one next time.

[Gil talks to his son Richie about his little league]

Richie Renard: Think I'll make the Majors?

Gil Renard: Of course you'll make the Majors. Just remember what I said: Positive things happen to positive thinkers. Who said that?

Richie Renard: Coop.

Gil Renard: Damn straight. And he was the greatest player I ever played with.