Steele Quotes in Death Chase (1988)

Steven Chase: Who are you?

Steele: I'm the bad guy.

Steele: Didn't make the team, Bingo?

Boris: Don't look at him. Don't listen to him. Live a long life.

Balto: My name's Balto.

Boris: But you can call him "Idiot."

Steele: Go ahead wolf-dog! You'll never get home! I'll make sure of that!

Steele: Let's celebrate. I know where all the bones are buried.

Jenna: I don't know, Steele. Suddenly I've lost my appetite.

Steele: Well, maybe your taste runs more toward

[short pause]

Steele: wolf.

Jenna: Steele's lying. Balto's alive. He's coming home.

[runs out the door]

Steele: [closes his eyes and nods yes] She... just needs a little time.

Balto: I was the fastest dog.

Steele: You were the fastest

[pause]

Steele: what?

Steele: Hey goose, you a half-breed too, huh? Part turkey?

Steele: [yells in Star's face] I am not lost!

Steele: Touch that box, and I'll tear you apart.

[after Balto tries helping Steele with the medicine]

Steele: You were the fastest

[pause]

Steele: what?

Steele: Outta my way, lobo!

Steele: Get outta here, wolfdog. You better get back to your own pack!

Steele: Didn't make the team, Bingo?

Balto: My name's Balto.

Steele: I'm sorry, Balto. Balto half-breed.

Star: [menacingly] Ha ha ha!

Steele: [Balto is trying to help with the medicine] Who do you think you are?

Steele: [bullying Balto] When I get back, I'm gonna fold you five ways, and leave you for a cat toy.

Jenna: [acting flirtatious] Gee, Steele, I have to admit, your offer is... very tempting...

[she backs him towards the boiler]

Steele: It is. Heh heh...

Jenna: But these days I prefer my meat... cooked.

[Steele realizes he is burning]

Balto: Is anyone hurt?

Steele: Everyone

[pause]

Steele: is

[pause]

Steele: fine.

Steele: Hey goose, you a half-breed too, huh? Part turkey?

Nikki: Good wordplay there, boss!

Kaltag: You are the wittiest, you are the drollest, the cleverest, the sharpest, you are the most hilariousest!

Star: You crack me up! Ha ha, ha ha, ha ha!

[gets bonked on the head by Kaltag]

Star: Ha, ha ha ha ha! Whoopee!

[falls down dizzily]

Balto: Steele, just leave him out of this.

Nikki: [in the background] Woah-hoah-hoah! Oh yeah.

Steele: Oh, Balto.

[slaps Balto twice with his tail as he turns]

Steele: I've got a message for your mother.

[walks over to Nikki, Kaltag, and Star]

Steele: RAOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[Nikki, Kaltag, and Star laugh, then howl with Steele]

Steele: ARRROOOOOOOO!

Steele, Nikki, Kaltag, Star: ARRROOOOOOOO!

Balto: RRRRRRRRRRR.

Kaltag: Hey, Balto! Translate this for me, will ya? Yeah, yeah!

[howls]

Star: Hey, what's wolf for 'Go chase your tail'?

Balto: RRRRRRR.

[Steele, Nikki, Kaltag, and Star see Balto approaching them, growling; they stop howling]

Steele: Get him.

[Nikki, Kaltag, and Star start barking]

Steele: Get out of here, wolfdog. You better get back to your own pack!

[spits on Balto]

Boris: Maybe we go now, huh? Now!

[Steele and the others turn around and kick snow at Balto as Boris pushes him away]

Steele: Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Kaltag: I think that Balto's friend has got his feathers ruffled.

Star: [says something barely understandable] Goose! I get it! Ah ha ha ha!

Steele: [kicks a stone at Balto, knocking him into a pile of junk]

Nikki: Half wolf in the side pocket there!

[laughs]

Kaltag: He's the most dead center...

Nikki: Yeah!

Kaltag: The most on-target, the most down the middle...

[gets interrupted by Star]

Star: He hit him!

Steele: [to Jenna] You're a hundred percent right, Jenna. I-I wasn't thinking about those children. The important thing here is to get the medicine through. And that's just what I'm gonna do.

[aside, to Balto]

Steele: And when I get back, I'm gonna fold you five ways and leave you for a cat toy.

Steele: Nikki, Kaltag, Star, move it. We're strapping up.

Steele: [to Balto] Do you honestly think that any musher would ever put you on his team? You're even more mixed up than I thought.

Star: Steele, we're going in circles...

Steele: What?

Star: Ha ha ha! Circles is a good thing. They're, uh... circular.

Steele: Hey goose, you a half-breed too, huh? Part turkey?

Nikki: Good wordplay there, boss!

Kaltag: You are the wittiest, you are the drollest, the cleverest, the sharpest, you are the most hilariousest!

Star: You crack me up! Ha ha, ha ha, ha ha!

[gets bonked on the head by Kaltag]

Star: Ha, ha ha ha ha! Whoopee!

[falls down dizzily]

Balto: Steele, just leave him out of this.

Nikki: [in the background] Woah-hoah-hoah! Oh yeah.

Steele: Oh, Balto.

[slaps Balto twice with his tail as he turns]

Steele: I've got a message for your mother.

[walks over to Nikki, Kaltag, and Star]

Steele: RAOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[Nikki, Kaltag, and Star laugh, then howl with Steele]

Steele: ARRROOOOOOOO!

Steele, Nikki, Kaltag, Star: ARRROOOOOOOO!

Balto: RRRRRRRRRRR.

Kaltag: Hey, Balto! Translate this for me, will ya? Yeah, yeah!

[howls]

Star: Hey, what's wolf for 'Go chase your tail'?

Balto: RRRRRRR.

[Steele, Nikki, Kaltag, and Star see Balto approaching them, growling; they stop howling]

Steele: Get him.

[Nikki, Kaltag, and Star start barking]

Steele: Get out of here, wolfdog. You better get back to your own pack!

[spits on Balto]

Boris: Maybe we go now, huh? Now!

[Steele and the others turn around and kick snow at Balto as Boris pushes him away]

Steele: Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Kaltag: I think that Balto's friend has got his feathers ruffled.

Star: Feathers! Goose! I get it! Ah ha ha ha!

Steele: [kicks a stone at Balto, knocking him into a pile of junk]

Nikki: Half wolf in the side pocket there!

[laughs]

Kaltag: He's the most dead center...

Nikki: Yeah!

Kaltag: The most on-target, the most down the middle...

[gets interrupted by Star]

Star: He hit him!

Wild Joe: I don't get it. How could Balto hope to find Steele and his team? They were off the trail.

Jenna: Well... he's tracking them.

Morse: That mutt? Tracking a championship team in a blizzard?

[laughs; a couple others join in]

Jenna: [Steele comes in] Balto?

Jenna: Steele!

Wild Joe: You're back!

Morse: We'd given you up!

Doc: Where are the others?

Steele: [bows his head] One by one they fell. Frozen, barely alive. I pulled four onto the sled and three more on my back. I walked and I walked, but it was too late. They were...

[the other dogs gasp]

Doc: What about the medicine?

Steele: I went on, dragging the medicine alone. Suddenly that wolfdog appeared. Balto demanded I let *him* take the medicine.

[turns to Jenna]

Steele: You know he just wanted so much to be a hero in your eyes.

[turns towrd the other dogs]

Steele: He grabbed the crate, but he couldn't handle it. He didn't see the patch of ice... and the cliff.

[pulls out Jenna's bandanna]

Steele: He didn't have a chance.

[shakes his head, clucking softly]

Jenna: [gasps] My bandanna!

Steele: [gets closer to Jenna] He made me promise to take care of you, Jenna.

Jenna: You're lying.

[louder]

Jenna: Steele's lying. Balto's alive. And he's coming home.

[runs out the door]

Steele: [closes his eyes and nods yes] She... just needs a little time.

Steele: I swam and I swam. It was freezing cold. And finally, I said 'Steele, you just have to gnaw your way to the surface', so I

[hears Balto's howl]

Steele: what?

Doc: It's Balto, with the medicine!

[runs outside; the other dogs except Steele walk out the door]

Steele: Okay, okay. I can explain. See, you guys weren't there, so you don't... wait... guys, wait just a second... please?

Star: [in disbelief; sees Balto sliding down the icy hill] Balto?

Kaltag: Balto! How did you find us?

Balto: Is anyone hurt?

Steele: Everyone

[pause]

Steele: is

[pause]

Steele: fine.

Star: Yeah, but our musher hit his head. He didn't get up.

Nikki: And he's not moving.

Balto: Alright. Follow me. I can lead you home.

Steele: We don't need your help.

Star: Maybe we should listen to Balto.

[Steele glares at Star; Star cringes and shuts his mouth]

Nikki: Well... how would you's get us home?

Balto: I marked the trail. Like this.

[scratches a tree; Steele knocks it down]

Steele: *I'll* get us back. *I'm* the lead dog! *I'm* in charge!

Balto: Then let me just take back the medicine. The children are getting sicker.

[looks at the crate on the sled]

Steele: Touch that box, and I'll tear you apart.

Balto: Steele! I'm not leaving without that medicine.

[holding his ground; tries to help with the medicine]

Steele: Who do you think you are?

Balto: Since when do you need a pedigree to help someone?

[pause]

Balto: Let me help you.

Steele: [minutes later, as Steele watches Balto and the team head toward Nome] Go ahead wolf-dog! You'll never get home! I'll make sure of that!

Star: [yelling, struggling to be heard over the howling wind] Steele! Maybe we should go back! We're lost!

Steele: [in Star's face] I am not lost!

Star: [stammering] Lost? Did I say lost? You didn't let me finish. See, what I wanted to say...

[Steele cuts him off]

Steele: [looks around, then finally chooses a direction and starts walking] It's... this way! Come on!

Steele: Okay... Nikki, Kaltag, Star. Gear up. We're heading out.

Balto: Wait a minute. Steele, I was the fastest dog out there.

Steele: You were the fastest... what? If you think any musher in their right mind would put you on their team... well, you're even more mixed up than I thought.

Jenna: Steele! It doesn't matter who's on the team! As long as the medicine gets through! Stop being such a glory hound!

Steele: You're a hundred percent right, Jenna. I - I - wasn't thinking about those children. The important thing here is to get the medicine through. And that's just what I'm gonna do.

[Aside, to Balto]

Steele: And when I get back, I'm gonna fold you five ways and leave you for a cat toy.

Steele: Hey goose, you a half-breed too, huh? Part turkey?

Nikki: Good wordplay there, boss!

Kaltag: You are the wittiest, you are the drollest, the cleverest, the sharpest, you are the most hilariousest!

Star: You crack me up! Ha ha, ha ha, ha ha!

[gets bonked on the head by Kaltag]

Star: Ha, ha ha ha ha! Whoopee!

[falls down dizzily]

Balto: Steele, just leave him out of this.

Nikki: [in the background] Woah-hoah-hoah! Oh yeah.

Steele: Oh, Balto.

[slaps Balto twice with his tail as he turns]

Steele: I've got a message for your mother.

[walks over to Nikki, Kaltag, and Star]

Steele: RAOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[Nikki, Kaltag, and Star laugh, then howl with Steele]

Steele: ARRROOOOOOOO!

Steele, Nikki, Kaltag, Star: ARRROOOOOOOO!

Balto: RRRRRRRRRRR.

Kaltag: Hey, Balto! Translate this for me, will ya? Yeah, yeah!

[howls]

Star: Hey, what's wolf for 'Go chase your tail'?

Balto: RRRRRRR.

[Steele, Nikki, Kaltag, and Star see Balto approaching them, growling; they stop howling]

Steele: Get him.

[Nikki, Kaltag, and Star start barking]

Steele: Get out of here, wolfdog. You better get back to your own pack!

[spits on Balto]

Boris: Maybe it's just fear talking, but I am seeing wisdom in this advice. Maybe we go now, huh? Now!

[Steele and the others turn around and kick snow at Balto as Boris pushes him away]

Steele: Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Kaltag: I think that Balto's friend has got his feathers ruffled.

Star: Feathers! Goose! I get it! Ah ha ha ha!

Steele: [kicks a stone at Balto, knocking him into a pile of junk]

Nikki: Half wolf in the side pocket there!

[laughs]

Kaltag: He's the most dead center...

Nikki: Yeah!

Kaltag: The most on-target, the most down the middle...

[gets interrupted by Star]

Star: He hit him!

Steele: Rudy,are you ready for this, champ?

Rudy: I've been ready for this my whole life!

Steele: Then you take us out on the field.

Steele: I want Rudy to dress in my place Coach. He deserves it.

Dan Devine: [laughs] Don't be ridiculous, Georgia Tech is one of the top offense teams in the country.

[Steele continues to stand and stare at the Devine]

Dan Devine: You are an All-American and our Captain, act like it!

Steele: I believe I am.

[lays his jersy down on Devine's desk and walks out]

Mateus: Hey man, I just want to say sorry about what I said at practice.

Rudy: Don't be sorry.

Mateus: Do you understand that if you don't cool it out there you're going to get yourself killed?

Rudy: If I cool it out there, then I won't be helping you guys win next week's game. Got it?

Mateus: Yeah, I got it.

Jamie O'Hara: He's just a showboat, man. That's all he's about.

Steele: Relax, Jamie, he's just doing his job.

Steele: Sergeant, what's the meaning of this?

[Thinking he's talking about the unauthorized pig picking]

"Hoot": Just a little aerial target practice, sir. Didn't want to leave 'em behind.

Steele: I'm talking about your weapon, soldier. Now Delta or no-Delta, that's still a hot weapon. Your safety should be on at all times.

"Hoot": This is my safety, sir.

[He holds up his index finger and bends motions as if squeezing a trigger and then walks off]

Sanderson: Let it alone, sir. He hasn't eaten in a few days.

[Captain Steele has caught Sgt. Pilla mocking him]

Steele: Quick word, Specialist.

Dominick Pilla: Sir.

[Steele puts Pilla in a headlock, while Pilla surreptitiously gives the middle finger to the other Rangers]

Steele: Tell me, Pilla. You understand why we have a chain of command, don't you?

Dominick Pilla: Roger that, sir.

Steele: 'Cause if I ever see you undermining me again, you'll be cleaning latrines with your tongue 'til you can't taste the difference between shit and french fries. Are we clear?

Dominick Pilla: Hoo-ah, sir.

Steele: What's this Sargn't? Another taxpayer-funded Delta safari?

Sanderson: Not if General Garrison's askin'.

Steele: No, I'm askin'.

Sanderson: Have a nice meal, captain.

Steele: Pretty funny, hoo-ah?

Steele: Open up the hatch, we've got men back here!

Pakistani Driver: No room here, go on the roof!

Sanderson: What's going on?

Steele: The roof?

Twombly: I ain't gettin on no fucking roof!

Steele: What the fuck are you doing out there?

Sanderson: Doing my job! We got to get to that crash site! We got to get on that street, and we got to move! And you have got to keep up, sir!

Steele: Don't you ever give me orders, Sergeant! We are combat ineffective, you understand me? We got too many wounded to move!

Sanderson: Then give me some shooters and I'll circle us to the bird.

Steele: Grimes! You're with Chalk Four?

Grimes: Yes, sir!

Steele: All right, hook up with Delta! Rejoin with Sergeant Eversmann. The rest of you, secure this position! Treat the wounded. We'll wait for the convoy! Then we'll rally at the crash site.

Sanderson: My guys, let's go!

Steele: Lomax, why don't you get me a glass of water.

[pause]

Steele: Then drink it yourself, it'll give you somethin' to do.

Steele: Lady's sure got some nice melons, Lomax.

Lomax: Why'd he jump out the window... it's 12 floors down.

Steele: Nah... it's only 9.

Steele: [adjusting his thermal suit] Tomorrow I'm taking this suit back to the tailor!

Steele: We spent a lot of shit on this, Morgan, waiting for the right - the right conditions. We duplicated fucking Moscow here. We're this close, do you understand? Nothing is gonna get in our way. Nothing.