Gridiron Gang

Gridiron Gang is a 2006 American biographical sports drama film directed by Phil Joanou, and starring Dwayne Johnson, Xzibit, Kevin Dunn, Leon Rippy and L. Scott Caldwell. It is loosely based on the true story of the Kilpatrick Mustangs during the 1990 season. The film was released in the United States on September 15, 2006. It was distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing and Columbia Pictures.

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You don't know how to spell "Mustangs"? You have got to be shitting me!

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All right. Here we go again.

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M-U-S-T-A-N-G.

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Tell me to shoot somebody, I'll shoot 'em. They would have killed me if I wouldn't-a killed them first. I played football in high school and college and most of my life. You know, I had people work with me as a kid and they made a difference in my life, and I was just hopin' to pass that on to somebody else.

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The Kilpatrick sports program is three-pronged.

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The dorm, where you're at now. You've gotta learn to get along with people from different neighborhoods, different backgrounds. And school. Apply yourself, learn, become a better student.

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On the field, you do it my way. Not your way. Your way got you here. You played a game, sellin' drugs, robbin' people, rippin' people off, and you lost. Right now you're a loser.

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Mustangs are winners. Why'd you take 'em off? Good job, man. - Where you goin'? - I'm goin' to put my shorts on. Why'd you even come out with 'em off? Why'd you even walk off the field? You quitting again? You know your program. Your program is you run, you get in shape, and you get a uniform.

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You just keep walkin'. Football team's here. You wanna be part of it, we're here. But you bring a heart with you next time.

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I'm tired of bein' a loser. Out there on the field, I can just show 'em that I'm somebody.

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Show 'em that I can play.

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This program has helped me get a relationship back with my mom.

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I want her to hold me and tell me she loves me.

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It's up to you to accept the challenge. If anyone tells you it's gonna be easy, they're lyin' to you. I'm gonna push you. I'm gonna challenge you.

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Put your helmets on and go shake their hands.

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But I still don't believe that they're 26 points better than you.

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I still think you're the better team. I still would not trade you for them.

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These kids, the anxiety's weighing them down, it's holdin' 'em back. It's almost a fear of the unknown. It's gonna be a whole new experience for 'em.

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We wanted to thank you for not giving up on us, even though we didn't want to put out the effort at times. Thank you for teaching us more than football. You taught us about the game of life. This ball, I wanna give it to our head coach, Sean Porter.

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When they came in here a lot of people thought of them as criminals and delinquents.

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