Sports Night (TV Series)
Shoe Money Tonight (1998)
Josh Charles: Dan Rydell
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Quotes
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Dan Rydell : Either of you interested in participating in the sport of kings?
Dana Whitaker : We're gonna race horses?
Dan Rydell : We're gonna play poker.
Dana Whitaker : That's not the sport of kings.
Dan Rydell : What's the sport of kings?
Dana Whitaker : Racing horses.
Dan Rydell : What's poker the sport of?
Dana Whitaker : It's the sport of people who play poker.
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Dan Rydell : [Dan is "in the zone."] You know what they say?
Casey McCall : About what?
Dan Rydell : About money won.
Casey McCall : [with gusto] *What* do they say?
Dan Rydell : I don't know; I'm asking.
Casey McCall : They say it's twice as sweet as money earned.
Dan Rydell : How come you said, "What do they say?"
Casey McCall : Eh, it was an alley-oop pass; I was dishing you the ball.
Dan Rydell : [with awe] You *were*... and I completely missed it.
Casey McCall : Eh, I was there for the put-back.
Dan Rydell : I wouldn't have been able to do anything with it anyway...
Casey McCall : That's right.
Dan Rydell : ...because I didn't know the expression.
Casey McCall : Not only that, but it was like half an hour ago, and we're still talking about it.
Dan Rydell : [stops; Casey keeps walking] Uh-oh.
[Casey stops, turns around, and looks at Dan]
Casey McCall : [smugly] You're not in the zone any more, are you?
Dan Rydell : [looks lost] Not in the zone.
Casey McCall : Lost the zone.
Dan Rydell : I'm down here with the rest of you!
Casey McCall : Let's play cards. Come on!
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Dan Rydell : I say double down, what do you do ?
Casey McCall : Can we stop ?
Dan Rydell : I say double down, what do you do ?
Casey McCall : How do you know you're in the zone ?
Dan Rydell : [slams deck of cards down] Cut me.
Casey McCall : Danny, I...
Dan Rydell : Cut the cards.
Casey McCall : Nine.
Dan Rydell : Jack.
Casey McCall : Seven.
Dan Rydell : Eight.
Casey McCall : [pauses] Queen.
Dan Rydell : [pauses] Ace.
Casey McCall : Dude, you are in the zone.
Dan Rydell : I say double down...
Casey McCall : I double my ass down.
Natalie Hurley : Fellas, I've got some bad news.
Casey McCall : There's no bad news tonight, Natalie. When the show comes down Danny and I are hopping a limo, heading down the Garden State Parkway and getting off at the exit clearly marked, The Zone.
Natalie Hurley : That's great, Casey, but all those things you just said...
Casey McCall : Yeh.
Natalie Hurley : Not gonna happen.