The Andy Griffith Show (TV Series)
A Medal for Opie (1962)
Andy Griffith: Andy Taylor
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Quotes
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Opie Taylor : They don't give you no medal for tryin'.
Andy Taylor : I know that. I know they don't and it's nice to win something. It's real nice to win something, but it's more important to know how *not* to win something.
Opie Taylor : I know how to do that real good.
Andy Taylor : No, you don't.
Opie Taylor : You mean there's more things I coulda not won?
Andy Taylor : I mean, you coulda been a nice loser. They call it sportsmanship.
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[Barney talks about training Opie]
Opie Taylor : You mean you're gonna make *me* one big muscle, too?
Barney Fife : Yeah!
Andy Taylor : Uh, 'cept in your case, we'll try to stop at the neck.
Barney Fife : [irritated] That's very comical, Andy! Only comicalness don't win no medals!
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Andy Taylor : [finding Barney on the ground about to show Opie a leg muscle exercise] Uh, what's the matter, Barney? Too many green apples?
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Andy Taylor : You got to learn how to take disappointment. There could be more of 'em comin' up, you know. You come up smilin', you're a good loser. The other way's bein' a bad loser. Now, what do you wanna be?
Opie Taylor : A good winner.
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Andy Taylor : It don't take courage to be a winner. It *does* take courage to be a good loser. Now, you wanna be a good loser, you'll be proud of your friends that *did* win and you'll congratulate 'em for it.
Opie Taylor : I won't!
Andy Taylor : You won't?
Opie Taylor : They ain't my friends! They beat me and they got my medal!
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Barney Fife : Last Saturday night I took Juanita to Mount Pilot for a Chinese dinner. I didn't even have enough to leave for a tip.
Andy Taylor : Is that right?
Barney Fife : It was embarrassing. The waiter called me somethin' in Chinese. It didn't sound like "sport" neither!