Jerry Maguire1996

Jerry:
I started talking with Dennis Wilburn about your renegotiation.

Rod:
Talking. Jerry Rice, Andre Reed, Cris Carter... I smoke all these fools. They are making the big sweet dollars. They are making the... kwan, and you are talking.

Jerry:
Kwan. That's your word?

Rod:
Yeah, man, it means love, respect, community... and the dollars too. The whole package. The kwan.

Jerry:
Great word. Tao?

Rod:
No, I air-dry.

Jerry:
Rod, I say this with great respect, but those players you mentioned are marquee players...

Rod:
Marquee?!?

Jerry:
Here's what I'm saying. This is a renegotiation. We want more from them, so let's show them more from us. Let's show them your pure joy of the game, let's bury the attitude a little, let's show them --

Rod:
You're telling me to dance.

Jerry:
No, I'm saying to be --

Rod:
"Love me love me love me... put me on t.v." That's the iconography of racism, man!

Jerry:
Rod, I'm not a racist. I'm telling you to be the best version of you, to get back to the guy who first started playing this game. Way back when you were a kid. It wasn't just about the money, was it?...Was it?

Rod:
Do your job, man, don't tell me to dance.

Jerry:
Fine. Fine. Fine, fine, fine, fine, fine.

Rod:
I'm an athlete, not an entertainer. These are the ABC's of ME. Get it? I do not dance. Breathe! Breathe, Jerry.

Jerry:
I am out here for you. You don't know what it's like to be me. It is an up-at-dawn, pride-swallowing siege that I will never fully tell you about, okay?! God. Help me! Help me, Rod. Help me help you. Help me help you. Help me help you. I'm sorry.

Rod:
You are hanging on by a very thin thread. And I dig that about you! No contract? I'll help me, I'll help you, help everybody! That's my man.

Jerry:
Hey, I'm happy to entertain you.

Rod:
Help me! Help me!

Jerry:
See you in Los Angeles.

Rod:
Jerry. Come on, man. See, that's the difference between us. You think we're fighting. I think we're talking. Unless you love everybody, you can't sell anybody.