How I Met Your Mother, Season 9

How I Met Your Mother (2005-2014) is an American sitcom, which aired Mondays at 8:00 pm on CBS. The series is narrated through flashbacks from the future, in which an older version of the main character, Ted Mosby, tells his two children the story o… more »

[Barney and a certain woman talk about Robin]

Barney:
We tried dating a while back and it was a disaster but I'd - I always regret giving up. It just ended so quickly. [to woman] What about you? You and your boyfriend are gonna go the distance?

Woman:
I don't know. I think maybe I still haven't met the right guy.

Barney:
Wonder if I know someone I can set you up with. [contemplates] Drawn a blank.

Woman:
Are you gonna get this girl or what?

Barney:
I don't know. I'm kind of at my peak right now, I don't know if I can just walk away from the game.

Woman:
Do you want to keep playing or do you want to win?

Barney:
[pause] I want to win. What am I doing? In less than 20 minutes, Robin and I could be-

Woman:
Oh, no, no, no, no, no. It's gonna take a lot more than 20 minutes. This is gonna take everything you have got. This is gonna take all of your time, all of your attention, all of your resources. This is the Big One, diaper-man. You got to do it right, can't be messing around picking up girls in drugstores. You got work to do. [leaves]

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