Jim Thorpe -- All-American (1951)

Dick Wesson: Ed Guyac

Quotes 

• Ed Guyac : Well, how do you feel, Chief?

  Little Boy Who Walk Like Bear : Bed soft. Make Little Boy soft. How do you like things?

  Ed Guyac : If every Indian was as soft as you, the population of this country would still be in Rhode Island.

• Ed Guyac : Hello.

  Jim Thorpe : They sent me up here to bunk with you.

  Ed Guyac : Sure, come on in. I'm Ed Guyac.

  Jim Thorpe : Jim Thorpe.

  Ed Guyac : This untamed aborigine here is Little Boy Who Walk Like Bear. Kind of a mouthful, so I just call him Little Boy.

  Little Boy Who Walk Like Bear : How.

  Ed Guyac : Not 'how'. What have I been teaching you?

  Little Boy Who Walk Like Bear : [Little Boy stands up]  Oh. Hi.

  Ed Guyac : He's full-blooded Chippewa, his old man's chief. Nothing like bunking with royalty. Where are you from?

  Jim Thorpe : Oklahoma, Sac and Fox.

  Ed Guyac : I'm Mohawk, heap smart New York Injun. Study law, make plenty wampum, take mortgage off tepee. How about you?

  Jim Thorpe : What about me?

  Ed Guyac : What are you going to prepare for? You know: doctor, lawyer. Indian chief, rich man, poor man?

  Jim Thorpe : I don't know.

  Ed Guyac : Well, you've come to the right place to find out. This is your cot right here.

  Jim Thorpe : Thanks.

  Ed Guyac : Matter of fact, you can take this one if you like; Little Boy never uses it.

  Little Boy Who Walk Like Bear : Bed too soft, make Little Boy soft.

  Ed Guyac : 'Soft', listen to him. 220 pounds of skin and bone. These natives, I'll never get used to them.

• Ed Guyac : [Little Boy Who Walk Like Bear is reading from a history book; Jim turns out the lights]  Hey chief, bedtime.

  Ed Guyac : Hey, what are you mumbling about?

  Little Boy Who Walk Like Bear : American history, bah!

  Ed Guyac : What have you got against American history?

  Little Boy Who Walk Like Bear : White man lick Indian, he win great battle; Indian lick white man, massacre. They're crazy.

  Ed Guyac : I never thought about that.

  Little Boy Who Walk Like Bear : Crazy!

  [Little Boy sleeps on the floor; Ed turns off his lamp] 

• Ed Guyac : See? Captain of the football team: that's how you get the prettiest girls and the biggest letters.

  Peter Allendine : [strolls by with Margaret at his side]  Hello, Bright Path.

  Margaret Miller : Hello.

  Ed Guyac : [reading a billboard notice]  "All candidates for football squad, please report to coach Glenn S. Warner at 3 p.m."

  Wally Denny : [elsewhere on campus]  Every time I look at this football schedule, I get dizzy! We can't play teams of this caliber, Glenn: Harvard, Army, Minnesota, Penn...

  Glenn S. 'Pop' Warner : Very impressive schedule.

  Wally Denny : What am I gonna do for material? Half the kids think a pigskin's something to eat for breakfast.

  Jim Thorpe : Pop.

  Glenn S. 'Pop' Warner : Hi, Jim.

  Jim Thorpe : I saw your notice on the bulletin board. Kind of thought I might want to look into this game of football.

  Glenn S. 'Pop' Warner : Forget it, Jim, you're a track man. Those legs of yours are too valuable to be risked in a tough game like football.

  Jim Thorpe : But I thought maybe if you needed someone for...

  Glenn S. 'Pop' Warner : Thanks for trying to help; forget it, Jim.

  Ed Guyac : Any chance of using me, Mr. Warner?

  Glenn S. 'Pop' Warner : What for?

  Ed Guyac : Well, some kind of executive job. I've been taking a class in business management, I thought perhaps I could help out...

  Glenn S. 'Pop' Warner : I've got just the job for you.

• Ed Guyac : [on the football field after finding out his job is a waterboy]  "Executive job..."

  Glenn S. 'Pop' Warner : [blows a whistle]  Now boys, remember what I told you: Heads up, eyes open, dig those legs in, and charge! Hit 'em hard. Ready? Charge!

  Glenn S. 'Pop' Warner : [the players run through and fall on the ground, failing to tackle the linemen]  No, no, no, Little Boy, I told you to dig those legs in and hit him.

  Little Boy Who Walk Like Bear : But him no stand still.

  Glenn S. 'Pop' Warner : Well, that's very inconsiderate of him. All right now, try it again. Hit him hard this time. Ready? Come on, come on, now charge!

  [the players do a better job at taking the linemen down on the practice field] 

• Ed Guyac : In case anybody's interested, I just spoke to the doc. He expects the patient to lead a long and lusty life, on two legs.

  Ed Guyac : Hey Jim, Pop wants to see you.

  Jim Thorpe : Thanks.

  Ed Guyac : Hi, Chief.

  Jim Thorpe : Has he heard anything?

  Ed Guyac : Don't know, he just sent me over to you from his office.

  Jim Thorpe : See you later, Margaret.

  Ed Guyac : How ya feeling, Chief?

  Little Boy Who Walk Like Bear : Bed soft, make Little Boy soft.

  Ed Guyac : "Soft", how do you like this guy? If every Indian was as soft as you, the population of this country would still be in Rhode Island.

  [chuckles]