Family Matters (TV Series)

The Way the Ball Bounces (1993)

Reginald VelJohnson: Carl Winslow

Quotes 

• Carl Otis Winslow : You look horrible. When's the last time you slept?

  Laura Lee Winslow : I'm not sure... what day is this?

• Harriette Winslow : [Sees Laura enter, very disheveled and gloomy]  Laura, are you OK?

  Laura Lee Winslow : No.

  Harriette Winslow : What's wrong?

  Laura Lee Winslow : I snuck out of the house and went to the library.

  Carl Otis Winslow : You disobeyed me? Young lady, what do you have to say for yourself?

  Laura Lee Winslow : [Starts crying]  I can't remember the atomic weight of titanium!

• Carl Otis Winslow : Laura, I forbid you to live this house until you get some rest.

  Laura Lee Winslow : Dad, you're exacerbating the problem instead of ameliorating it!

  Carl Otis Winslow : [Confused]  I am not, but just to be sure, I'm going downstairs to check the dictionary.

• Carl Otis Winslow : Harriette, how do you know Sam the Slam?

  Harriette Winslow : Well I met him at the market, he's my favorite checker.

  Carl Otis Winslow : Checker?

  Sam The Slam : Yeah, just promoted from bagger.

  Carl Otis Winslow : Oh... well I guess I thought that someone with a college education would be doing something a little different.

  Sam The Slam : I never graduated.

  Eddie Winslow : Well why not?

  Sam The Slam : That three point shot against Georgetown was the highlight of my career. Turned out to be the last game I ever played.

  Eddie Winslow : How come?

  Sam The Slam : The following week, I shattered my right knee.

  Eddie Winslow : Oh, in practice?

  Sam The Slam : No, in the shower. It's okay to sing in there, but it's not okay to dance.

  Eddie Winslow : Well couldn't the doctors fix you up?

  Sam The Slam : Well they tried. I had four operations over the next two years, but this baby was never the same.

  Eddie Winslow : Gee, Sam, that's tough.

  Sam The Slam : Yeah, one day I'm a big star, the next day I'm Mr. Nobody. My professors had been giving me a free ride, but when I got hurt, they expected me to get good grades, and you know what? I could barely read.

  Eddie Winslow : Well, did you flunk out?

  Sam The Slam : Almost as fast as I used to drive the lane. I'm back in school now but... I sure lost a lot of time.