Can you believe its been 14 years since Gina Prince Bythewood’s Love and Basketball? The film left an inedible mark on popular culture making it an instant cult-classic. Women everywhere were inspired by Monica’s (played by Sanaa Lathan) competitiveness and perseverance. Even at a young age, she was unyielding–determined to gain respect as a woman ball player from her friends and family in a male-dominated sport. We’ve gleaned 15 memorable lines from the pages of Gina’s influential script. Now would be a great time to reminisce, Gina is set to release a new romantic drama Beyond the Lights on November 14, 2014. The film tells the story of Noni Jean a superstar struggling with fame.
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Throwback Thursday: 15 Memorable Lines From ‘Love and Basketball’
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Quincy: Girls, can’t play basketball
Monica: Ball better than you.
Monica to Quincy: Please, you jump in some guy’s face, you talk smack and you get a pat on your a**. But because I’m a female I get told to calm down and act like a lady, I’m a ball player, Okay.
Shawnee (played by Gabrielle Union to Monica): Damn girl. I didn’t know Nike made dresses.
Quincy: All these girls, you’re the only one I know who’s for real.
Monica: I love you, too.
Monica: I hit four 3’s.
Quincy: The man again, huh?
Monica: No, the woman.
Quincy: How about a little one-on-one?
Monica: What are we playing for?
Quincy: Clothes.
Monica: What?
Quincy: I score, you strip. You score, I drop something.
Monica’s mother, Camille to her: It’s just a game.
Monica: What?
Camille: Every time you lose you get this attitude, but it is just a game.
Sidra: Can you take that damn thing off the table?
Monica: Oh-you mean my championship trophy? My bad.
Quincy to his father, Zeke: How come you couldn’t be the man you kept trying to make me?
Quincy: You still trying to be the first girl in the NBA, huh?
Monica: I tried sneaking in after college but they found breasts during my physical.
Monica: You asked me what was missing.
Quincy: What?
Monica: From basketball.
Quincy: You woke me up to tell me that.
Monica: It’s not fun for me anymore because you’re missing.
Monica: What I’m trying to say is, I’ve loved you since I was eleven and it sure won’t go away.
Monica: I’ll play you.
Quincy: What?
Monica: One game, one-on-one
Quincy: For what?
Monica: Your heart
Quincy: All’s fair in love and basketball, right?
