Marvin "Mouth" McFadden Quotes
Skills: Don't look now, Mouth, but Shelly all up in here right now.
Mouth: Where?
Skills: 12 o'clock and closing fast.
Mouth: Okay, on the count of three we're out of here. ready? Three.
Brooke: What do virgins talk about?
Mouth: Oh, we like rainbows and kittens!
You know, say what you will about the ravages of sports in this corporate age where overpaid athletes expect prima donna treatment, but there's still something som unifying about sporting in it's purest form, when athletes rise above themselves and touch greatness, and in doing so remind us all that we all have greatness inside of us.
Mouth: 'Cause every time you tell a girl you like her, she says what a great friend you are, right? Oh wait, that's me. You're the guy they all throw themselves at. Brooke, Rachel, Peyton... probably even New Guy!
Lucas: How many of those have you had?
Mouth: Counting this one? One.
Lucas: What's up Mouth?
Mouth: Sup Mouth? Sup Mouth? That's all you ever say.
Lucas: You been drinking?
Mouth: This party sucks.
Lucas: Yeah, I know what you mean.
Mouth: Yeah, I'm sure you do.
It wasn't supposed to be this way. The artists, and the scientists, and the poets...none of them fit in at seventeen. You're supposed to get past it. Adults, they see kids killing kids and they know its a tragedy because they used to be those kids. The bullies and the beaten and the loners. You're supposed to get past it. You're supposed to live long enough to take it back. Just take it all back.
Mouth: I've got to find my friend.
Rachel: Why?
Mouth: Because he's my friend.
Rachel: You know Mouth, that guy is either gonna stand on his own two feet or he's gonna fall, but he has to do it on his own. That's the scary truth, Mouth. We're all alone.
Mouth: Not if we have friends.
But I'm not that guy, Rachel, and I don't want to be. So maybe the elite girls just aren't for me. But one of these days, I'm gonna meet a girl who really loves me. Maybe she won't be what you call hot, but I'll think she's beautiful and I'll tell her so. I won't be mean to her because I don't have to play games with her. I'll just be the guy she can always count on and that'll be enough. And she'll be elite to me."
Brooke: Mouth, you didn't exactly break any speed records driving over here, you know.
Mouth: You called me 17 minutes ago and I drive a bicycle, Brooke.
Mouth: I felt larger than life when I was with Erica. (Pause) I'd give anything to have that back.
Brooke: You and Erica broke up?!
Mouth: Yeah.
Brooke: Why, what happened?
Mouth: She got popular.
[voiceover] Because sometimes you have to step outside of the person you've been and remember the person you were meant to be. The person you wanted to be. The person you are.
Mouth
(at podium) I'll speak for her. We just heard Principal Turner read a list of Erica's accomplishments. I could try to do that for Brooke, but it would be kind of a short speech... As you know, Brooke's probably one of the most popular people in school. Something I'm definitely not... and yet, she's my friend. She never cared what clique I was part of, the kinds of clothes I wore or... the fact that I have to ride the bus... She looked past that stuff. And when you think about it, isn't that what we want in our president; someone who can see past the superficial differences and bring us together? This year, Brooke's had her share of ups and downs... just like all of us. But most of you never saw it, 'cuz even when life got hard, Brooke never let it in. She was just...Brooke; tough, smart, one of a kind... And I don't know about you but those are things that I look for in a leader. Brooke Davis is my friend. But that's not why I'm voting for her. I'm voting for her because of her heart... and her spirit... and because she's the best person for the job.
