Love & Basketball (film)

Love & Basketball is a 2000 film about two next-door neighbors in Los Angeles, California who grew up loving basketball and, eventually, each other.

Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood. Written by Gina Prince-Bythewood.

Monica

• I'm a ball player.
• It's a trip, you know? When you're a kid, you-you see the life you want, and it never crosses your mind that it's not gonna turn out that way.
• Last time they (LA Clippers, Quincy's dad's team) won, Dr. J (Juilus Erving) was a nurse.

Quincy

• If basketball is all you care about, why you bonin' me? Why don't you bone Dick Vital?
• All's fair in love and basketball.
• Double or nothing.

Dialogue

Monica: Talked to your new girlfriend.

Quincy: Look I took the ho to Burger King.

Monica: Huh, cheap date.

Quincy: Well at least she had time for me.

Monica: So you mess around to prove a point.

Quincy: Man what I just say?

Quincy: Man you got yo head so far up yo ass it took a cheap date to even notice me!

Monica: What Q man did I forget to kiss you ass like everybody else?

Quincy: You forgot to be there!

Monica: That night you wanted to talk about your dad I had curfew, what was I supposed to do?

Quincy: Stay.

Monica: If I stayed I wouldn't be startin.

Quincy: Well least you got your priorities straight

Monica: I never ask you to choose!

Quincy: You never have to.

Monica: I'm a ball player, if anybody knows what that means it should be you

Quincy: If basketball is all you care about, why you bonin me, won't you bone Dick Vitale

Monica: Wait a minute. How do I know the next time you're feelin neglected or whatever you're not gonna just run around on me? If we're gonna be together I have to be able to trust you

Quincy: I'm not askin' for us to be together

Monica: What?

Quincy: I'm going through a lot of shit right now, it's obviously more than you got time for.

Monica: How are you gonna tell me what I have time for, I mean whatever I did we can fix this!

Quincy: I don't think so.

Monica: You don't think so.

Quincy: Look I'm into inter-draft

Monica: You what?

Quincy: I'm going pro, I mean who knows where I might end up ya know

Monica: So, so that's it, just forget about you and me

Quincy: I still like for us to be friends.

Monica: Friends.

Quincy: Look I'll see you around.