The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie
"Hanging around hanging around kids got alligator blood"
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- A rip-through of quotes: 'Welcome to Chesterfield South'; 'Rule number one, throw in your cards when you know you can't win. Fold the hand', good life advice and a senior yearbook quote; and 'you can't lose what you don't put in the middle, but you can't win much either', another yearbook quote.
- Says he used the don't-put-it-in-the-middle line on John Skipper while fighting for more Grantland headcount, when they only had 51; the other host jokes he got sucked out by pocket aces on that one. — Bill Simmons
- 'And in my club, I will splash the pot whenever the fuck I please' is great, though the host cannot do the Teddy KGB voice, and pot splashing could arguably have been an aged-best entry; '15 grand in five days. I could do that' and 'I've gone on runs like that before' are loved for the confidence.
- Also nominated: 'if you're too careful your whole life can become a fucking grind', another yearbook quote; 'You keep grinding out that rent money, Joe. It's noble work you're doing', a great cut-down; 'You're a new man and you won't be pushed around' from Teddy; 'Call me if you need a lawyer. I will. And I will'; and 'You're right, Teddy. That ace didn't help me'.
- The best quote is 'hanging around, hanging around, kids got alligator blood', used by one host many times and agreed to be the line that has lingered; it transfers to football, like the Pats down 10 to Baltimore in the playoffs, and 'hanging around' is still said to this day.