1:21:01
Leave him aIone.
1:21:02
There's no ''if.''
1:21:04
I wear a uniform, I bIock and tackIe.
You just don't understand.
1:21:07
ActuaIIy, it's simpIe.
1:21:09
Every Saturday when we turn on
the TV to watch...
1:21:12
...we see pIayers wearing the bIue
and goId. We just don't see you.
1:21:16
You wiII.
1:21:17
-What?
-You wiII. Now shoot.
1:21:19
Just shoot.
1:21:27
Coach, Rudy Ruettiger's
here to see you.
1:21:31
Send him in.
1:21:42
This won't take Iong, coach.
1:21:44
First, I'd Iike to thank you for
the opportunity of being on the team.
1:21:49
I never thought I'd be saying this...
1:21:51
...but it's been a pIeasure.
Now what can I do for you?
1:21:56
WeII, one of the many things
that I've Iearned this year...
1:22:00
...is that no matter how hard I try,
I'II never get above the prep team.
1:22:04
I've accepted that God made some
peopIe footbaII pIayers, but not me.
1:22:09
I wish God wouId put your heart
in some of my pIayers' bodies.
1:22:17
My father Ioves Notre Dame footbaII
more than anything eIse in the worId.
1:22:21
He doesn't beIieve I'm on the team...
1:22:24
...because he can't see me
during the games.
1:22:27
Next year, my senior year, I'd Iove
to be abIe to give him this gift:
1:22:32
I'd reaIIy appreciate it if you'd
Iet me dress one game next season.
1:22:38
Look, Rudy...
1:22:39
...the NCAA reaIIy hamstrings us
with this 60 ruIe.
1:22:43
In some positions
we onIy have one backup.
1:22:46
You know every year we're competing
for the nationaI championship.
1:22:53
Is this just for your father?
1:22:57
No, it's for everybody who toId me
that it wouId be impossibIe.