Quotes / Ted Lasso

“Be curious. Not judgmental.”

— Ted Lasso

"For me, success is not about the wins and losses. It's about helping these young fellas be the best versions of themselves, on and off the field. And it ain't always easy, but neither is growing up without someone believing in you."

— Ted Lasso

"Takin’ on a challenge is a lot like riding a horse. If you’re comfortable while you’re doin’ it, you’re probably doin’ it wrong."

— Ted Lasso

“When it comes to locker rooms, I like ’em just like my mother’s bathing suits. I only wanna see ’em in one piece.”

— Ted Lasso

“I promise you, there is something worse out there than being sad. And that is being alone and being sad. Ain’t no one in this room alone.”

— Ted Lasso

“Don’t let the wisdom of age be wasted on you.”

— Ted Lasso

“I want you to know, I value each of your opinions, even when you’re wrong.”

— Ted Lasso

“If God would have wanted games to end in a tie, she wouldn’t have invented numbers.”

— Ted Lasso

"I think that if you care about someone, and you got a little love in your heart, there ain't nothing you can't get through together."

— Ted Lasso

"All people are different people."

— Ted Lasso

"Stop auditioning your complaints. Tell the person who can actually do something about it."

— Rebecca

"Rupert is a horrible man, who built an ivory tower he kept you captive in. But you climbed every single step of that tower on your own. I'll always be your biggest defender, but you need to own up to the part that you played."

— Flo

"Whatever you think of Ted Lasso as a football coach, I assure you, the truth is harder to swallow. And swallow you must, because Ted is out there in the community either bravely or stupidly facing the music. That's for you to decide. And, yes, he's in over his head. He insisted twice that he didn't care if Richmond won or lost. But if the Lasso way is wrong, it's hard to imagine being right. In a business that celebrates ego, Ted reins his in. His coaching style is subtle. It never hits you over the head. Whether that means allowing followers to become leaders, or in a show of respect, eating food so spicy it's sure to wreak massive havoc on his intestinal system. And though I believe that Ted Lasso will fail here and Richmond will suffer the embarrassment of relegation, I won't gloat when it happens. Because I can't help but root for him."

— Trent Crimm, in his editorial about Ted

"He’s fine. Nothing wrong with that. Most people are fine. But it's not about him. It's about why the fuck you think he deserves you. You deserve someone who makes you feel like you've been struck by fucking lightning. Don't you dare settle for fine."

— Roy Kent, dispensing relationship advice to a friend.

Ted: You know better than anyone that all this ain't about winning to me. 'Cause that ain't how we measure success, right?
Coach Beard: Dammit, it is!
Ted: Hey, who put a firecracker up your butt and lit it?
Coach Beard: You did! And I'm sick of it. Look, I understood this mission when we were in Kansas. But those were kids and these are professionals, and winning does matter to them. And it matters to me. And that's okay! ...How do you not get it? Losing has repercussions. We lose, we get relegated. We get relegated, this is over and we will have built nothing. And if you wanna pick a player's feelings over a coach's duty to make a point... I don't wanna drink with someone that selfish.

"The great Roy Kent. You're old now, and slow, and your focus drifts. But your speed and your smarts were never what made you who you are. It's your anger. That's your superpower. That's what made you one of the best midfielders in the history of this league. But I haven't seen it on the pitch at all this season, Roy. I mean, you used to run like you were angry at the grass. You'd kick the ball like you'd caught it fucking your wife, for Christ's sake. But that anger doesn't come out anymore when you play. But it's still in there. And I'm afraid of what it's gonna do to you if you just keep it all for yourself."

— Nate Shelley

"You see, Jamie and Dani are like Picasso and Gauguin. ...Artists. They're artists. And, Colin, you paint too, but your work doesn't end up in museums. It hangs at... well, you're like a painting at a Holiday Inn, you know? You don't inspire. You don't move people. You're there. You cover a bloodstain. You do the job, so just... do the job."

— Nate Shelley

Ted: You're mad as hell at me. I just wanna know why. Huh? What have I got to learn here?
Nate: You wanna know what you did?
Ted: Yeah, please.
Nate: Okay. I'll tell you what you did. You made me feel like I was the most important person in the whole world, and then you abandoned me. Like you switched out a light, just like that. And I—I worked my ass off, trying to get your attention back. To prove myself to you. To make you like me again. But the more I did, the less you cared. It was like I was fucking invisible. You haven't even got the photo I gave you for Christmas up in your office, just a picture of dumb Americans! Now you're gonna play "Nate's false nine," so when the team fuck up, which they will, hey, you can blame it on me. Well, no. Fuck that. Everybody loves you. The great Ted Lasso. Well, I think you're a fucking joke. Without me, you wouldn't have won a single match. They would've shipped your ass back to Kansas, where you belong. With your... with your son. 'Cause you... you sure as hell don't belong here. But I do! I belong here! This didn't just fall into my lap, all right? I—I earned this.
Ted: I know you did, Nate. And if I didn't tell you how important you were to me enough, I'm sorry about that.
Nate: No, no, you know what? You're full of shit. Just—fuck you, Ted.