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A talented African American running back on the Permian squad with dreams of playing Division I college football, Boobie injures his knee in a preseason scrimmage and must sit out much of the season. When he returns, midway through the Panthers’ campaign, he finds that he runs “tentatively,” and is effectively benched in favor of junior Chris Comer, who is having a breakout year. The white coaches of the team often think that Miles is too self-centered, and not tough enough. Miles eventually quits the team to get season-ending knee surgery and, out of frustration with his uncle LV, moves out of the home they share for a time, before returning and playing football for a local two-year junior college. He never achieves the level of play he once expected.
Boobie Miles Quotes in Friday Night Lights
The Friday Night Lights quotes below are all either spoken by Boobie Miles or refer to Boobie Miles. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Boobie stood in the corner of the darkened room with his arms folded . . . ‘I quit, coach, they got a good season goin’.’
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Chapter 3: Boobie
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My last year . . . I want to win State. You get your picture took and a lot of college people look at you. When you get old, you say, you know, I went to State in nineteen eighty-eight.
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I won’t be able to play college football, man . . . It’s real important. It’s all I ever wanted to do. I want to make it in the pros . . . .
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Chapter 10: Boobie Who?
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For LV, watching Boobie play against Abilene had been harrowing. On every play he couldn’t help but worry that his nephew would do further damage to his knee, even though the brace did provide good protection. He saw the emotional effect the injury was having on Boobie—the prolonged periods of depression as one Friday night after another just came and went.
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Boobie Miles Quotes in Friday Night Lights
The Friday Night Lights quotes below are all either spoken by Boobie Miles or refer to Boobie Miles. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Prologue
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Boobie stood in the corner of the darkened room with his arms folded . . . ‘I quit, coach, they got a good season goin’.’
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Chapter 3: Boobie
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My last year . . . I want to win State. You get your picture took and a lot of college people look at you. When you get old, you say, you know, I went to State in nineteen eighty-eight.
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I won’t be able to play college football, man . . . It’s real important. It’s all I ever wanted to do. I want to make it in the pros . . . .
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Chapter 10: Boobie Who?
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For LV, watching Boobie play against Abilene had been harrowing. On every play he couldn’t help but worry that his nephew would do further damage to his knee, even though the brace did provide good protection. He saw the emotional effect the injury was having on Boobie—the prolonged periods of depression as one Friday night after another just came and went.
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