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Coach Finstock Life Lesson

Moral or takeaway from the film.

Coach Finstock Life Lesson has run in 163 episodes. The most recent 40 are listed below — open any episode at its timestamp to hear the segment.

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‘Speed’Bill Simmons

"Luck runs out sooner or later, guts only get you so far, little cousin" - the line about luck being the biggest thing in the movie

‘About Last Night’Mallory Rubin

"Don't ever lose your sense of humor, Dan" - the Coach Finstock line

‘The Italian Job’Bill Simmons

The 'devil inside' scene/line from Coach Finstock

‘The Karate Kid Part II’Bill Simmons

Mr. Miyagi's line 'A person with no forgiveness in their heart lives in a worse hell than death' - Bill calls it a decent life lesson about learning to move on, though the 45-year grudge timeline is absurd

‘The Karate Kid Part II’Kyle Brandt

Jokes that Miyagi's real life lesson should be 'don't shoplift the pootie from your best friend'

‘Obsession’Bill Simmons

The lesson that 'you can't pray for someone to fall in love with you, it's bad karma' — and that sometimes it's okay to be in the friend zone

‘Ali’Bill Simmons

The 'dude, free ain't easy, free is real, and real is a motherfucker' line from Coach Finstock

‘The Good Son’Bill Simmons

The 'once you realize you can do anything, you're free' line, plus his own added lesson: don't let your possibly murderous son take your daughter ice skating (i.e., pay for the sitter)

‘Domestic Disturbance’Bill Simmons

Picks the 'believe your child' lesson, referencing the scene where the kid's elaborate story (driving in, finding an incinerator, seeing Rick killed) is believed by adults simply because it's detailed

‘Domestic Disturbance’Chris Ryan

Pokes holes in the credibility of the story, noting the courtroom scene where the kid claims he ran off but somehow knows about the incinerator, questioning the logic of adults believing him

‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’Bill Simmons

Don't hire a hot nanny / don't let a hot woman into a power position in your household

‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’Joanna Robinson

Don't go into a greenhouse, not ever, not even once

Episode	Host	Answer
‘Speed’	Bill Simmons	"Luck runs out sooner or later, guts only get you so far, little cousin" - the line about luck being the biggest thing in the movie
‘About Last Night’	Mallory Rubin	"Don't ever lose your sense of humor, Dan" - the Coach Finstock line
‘The Italian Job’	Bill Simmons	The 'devil inside' scene/line from Coach Finstock
‘The Karate Kid Part II’	Bill Simmons	Mr. Miyagi's line 'A person with no forgiveness in their heart lives in a worse hell than death' - Bill calls it a decent life lesson about learning to move on, though the 45-year grudge timeline is absurd
‘The Karate Kid Part II’	Kyle Brandt	Jokes that Miyagi's real life lesson should be 'don't shoplift the pootie from your best friend'
‘Obsession’	Bill Simmons	The lesson that 'you can't pray for someone to fall in love with you, it's bad karma' — and that sometimes it's okay to be in the friend zone
‘Ali’	Bill Simmons	The 'dude, free ain't easy, free is real, and real is a motherfucker' line from Coach Finstock
‘The Good Son’	Bill Simmons	The 'once you realize you can do anything, you're free' line, plus his own added lesson: don't let your possibly murderous son take your daughter ice skating (i.e., pay for the sitter)
‘Domestic Disturbance’	Bill Simmons	Picks the 'believe your child' lesson, referencing the scene where the kid's elaborate story (driving in, finding an incinerator, seeing Rick killed) is believed by adults simply because it's detailed
‘Domestic Disturbance’	Chris Ryan	Pokes holes in the credibility of the story, noting the courtroom scene where the kid claims he ran off but somehow knows about the incinerator, questioning the logic of adults believing him
‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’	Bill Simmons	Don't hire a hot nanny / don't let a hot woman into a power position in your household
‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’	Joanna Robinson	Don't go into a greenhouse, not ever, not even once