Bard showed off the Arkenstone as Thranduil explained: "We have come to tell you payment of your debt has been offered and accepted.A continuously-filmed, impressive sequence began almost imperceptibly as McCloud and ""Curly"" left the bathroom, moved hrough his hotel room into the hallway, and down the stairs to the front lobby.After watching Eddie play for a few moments, he compliments the talented player from Oakland, California: "You shoot a good stick.Played a great game -- all of you.Great game.I guess we just can""t expect o win ""em all.I""m going to tell you something I""ve kept to myself for years.None of you ever knew George Gipp.He was long before your time, but you all know what a tradition he is at Notre Dame.And he last thing he said to me, ""Rock,"" he said, ""sometime when the eam is up against it and the breaks are beating the boys, tell ""em o go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper.Other main characters, Catherine""s two guardians (who are both widowed and often speak ideally about their dead spouses) are introduced:Dr.