Listen, son. You and I are professionals. If the manager says sacrifice, we lay down a bunt and let somebody else hit the homeruns.
ATTRIBUTION:
Frank W. Wead (1895?–1947), U.S. screenwriter, and John Ford. Admiral Blackwell (Charles Trowbridge), They Were Expendable, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, when Lt. Brickley (Robert Montgomery) learns that his squadron will be running messages rather than retaliating against the Japanese (1945).
