frodofeels:

I appreciate how seriously Oliver Wood takes Quidditch in the books:

• “Bad news, Harry. I’ve just been to see Professor McGonagall about the Firebolt. She – er, got a bit shirty with me. Told me I’d got my priorities wrong. Seemed to think I cared more about winning the Cup than I do about staying alive. Just because I told her I didn’t care if it threw you off, as long as you caught the Snitch first. Honestly, the way she was yelling at me… you’d think I’d said something terrible. Then I asked her how much longer she was going to keep it…”
• “Harry, this is no time to be a gentleman! Knock her off her broom if you have to!” -
• “Oliver, calm down!” said Fred, looking slightly alarmed. “We’re taking Hufflepuff very seriously. Seriously.”
• “Where is Wood?” said Harry, suddenly realizing he wasn’t there.
  “Still in the showers,” said Fred. “We think he’s trying to drown himself.“ 
• “It’ll be down to you, Harry, to show them that a Seeker has to have something more than a rich father. Get to that Snitch before Malfoy or die trying, Harry, because we’ve got to win today, we’ve got to.”
• “This is our last chance - my last chance - to win the Quidditch Cup. I’ll be leaving at the end of this year. I’ll never get another shot at it.”
• “We’ve got three superb Chasers. We’ve got two unbeatable Beaters…” 
  "Stop it, Oliver, you’re making us blush." 
  "And we’ve got a Seeker who has never failed to win us a match! … And me.” 
  "We think you’re very good, too, Oliver." 
  "Cracking good Keeper.”
• “I think we’d better check with Puddlemere United whether Oliver Wood’s been killed during a training session, because Angelina seems to be channelling his spirit.”