"I remember those cheers. They still ring in my ears, and for years they remain in my thoughts."

"One night, I took off my robe, and what'd I do? I forgot to wear shorts."

"I recall every fall, every hook, every jab. The worst way a guy can get rid of his flab."

"A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse! I haven't had a winner in six months."

"Though I'm no Olivier, if he fought Sugar Ray, he would say that the thing ain't the ring, it's the play."

"Give me a stage where this bull here can rage, and though I can fight, I'd much rather recite. That's entertainment."

"Jack, tell me why the fuck do we have to come to Cleveland for you to get beaten by a mulignane?"

"Come on, do the fuckin' right thing. He's got you by the balls, you're outpointed."

"I want you to bite him, kick him, do anything you gotta do. Nobody's lookin', you know what to do."

"Knock the motherfucker out. You understand? Knock him out."

"A knockout's where it's at. Final round. Good luck."

"La Motta continues to bore in, and Reeves is down!"

"They're pulling La Motta away! Two, three, four, five..."

"Jack, come here! It's no good! This is Ohio, not New York! You waited too long!"

"Put my robe on right. Put my robe on right."

"Ladies and gentlemen, under the rules of the Ohio Boxing Commission, after ten rounds, the winner by unanimous decision... Jimmy Reeves!"

"That's Jake's fight! Jake won that fight!"

"Don't leave the ring. You won. Let him go first."

"He's got to fight with Tommy or he'll wind up punch-drunk."

"I know. I said I know."

"You gotta make him know. Make him understand it."

"He's got a concrete head."

"You think it's easy? You talk to him. I can't. Why not? 'Cause he don't like me. Nobody does."

"I know who's the boss. The judges didn't know. The people knew."

"You don't believe me. Thought I was foolin' around. Tell me the truth. I ain't foolin' around."

"That's in your mind. Yeah, so what?"

"With that championship belt around me, I'll fool around."

"Is it done? No, it's not done. Don't overcook it. You're overcooking it. Bring it over!"

"It's like a piece of charcoal! You want it? Yeah, right now! Good. There it is."

"Can't wait for it? No, I can't. Good. Happy? That's all."

"You botherin' me about a steak? You're botherin' me about a steak?!"

"Sal... go fuck yourself."

"Complain some more. I wanna hear."

"You call those carrots? You call that food? I got no choice!"

"I'm sick of you! I got no choice!"

"You got no choice? Stay away! Please!"

"What's the matter up there, you animals?"

"Who's an animal? Your mother's an animal, you son of a bitch!"

"I'm gonna eat your dog for lunch! You hear me, Larry?"

"Your dog will be dead tomorrow, you bum!"

"Calmed down? What did I do? Come on, honey, let's be friends. Truce, all right?"

"It's not all right! You can't eat and drink like an animal and put up with this all day, I'm telling you."

"Forget about Reeves. You've got other fights. You can't keep doing this."

"What's wrong? Something's the matter. What's botherin' me? My hands."

"I got these small, little girl's hands. Me too. Who cares?"

"Know what that means? No matter how big I get, who I fight, or what I do, I'll never fight Joe Louis."

"I'm better than them, and I'll never fight them. That's what's wrong."

"Do me a favor. What? Hit me in the face. What? Hit me in the face."

"Forget about it. I want you to. Go ahead. I said forget about it."

"We have fights all the time. Go ahead! No! You afraid? Of what?"

"Come on, hit me. Harder. Harder. You throw a punch like you take it up the ass. Harder."

"That's hard! You wanna stop? That's enough. Come on! Don't fuck around! Throw it again."

"Your cuts are open. What are you trying to prove?"

"Who's that girl? The blonde? Vickie. Where's she from? She's a neighbourhood girl."

"What's her last name? Vickie. That's all I know. Call her Vickie."

"She's 15 years old. Where's she gonna go, the Copacabana?"

"She ain't the kind you fuck and forget about. Why are you always cursing? Don't do it around me."

"You bang her? No. Tell me the truth. I just did."

"If I did it, you would know. I took her out. You didn't try to fuck her? I tried."

"She didn't go for it. Naturally. She knew better. What does she know better? That you're an animal."

"This Janiro's an up-and-coming fighter, this kid you gotta knock out."

"Knock out this fuckin' kid! I'm telling you, this is your step towards gettin' a shot at the title."

"You've been killin' yourself for three years. There's nobody left -- they're afraid to fight you."

"Fuckin' tear him apart, wipe him out! What are you worried about? Your weight?"

"Either way you win and you do it on your own -- just like you want it."

"I'm gonna open his hole like this. Please excuse my French."

"I'm gonna make him suffer. I'm gonna make his mother wish she never had him - make him into dog meat..."

"He's a nice, a nice kid. He's a pretty kid, too. I mean I don't know, I gotta problem if I should fuck him or fight him."

"You're crazy. Fuck him or fight him."

"If you're really in love with that fucker, just watch out. By who? Janiro."

"You mean, you want me to get him to fuck you? Me? Yeah. No, I don't want him to fuck me. I could do that easily."

"How ya gonna do that? Because I'll get youse both in a ring, I'll give youse both a fuckin' beatin', ya both can fuck each other."

"I get all full of blood. You're used to that."

"Why does he make it so hard on himself? For Christ sake, he comes to me, I'd make it easier for him. The man's got a head of rock."

"You know, it's hard to explain, Tommy. Jack respects you. I mean, he don't say hello to anybody. You, he talks to. He likes you."

"It's just that when he gets somethin' on his mind, you know, he's got a hard head. He likes to do things his own way."

"I mean, Jesus Christ could come off the cross sometime, he don't give a fuck. He's gonna do what he wants to do."

"He wants to make it on his own, you know. He thinks he can make it on his own."

"I've done a lot of bad things, Joey. Maybe it's comin' back to me. Who knows? I'm a jinx maybe. Who the hell knows?"

"They only gave him that fuckin' decision because he's goin' in the Army next week. That's the only reason."

"I knocked him down. I don't know what else I gotta do. I don't know what I gotta do."

"You won and they robbed ya! They're miserable because their mothers take it up the fuckin' ass! That's why."

"If you win, you win. If you lose, you still win."

"Who is this? Sal, is that you. I can hear you breathing you fuck. You listening, your mother sucks fucking big fucking elephant dicks, you got that?"

"Did Salvy fuck Vickie? Jack. Jack, don't start your shit. I mean it, don't start."

"Look at that. Look how they make me look. Like a bum, like a mammalucco. A what? Like the mammalucco of the year."

"I heard things."

"I don't go down for nobody."

"You never got me down, Ray."

"I'm the boss. I'm the boss. I'm the boss. I'm the boss. I'm the boss."

"Did you fuck my wife?"

"Stand up! What the fuck are you doin'?"

"Hit me! Hit me! What's the matter with you, you motherfucker? Hit me!"

"Got your swimming trunks on, Jake? I hope they're paying you enough. Fake, fake."

"What's the matter with you? What's the matter with you?"

"This Janiro's up-and-coming. He don't know. Fuckin' tear him apart, wipe him out!"

"Either way you win and you do it on your own -- just like you want it. All right?"

"You was a good fighter. I remember. You coulda been good."

"I coulda been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it."

"It was just a movie. It was just a movie."