Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris: The body knows what fighters don't: how to protect itself. A neck can only twist so far. Twist it just a hair more and the body says, "Hey, I'll take it from here because you obviously don't know what you're doing... Lie down...
Maggie Fitzgerald: I saw your last fight, Shawrelle. Spent so much time face down I thought the canvas had titties.
Maggie Fitzgerald: We're flying? Frankie Dunn: Would you rather drive? Maggie Fitzgerald: You're askin' me? Frankie Dunn: Would you rather fly or would you rather drive? Maggie Fitzgerald: So, I finally get to decide something? Frankie Dunn: That's w...
Danger Barch: [of a water bottle] How'd you get all the ice in here through this little tiny hole?
Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris: To make a fighter you gotta strip them down to bare wood: you can't just tell 'em to forget everything you know if you gotta make 'em forget even their bones... make 'em so tired they only listen to you, only hear your voice,...
Frankie Dunn: I think someone should count to 10.
Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris: [after hitting someone] 110. Get a job, punk.
Ref #1: Is this your fighter? Frankie Dunn: This is my fighter.
Frankie Dunn: I swear to God, Father, it's committing a sin by doing it. By keeping her alive, I'm killing her. Do you know what I mean? How do I get around that? Father Horvak: You don't. You step aside, Frankie. You leave her with God. Frankie Dunn...
Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris: She came from southwest Missoura, the hills outside the scratchy-ass Ozark town of Theodosia, set in the cedars and oak trees, somewhere between nowhere and goodbye.
Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris: Some people say the most important thing a fighter can have is heart. Frankie'd say: show me a fighter who was nothing but heart and I'll show you a man waiting for a beating.
Frankie Dunn: Hit the bag. Maggie Fitzgerald: Like this? [she hits the speed bag] Frankie Dunn: Stop. Maggie Fitzgerald: What'd I do wrong? Frankie Dunn: Okay, you did two things wrong, one is you asked a question and two is you asked another questio...
Father Horvak: Frankie, I've seen you at Mass almost every day for 23 years. The only person comes to church that much is the kind who can't forgive himself for something.
Maggie Fitzgerald: I seen you looking at me. Frankie Dunn: Yeah, out of pity. Maggie Fitzgerald: Don't you say that. Don't you say that if it ain't true. I want a trainer. I don't want charity, and I don't want favours.
Frankie Dunn: How many times do I got to tell you that bleach is bleach. Why can't you just buy the cheap stuff, you always have to buy the expensive stuff. Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris: It smells better, Frankie. Frankie Dunn: Bleach smells like bleach.
Frankie Dunn: I want you to jab, right in the tits, until they turn blue and fall off.
Frankie Dunn: How many eyes do you need to finish this fight? Maggie Fitzgerald: One's enough.
Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris: There is magic in fighting battles beyond endurance
