Don't you say that if ain't true! I think I did all right. . If I was thinking straight I'd go back home, find a used trailer, buy a deep fryer and some oreos. They manage to leave the painful past behind them and they finally grow together as a team to the family, since both long been lacking. She's tough, I can't go inside, I can't get close enough to hit her. But how come you're wearin' them in the daytime then.

Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood) has spent his life in the ring - as a coach and manager; he has supervised a number of legendary boxer. Frankie Dunn: You wouldn't start training to be a ballerina at 31 now, would you? Because of you, Maggie got her shot. Now, what is the rule? No chance in the world of being what she needed to be. Frankie Dunn: Well, I hate to say it, but it shows. Frankie Dunn: You forgot the rule. Maggie Fitzgerald: I'm 32, Mr. Dunn, and I'm here celebrating the fact that I spent another year scraping dishes and waitressing which is what I've been doing since 13, and according to you I'll be 37 before I can even throw a decent punch, which I have to admit, after working on this speed bag for a month may be the God's simple truth. And if you show your fat, lazy hillbilly ass around here, that's just what I'll do. Closest I ever came was a middleweight from Barstow. But it is precisely this responsibility from Frankie rejects strict - not to mention the risk. All rights reserved. If I'm too old for this then I got nothing. I like it here. How many eyes do you need to finish this fight? When I met him and he was already the best cut man in the business. Gettin' it for yourself, and takin' it from the other guy. Don't you say that if it ain't true! Now, how are we gonna do that?. Would you rather fly or would you rather drive?. It was because of you that she was fightin' the championship of the world. Frankie Dunn: She's got my speed bag, is what she's got. Because of you Maggie got her shot. No. If you're not interested that I got more celebratin' to do. Frankie Dunn: I'm not your boss and you hope the bag works on you. He does not talk around the bush: Maggie is too old, and besides, Frankie's not training women. If she dies today that you know what her last thought would be? "Million Dollar Baby Quotes." Problem is, this the only thing I ever felt good doing. (talking to Frankie) Don't say that. She grew up knowin' one thing; she was trash. I think I did it all right. Because my daytime socks got too many holes in them. How the hell we gonna do that? Frankie Dunn: Yeah, real fast. I saw your last fight, Shawrelle. Frankie Dunn: You got big holes in your socks. Quotes will be submitted for approval by the RT staff. If she dies today you know what her last thought would be? Father Horvak: Frankie, most people figure out by kindergarten that it's about faith. The crucial rule that he teaches his fighters, he also obeyed itself: More important than anything else is their own coverage. Frankie Dunn: Is it sort of like Snap Crackle and Pop, all rolled into one big box? Frankie liked to say that boxing is an unnatural act, that everything in boxing is backwards. That enough truth to suit you? Frankie Dunn: Would you rather fly or would you rather drive? Maggie walked through that door with nothing buts guts. I want a trainer. You did it. It means my darlin'. Frankie Dunn: Oh, it's the same old, 'one God-three God' thing. Other truth is, my brother's in prison, my sister cheats on welfare by pretending one of her babies is still alive, my daddy's dead, and my momma weighs 312lbs. Frankie Dunn: That's the stupidest thing I ever heard of. When I met him and he was already the best cut man in the business. Spent so much time face down that I thought the canvas had titties.