Quotes

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Red: [entering Samuel Riddle's stables] Jesus Christ, I want to be a horse. Tom Smith: You're almost big enough.

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George Woolf: Wanna know what I think? Charles Howard: Of course. George Woolf: I think it's better to break a man's leg than his heart.

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Howard: You could be crippled for the rest of your life. Red: I was crippled for the rest of my life. I got better. He made me better. Hell, you made me better.

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Dutch Doogan: I don't know. You still look pretty tall to be a jockey. Red: I've never been over 115. Dutch Doogan: Where'd you learn to ride like that? Red: Home. Dutch Doogan: Alright, here's the way it works. I pay you 10 dollars a week to ride. You owe nine dollars for your meal, six dollars to sleep in the stalls, three dollar tack fee. That's the deal. Red: How do I pay all that back? Dutch Doogan: [snoffs] You win.

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Red: It's not my fault. Not this time. Tom Smith: I told you, look out for Rosemont! Red: I thought I had it! Tom Smith: You stopped ridin' him! Red: I couldn't see him! Tom Smith: What the hell are you talking about? He was flyin' up your tail! Red: Yeah, well, I can't... Tom Smith: What? Red: ...SEE out there!

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A nose?! You lose a race a nose, you'd better fall off tryin'! Here! Much these stalls down, every damn one of em!! A nose! For Christ's sake! [walks away]