The Fighter
The Fighter

Dickie Eklund: Are you like me? Huh? Was this good enough to fight Sugar Ray? Never had to win, did I? You gotta do more in there. You gotta win a title. For you, for me, for Lowell. This is your time, all right? You take it. I had my time and I blew it. You don't have to. All right? You fuckin' get out there, and use all the shit that you've been through, all that fuckin' hell,

all the shit we've gone through over the fuckin' years, and you put it in that ring right now. This is yours. This is fuckin' yours.

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The Fighter

Mickey Ward: [after seeing the size of his opponent] He did not just get off the fuckin' couch. If he did, I'm gonna buy a couch like that.

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The Fighter

Mickey Ward: Alice, this is Charlene.
Charlene Fleming: Hi.
Alice Ward: I've heard a lot about you.
Charlene Fleming: Really? I've heard a lot about you, too.
Alice Ward: What's that supposed to mean?
Charlene Fleming: Same thing you meant.

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The Fighter

Dickie Eklund: [in reference to Charlene saying that Sugar Ray Leonard slipped] Hey, Mick, you think I knocked down Sugar Ray Leonard?
Mickey Ward: You went ten rounds. One of the best to ever do it. He couldn't hurt you. You were my hero.
Dickie Eklund: I was. I was.

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The Fighter

Dickie Eklund: It's not fuckin' ladylike to be shoutin' in the street like this, all right?

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The Fighter

Dickie Eklund: Who used to be the pride of Lowell? Huh?
Dickie Eklund: [points at himself] Right here. Who's the pride of Lowell now?
Dickie Eklund: [points at Micky] Right there.

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The Fighter

Charlene Fleming: Oh, stop callin' me an MTV girl, whatever the fuck that means.

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The Fighter

Mickey Ward: What are you doing, running in here like a silverback fucking gorilla?

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The Fighter

Charlene Fleming: That's the movie you wanted to see? There wasn't even any good sex in it. Had to read the whole fuckin' movie. Fuckin' subtitled. Some guy from a road crew recommended it to you, a fuckin' subtitled movie?

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The Fighter

Mickey Ward: You didn't give a fuck if I got killed by Mungin; now, all of a sudden, you're worried Sanchez is gonna hurt me? Why? I mean, come on, Dick. 'Cause you're stuck in here and can't be the center of attention no more?

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The Fighter

Alice Ward: I'm sorry. I don't know who you are. Why are you talking?
Charlene Fleming: I'm Charlene. We just met. We're together. Do we need to do this again? Hi, I'm Charlene.

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The Fighter

Mickey Ward: Why can't you just shut up and be happy for me? I spent the last ten years of my life in bad fights set up by you and Alice. I finally got a good thing going for me and you can't be fuckin' happy for me? Why?

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The Fighter

Phyllis 'Beaver' Eklund: I heard she's into three-ways.
Sherri Ward: Yeah, with other girls.
Cathy 'Pork' Eklund: Yeah, like one of those MTV Girls.
Alice Ward: MTV g... What're you talkin' about?
Cathy 'Pork' Eklund: Wild.
Cindy 'Tar' Eklund: She acts all fuckin

soo-perior 'cause she went to college.

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The Fighter

Wolfie: This ain't any anti-Cambodian thing. White people do this to other white people, which is what makes the world go around.

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The Fighter

Alice Ward: What are you doing opening your mouth in my kitchen? You owe me $200.
Sherri Ward: I said I was gonna pay you next week.
Alice Ward: I don't want another word outta you!

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The Fighter

Mickey Ward: I'm the one fighting, okay? Not you, not you, and not you.

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The Fighter

Neary Trainer: [during the press conference] In fact, we expected a much better fighter.
Mickey Ward: I'm just grateful to be here and have the opportunity. Thank you, guys, for the shot.
Reporter: Shea, who DO you respect as a fighter, and who'd you like to fight next?
Neary: I plan on moving right through

Micky Ward tomorrow, moving on to other great fighters, like Gatti. Yeah, I believe Gatti and I'd make a great match.

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The Fighter

Mickey Ward: Don't use their nicknames.
Charlene Fleming: Rather not fuckin' call 'em anything.

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The Fighter

Alice Ward: I know, George, you think I don't know anything, but I know people.
George Ward: I KNOW you know people.
Alice Ward: And that Sal LoNano banana fucking thing - we don't need that in our lives!

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The Fighter

Charlene Fleming: Don't call me a skank. I'll rip the nasty hair right outta ya fuckin head!