- Alex Todd: We've followed your career as a mathematical consultant all the way from Saratoga to Santa Anita.
- Steve Blair: Ah, Santa Anita.
- Alex Todd: You had five straight bad years.
- Steve Blair: Well, that's not my fault. Arrest the horses.
- Alex Todd: On the sixth year you reported no income.
- Steve Blair: That's right.
- Alex Todd: The government can prove that you won over $100,000 that year.
- Steve Blair: Sure, but that wasn't mine. I had to take care of the guys that took care of me during the five bad years.
- Alex Todd: You had the money, why didn't you pay your taxes?
- Steve Blair: What do you think I am, a crook?
- Alex Todd: Now, look...
- Steve Blair: What have we got, a government full of welchers? It's not ethical to let your friends down. They lent me their money, so I paid them back. And I would've paid you too, but I had nothing left. So, I figured, why declare it and... and... and put you to a lot of trouble?
- Alex Todd: What do you suppose would happen if everybody felt the way you do?
- Steve Blair: The country'd be loaded with race tracks.