- Ward Guisenberry: Excuse me. Someone wanted me?
- The Redhead: [looks him over] Mmm, I'll bet plenty of 'em do, honey.
- Ward Guisenberry: It looks like we're going to get along fine.
- Marie Donati: [sarcastically] You think so?
- Louise 'Fluff' Phillips: Nick, you don't notice a lot of things. You're so wrapped up in the game that, well, you forget people have... have feelings and are human.
- Nick 'Nicky' Donati: Well, there isn't any room for feelings in this game. A fighter's a machine, not a human being.
- Turkey Morgan: [to Ward] You think you're cute? Your pants are too long to be that cute.
- [He cuts the pant legs off of Ward's uniform with a knife]
- Nick 'Nicky' Donati: [to Ward] All you got to do is hang that right on his spinach box, and he'll fold.
- Mrs. Donati: [to Marie] Nickie is a manager of boxfighters, not of people's hearts. I go to bed now.