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Michael Mantell Quotes

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Memorable Quotes from Michael Mantell

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Eight Men Out
Champions and the Allure of Money
Abe Attell They say that six or seven guys. I find that hard to believe.
Arnold Rothstein Doesn't surprise me.
Abe Attell Yeah, but they're the champs.
Arnold Rothstein You were champ, Abe, you went down for the bucks.
Abe Attell This is different.
Arnold Rothstein Look, champ. I know guys like that. I grew up with them. I was the fat kid they wouldn't let play. "Sit down, fat boy'. That's what they'd say, "Sit down, maybe you'll learn something." Well, I learned something alright. Pretty soon, I owned the game, and those guys I grew up with come to me with their hats in their hands. Tell me, champ, all those years of puggin', how much money did you make?
Abe Attell The honest fights or the ones I tanked?
Arnold Rothstein Altogether, I must've made ten times that amount betting on you and I never took a punch.
Abe Attell Yeah, but I was champ. Featherweight champeen of the world!
Arnold Rothstein Yesterday. That was yesterday.
Abe Attell No A.R. you're wrong. I was champ, and can't nothin take that away.
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Eight Men Out
Uncertainty Surrounds Betting Promises
Abe Attell It's all out on bets.
Chick Gandil That's not good enough!
[Shoves Attell]
Abe Attell Hey! Don't worry, you'll get your money soon enough.
Chick Gandil When?
Swede Riesberg And how much?
Abe Attell A hundred grand, like I said. Twenty after each game.
Happy Felsch Wait a minute, that's five games. I thought we were just dumping a few.
Abe Attell No, you lose the first three.
Eddie Cicotte Kerr's pitching the third. He's not with us.
Swede Riesberg So, what? We don't hit for him, he'll fold. He's a busher!
Abe Attell After that, we gotta play it by ear. We gotta make this look good, fellas....
Eddie Cicotte Chick, where's the money I asked for?
[quietly to Gandil]
Chick Gandil Look under your pillow.
Eddie Cicotte What?
Chick Gandil Compliments of Sport Sullivan.
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Eight Men Out
A Conversation Among Former Athletes
Billy Maharg See, Bill, what did I tell ya? It's the little champ!
Abe Attell They don't take nickel bets here, fellas.
Bill Burns Abe Attell, right?
Abe Attell Yeah. And you...you were a ballplayer.
Bill Burns Bill Burns.
Abe Attell Sleepy" Bill Burns! Strictly bench material.
Bill Burns I won a few games.
Abe Attell Well, you lost a few more. And you, my friend, didn't get that nose bobbing for apples.
[To Maharg]
Billy Maharg I'm a fighter, sort of.
Abe Attell Sort of. Let's see...Philly?
Billy Maharg Yeah.
Abe Attell Billy Maharg!
Billy Maharg Yeah! You've seen me fight?
Abe Attell Yeah, I've seen ya - you're a bum!
Billy Maharg Hey!
Abe Attell Yeah. So, what do you two birds want?
Billy Maharg Word is that you work for Arnold Rothstein.
Bill Burns We've got a proposition to make. Could mean big bucks.
Abe Attell Well, I'm Mr. Rothstein's ears, so let's hear it.
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