Million Dollar Baby Quotes

Frankie Father, that was a great sermon... made me weep.

Father Horvak What's confusing you this week?

Frankie Oh, it's the same old, one God-three God thing.

Father Horvak Frankie, most people figure out by kindergarten that it's about faith.

Frankie Is it sort of like Snap Crackle and Pop, all rolled into one big box?

Father Horvak You're standing outside my church, comparing God to Rice Krispies?

Maggie Working the bag, boss.

Frankie I'm not your boss and that bag's working you.

Eddie Dupris All fighters are pig-headed some way or another: some part of them always thinks they know better than you about something. Truth is: even if they're wrong, even if that one thing is going to be the ruin of them, if you can beat that last bad out of them... they ain't fighters at all.

Eddie Dupris If there's magic in boxing, it's the magic of fighting battles beyond endurance, beyond cracked ribs, ruptured kidneys and detached retinas. It's the magic of risking everything for a dream that nobody sees but you.

Maggie I've got nobody but you, Frankie.

Frankie Then you've got me.

Maggie You're gonna leave me again?

Frankie Never.

Frankie Dunn Girlie, tough ain't enough.

Eddie Dupris Frankie likes to say that boxing is an unnatural act, that everything in boxing is backwards: sometimes the best way to deliver a punch is to step back... But step back too far and you ain't fighting at all.

Frankie Dunn I want you to jab, right in the tits, until they turn blue and fall off.

Frankie Dunn You forgot the rule. Now, what is the rule?

Maggie Fitzgerald Keep my left up?

Frankie Is to protect yourself at all times. Now, what is the rule?

Maggie Protect myself at all times.

Frankie Good. Good.

Maggie She's tough, I can't go inside, I can't get close enough to hit her.

Frankie You know why that is?

Maggie Why?

Frankie Cause she's a better fighter than you are, that's why. She's younger, she's stronger, and she's more experienced. Now, what are you gonna do about it?

Maggie Fitzgerald I'm 32, Mr. Dunn, and I'm here celebrating the fact that I spent another year scraping dishes and waitressing which is what I've been doing since 13, and according to you I'll be 37 before I can even throw a decent punch, which I have to admit, after working on this speed bag for a month may be the God's simple truth. Other truth is, my brother's in prison, my sister cheats on welfare by pretending one of her babies is still alive, my daddy's dead, and my momma weighs 312lbs. If I was thinking straight I'd go back home, find a used trailer, buy a deep fryer and some Oreos. Problem is, this the only thing I ever felt good doing. If I'm too old for this then I got nothing. That enough truth to suit you?

Eddie Dupris To make a fighter you gotta strip them down to bare wood: you can't just tell em to forget everything you know , you gotta make em forget even their bones... make em so tired they only listen to you, only hear your voice, only do what you say and nothing else... show em how to keep their balance and take it away from the other guy... how to generate momentum off their right toe and how to flex your knees when you fire a jab... how to fight backing up so that the other guy doesn't want to come after you. Then you gotta show em all over again. Over and over and over... till they think they're born that way.

Frankie How many eyes do you need to finish this fight?

Maggie One's enough.

Maggie Fitzgerald I saw your last fight Shawrelle. You spent so much face time on the canvas, you thought the canvas had titties.

Eddie Dupris Anybody can lose one fight, anybody can lose once, you'll come back from this you'll be champion of the world.