The Fighter (2010) quotes

View Quote 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 Lanano banana **** thing - we don't need that in our lives!

View Quote 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.

View Quote 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!

View Quote 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.

View Quote Dickie Eklund: [in reference to Charlene saying that Sugar Ray Leonard slipped] hey Mick Do you think I knocked down Sugar Ray Leonard?
Mickey Ward: Yeah, sure I do. You were the pride of Lowell. You were my hero, Dicky.
Dickie Eklund: I was. I was.

View Quote Mickey Ward: [about his sisters] Don't use their nicknames.
Charlene Fleming: Rather not ****in' call 'em anything.

View Quote 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.

View Quote Mickey Ward: I don't have a girlfriend, all right? I... I like you. I came here because I don't wanna show my face in Lowell. I told everybody I was gonna win that fight and get back on track. I told my daughter I was gonna get a bigger apartment so she could move in. You don't think I wanted to call you? I was embarrassed. I mean, I'm sick of bein' a ****in' disappointment. I...
Charlene Fleming: You really think your family's lookin' out for you?

View Quote 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?
Shea 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.

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

View Quote Phyllis 'Beaver' Eklund: [about Charlene] 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 ****in soo-perior 'cause she went to college.

View Quote [after seeing the size of his opponent] He did not just get off the ****in' couch. If he did, I'm gonna buy a couch like that.

View Quote [pointing at each member of his family] I'm the one fighting, okay? Not you, not you, and not you.

View Quote [to Dickie] 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 ****in' happy for me? Why?

View Quote [to Micky] Are you like me? Was just 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 ****in' get out there, and use all the shit that you've been through, all the shit we've gone through over the ****in' years, and you put it in that ring right now. This is yours. This is ****in' yours.