How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Million Dollar Baby.
Quote #4
SCRAP: 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.
Sometimes, Scrap speaks pure poetry—like here, when he sums up the determination of dreamers.
Quote #5
MAGGIE: 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 been doing since 13, and, according to you, I'll be 37 before I can even throw a decent punch, which after working this speed bag for a month and getting nowhere, I now realize may be 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 mama weighs 312 pounds. If I was thinking straight, I'd go back home, find a used trailer, buy a deep fryer and some Oreos. Problem is, this is 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?
Maggie's pretty much the personification of perseverance.
Quote #6
FRANKIE: I'm going to get you out of here. These doctors around here don't know squat. Otherwise, why would they be living out here in the desert? As soon as you're able to be moved, we'll find someplace where they've actually studied medicine.
Let's be real: Maggie's prognosis is pretty grim, but that won't stop Frankie from trying everything in his power to help her, and getting in a salty dig at desert-dwelling docs while he's at it.