Bleed for This Quotes
Kevin Rooney: I mean, you just don't know how to give up.
Vinny Pazienza: No, I do. Trust me, I do. I know exactly how to give up. You know what scares the shit out of me, Kev? Is that it's easy.
Vinny Pazienza: No, I do. Trust me, I do. I know exactly how to give up. You know what scares the shit out of me, Kev? Is that it's easy.
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Female Reporter: People are calling this one of the most unlikely comebacks in sports history. What do you attribute it to?
Vinny Pazienza: Hum... Yeah, I don't know. I had a lot of help.
Female Reporter: But you've also had a lot of adversity. You've had issues with management, conflicts of interest...
Vinny Pazienza: Yeah, well, the boxing world looks shiny from the outside. It's filled with promises that... Most of them turn out to be lies. You can't rely on anyone.
Female Reporter: So what would you say the biggest deception was? What was the biggest lie you were told?
Vinny Pazienza: [pause]
Vinny Pazienza: It's not that simple.
Female Reporter: Why not?
Vinny Pazienza: No, that's the biggest lie I was ever told: It's not that simple. And it's a lie they tell you over and over again.
Female Reporter: [pause]
Female Reporter: What's not simple?
Vinny Pazienza: Any of it. All of it. It's how they get you to give up. They say, It's not that simple, Vinny.
Female Reporter: [pause]
Female Reporter: So, what's the truth?
Vinny Pazienza: [pause]
Vinny Pazienza: That it is. That if you just do the thing that they tell you, you can't, then it's done. And you realise it is that simple... And that it always was.
Vinny Pazienza: Hum... Yeah, I don't know. I had a lot of help.
Female Reporter: But you've also had a lot of adversity. You've had issues with management, conflicts of interest...
Vinny Pazienza: Yeah, well, the boxing world looks shiny from the outside. It's filled with promises that... Most of them turn out to be lies. You can't rely on anyone.
Female Reporter: So what would you say the biggest deception was? What was the biggest lie you were told?
Vinny Pazienza: [pause]
Vinny Pazienza: It's not that simple.
Female Reporter: Why not?
Vinny Pazienza: No, that's the biggest lie I was ever told: It's not that simple. And it's a lie they tell you over and over again.
Female Reporter: [pause]
Female Reporter: What's not simple?
Vinny Pazienza: Any of it. All of it. It's how they get you to give up. They say, It's not that simple, Vinny.
Female Reporter: [pause]
Female Reporter: So, what's the truth?
Vinny Pazienza: [pause]
Vinny Pazienza: That it is. That if you just do the thing that they tell you, you can't, then it's done. And you realise it is that simple... And that it always was.
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Kevin Rooney: Vinny, we started this in a basement. In a fucking basement! Now, go out there and show me how you do things. Show me how you live. Show me how you fight!
Vinny Pazienza: Want me to show you how I fight?
Kevin Rooney: Yeah. Show me who the fuck you are!
Vinny Pazienza: Want me to show you how I fight?
Kevin Rooney: Yeah. Show me who the fuck you are!
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Vinny Pazienza: I'm not at my fight weight right now.
Kevin Rooney: Hey, Vinny, I just saw you use your weight. It wasn't slowing you down. At all.
Vinny Pazienza: Look, I don't need to cut corners, Kev. I can make weight.
Kevin Rooney: No, maybe you're at your weight. Cutting corners is what you've been doing.
Vinny Pazienza: I won my first world title...
Kevin Rooney: As a lightweight, I know. The first time I got laid was in my high school parking lot. You see me taking my wife there every time I want to get my rocks off?
Kevin Rooney: Hey, Vinny, I just saw you use your weight. It wasn't slowing you down. At all.
Vinny Pazienza: Look, I don't need to cut corners, Kev. I can make weight.
Kevin Rooney: No, maybe you're at your weight. Cutting corners is what you've been doing.
Vinny Pazienza: I won my first world title...
Kevin Rooney: As a lightweight, I know. The first time I got laid was in my high school parking lot. You see me taking my wife there every time I want to get my rocks off?
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Kevin Rooney: Hey, we're not done here, Vinny.
Vinny Pazienza: We're not?
Kevin Rooney: No.
Kevin Rooney: We just need to figure out what's next for you. There's a whole world outside the ring. [pause]
Vinny Pazienza: You know, Kev, I'm getting pretty sick of people talking about me like I'm dead. Like I died in that car wreck. Like it's just over for me. [pause]
Vinny Pazienza: Kev, I'm gonna fight again. [pause]
Kevin Rooney: No, you ain't, Vinny.
Vinny Pazienza: We're not?
Kevin Rooney: No.
Kevin Rooney: We just need to figure out what's next for you. There's a whole world outside the ring. [pause]
Vinny Pazienza: You know, Kev, I'm getting pretty sick of people talking about me like I'm dead. Like I died in that car wreck. Like it's just over for me. [pause]
Vinny Pazienza: Kev, I'm gonna fight again. [pause]
Kevin Rooney: No, you ain't, Vinny.
Movie: Bleed for This