Mickey Ward Quotes in The Fighter (2010)

Mickey Ward: [after seeing the size of his opponent] He did not just get off the fuckin' couch. If he did, I'm gonna buy a couch like that.

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.

Mickey Ward: What are you doing, running in here like a silverback fucking gorilla?

Mickey Ward: You didn't give a fuck if I got killed by Mungin; now, all of a sudden, you're worried Sanchez is gonna hurt me? Why? I mean, come on, Dick. 'Cause you're stuck in here and can't be the center of attention no more?

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.

Mickey Ward: 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 fuckin' happy for me? Why?

Mickey Ward: I'm the one fighting, okay? Not you, not you, and not you.

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?

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.

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 fuckin' disappointment. I...

Charlene Fleming: You really think your family's lookin' out for you?

Mickey Ward: Don't use their nicknames.

Charlene Fleming: Rather not fuckin' call 'em anything.