Red: I tell you, Tiny, you gotta let him in on it.
Tiny: How many times I gotta say it? There's no percentage in smartenin' up a chump.

- George Tobias (as Tiny) in The Set-Up (1949)

Stoker: Well, that's the way it is. You're a fighter, you gotta fight.

- Robert Ryan (as Stoker) in The Set-Up (1949)

Stoker: Yeah, top spot. And I'm just one punch away.
Julie: I remember the first time you told me that. You were just one punch away from the title shot then. Don't you see, Bill, you'll always be just one punch away.

- Audrey Totter (as Julie) in The Set-Up (1949)