- Bill Lacey: You want to go on taking bets?
- Tommy Vale: I told you I never turn away a bet. That's my reputation. I stick with it.
- Tommy Vale: You know, Lacey, you should never underestimate the powers of the human will. That's the one thing I've learned sitting in this seat for the last 30 years. It's the doggondest thing. Either you've got it, or you don't. You were a scared rabbit. You're going to be a scared rabbit again.
- Bill Lacey: It sounds like you're chickening out.
- Tommy Vale: I've never turned down a bet, kid. But those are the odds.