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- Is he a winner?
- He owns things.
1:21:06
- Is that what makes a winner?
- What else does?
1:21:12
- Does it bother you, what he said?
- Yeah.
1:21:18
It bothers me a lot.
1:21:21
Because, you see, twice,
once at Ames with Fats...
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...and then again at Arthur's...
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That cheap, crummy poolroom.
Why did I do it, Sarah?
1:21:32
I could have beat that guy cold.
He never would've known.
1:21:36
I just had to show him.
1:21:39
I had to show those punks
how great the game can be when it's great.
1:21:45
You know, anything can be great, anything.
1:21:48
Bricklaying can be great if a guy knows.
1:21:51
If he knows what he's doing and why,
and if he can make it come off.
1:21:57
Why, when I'm really going, I feel like a...
1:22:03
Like a jockey must feel sitting on his horse,
with all that speed and power underneath.
1:22:08
He's coming into the stretch,
the pressure's on and he knows.
1:22:12
He just feels when to let it go,
and how much.
1:22:17
He's got everything working for him.
Timing, touch.
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It's a great feeling.
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A real great feeling,
when you're right and you know it.
1:22:29
Suddenly, there's oil in my arm.
The pool cue is part of me.
1:22:34
The pool cue has nerves in it.
It's a piece of wood with nerves.
1:22:39
Feel the roll of those balls.
You don't have to look, you just know.
1:22:45
You make shots
that nobody's ever made before.
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And you play that game
the way nobody's ever played it before.
1:22:55
You're not a loser, you're a winner.