- [last lines]
- Narrator: [Closing Narration] Mr. Jesse Cardiff, who became a legend by beating one, but who has found out, after his funeral, that being the best of anything carries with it a special obligation to keep on proving it. Mr. Fats Brown, on the other hand, having relinquished the champion's mantle - has gone fishing. These are the ground rules - in The Twilight Zone.
- Narrator: [Opening Narration] Jesse Cardiff, pool shark. The best on Randolph Street, who will soon learn that trying to be the best at anything carries its own special risks in or out - of The Twilight Zone.
- James Howard "Fats" Brown: Nothing's impossible. Some things are less likely than others, that's all.
- James Howard "Fats" Brown: Someone has to keep the flame. Someone has to weed out those who haven't got what it takes. The champions, the legends, they serve as a purpose, a challenge, an incentive.