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Charles Howard
- George Woolf: Wanta know what I think?
- Charles Howard: Of course.
- George Woolf: I think it's better to break a man's leg than his heart.
- Charles Howard: The horse is too small, the jockey too big, the trainer too old, and I'm too dumb to know the difference.
- Charles Howard: You could be crippled for the rest of your life.
- Red Pollard: I *was* crippled for the rest of my life. I got better. He made me better. Hell, you made me better.
- [Red is not eating his food at the dinner table]
- Charles Howard: Go ahead, eat.
- Red Pollard: I'm not that hungry.
- Charles Howard: Sure, you're not.
- Red Pollard: It's just a lot of food.
- Charles Howard: I'd rather have you strong than thin.
- Charles Howard: [speaking to the newsmen after the win at Santa Anita] Well, I just think this horse has a lot of heart. He may have been down, but he wasn't out. He may have lost a few, but he didn't let it get to him. I think I learned a lick or two from this little guy. Oh, and by the way, he doesn't know he's little. He thinks he's the biggest horse out there.
- [displaying Seabiscuit's jockey silks]
- Marcela Howard: You don't think the "H" is too big?
- Charles Howard: You seen the size of our jockey?
- Charles Howard: [about the horse] Will he get better?
- Tom Smith: Already is. A little.
- Charles Howard: Will he race?
- Tom Smith: No. Not that one.
- Charles Howard: So why are you fixing him?
- Tom Smith: 'Cause I can. Every horse is good for something.
- Charles Howard: It isn't just the leg. He could fall off. He could get trampled. He could...
- Marcela Howard: He could die?
- [She picks a little ball game out of his pocket]
- Marcela Howard: You know I play with this all the time, too. No matter how hard I try, I can't get that damn ball to stay in the hole. Just let him ride. Just let him do it.
- [Howard is selling a new Buick at his dealership, explaining the advantages of a car over a horse]
- Charles Howard: To tell you the truth, I wouldn't spend more than five dollars on the best horse in America.
- Red Pollard: This isn't just any race. This is the Santa Anita. I had that race. I was there.
- Charles Howard: I know.
- [in a restaurant, reacting to Riddle's refusal]
- Charles Howard: Shit!
- Marcela Howard: Charles!
- Charles Howard: [quietly] Shit!
- Marcela Howard: Yeah, I know what you mean.
- Charles Howard: [Some months after the tragic death of their young son, Charles Howard sees his wife, Annie cleaning a bit of blood on the porch with a mop] Why don't you come inside?
- Annie Howard: I want to clean this up, first.
- Charles Howard: Let Sam clean it up.
- Annie Howard: [firmly and distraught] I don't want *Sam* to clean this, *I* want to!
- Charles Howard: [reaching over to comfort her] Honey...
- [Annie angrily pushes Charles away, yelling in protest. Scene shifts to Annie Howard leaving the ranch by taxicab, with Charles sadly watching from a upstairs window]