- Joe Early, M.D., F.A.C.S.: Hey, Roy.
- Firefighter Roy DeSoto: Hi, Doc.
- Joe Early, M.D., F.A.C.S.: I understand your friend here won't be of much help to you for a while.
- Firefighter John Gage: Hey, listen, I'm skinny, but I'm tough.
- Firefighter Roy DeSoto: So is Chet Kelly's fried chicken.
- Firefighter John Gage: Oh, very funny! You're humor is in worse shape than my shoulder.
- Dr. Morton: [Johnny has a pulled muscle in his shoulder] Well, you just might miss your next shift.
- Firefighter John Gage: Morton, don't you think this is kind of a big deal over a nothing little...
- Dr. Morton: Look, Gage, a Mr. America, you're not. I mean, you've got an average build, with an average muscle tone, and like most Americans, you're just a little bit soft and frail.
- Firefighter John Gage: Soft?
- Dr. Morton: Soft.
- Firefighter John Gage: No. Uh-uh.
- Dr. Morton: Gage, it's nothing to be ashamed of. You don't have to apologize. I mean, none of us really have the time to keep in really good shape. Soft!
- Firefighter John Gage: But you don't understand. I'm not soft!
- [to Roy]
- Firefighter John Gage: Do I - Am I - Do I look soft to you?
- Firefighter Roy DeSoto: Oh, only from the neck up.
- Dr. Morton: Heh-heh... I agree.