Ted DiBiase quotes from Royal Rumble

It's time for the Million Dollar Man to pick the Million Dollar number. [Draws his number out of the cage.] And the winning number is... [Virgil opens up the number and reveals it to DiBiase.] Wait a minute...[brings in Slick] Uh, Slick, Slick. When you drew numbers for your men, how did it go?

[laughs] Brother! It was unbelievable!

We should talk.

Last year, allegedly, Ted DiBiase, you drew #30, which would be advantageous...

"Allegedly"? Allegedly? No. Last year, little man, I drew #30!

Well some suspected there might've been a little chicanery, but certainly that wouldn't happen this year, with all the added security of World Wrestling Federation president Jack Tunney, you're not gonna be buying...

Security? You call that security? I call it downright gestapolism [sic]. I didn't even have the opportunity to draw my own number!

Wait a minute, Ted DiBiase, you asked Virgil to draw the number for you.

I didn't ask Virgil to draw the number!

Well, of course you did!

Virgil, did I ask you to draw the number! No! Shut up, don't say anything! You made a mistake, I...I can't believe this!

Wait a minute, what number did you draw?

None of your business what number I...

We're gonna find out sooner or later, where's the number? (DiBiase hands him the number) Oh, you couldn't have gotten a worse draw. This is #1—the worst number of the lot!

Let me tell you something, little man. It doesn't matter whether #1, #2, or #30. What it means is I'll be the first man in the ring, I'll be the last man in the ring, and it's a golden opportunity for me to show all you 9-to-5 nickel-and-dimers out there that I'm the greatest wrestling talent in the world. I'll be there to the end, and I'll win it!

[after Virgil drops the Million Dollar Belt in front of him] What do you think you're doing? You get down there, and pick that thing up right now, and you wrap it around my waist. Need I tell you, need I remind you one more time about your family? About your mother?

Give me a break.

Virgil, remember it just don't matter.

Pick it up!

Remember, Virgil, there comes a point...

Wrap it around my waist!

What, are you gonna need it for the rest of your life?!

How humiliating.

That's right. That's right. Like I always say: everybody's got a price... [He is cut off by Virgil, who wallops him with the belt]

Oh, he NAILED him!

YEAH!!! YEAH!!! YEAH!!!

Listen to this capacity crowd, they love it!

Well it's... It's obvious to me that Owen Hart is blaming...

[Owen kicks Bret in the injured leg, knocking the elder Hart down] Oh no!

HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! That's the smartest thing that Owen Hart has done all night, McMahon. As a matter of fact, that's the smartest thing that Owen Hart has ever done. I think you've just seen a major change in that man's career. He is finally waking up to the fact that he's not going to stand in the shadow of big brother anymore, because big brother wants to hog the limelight.

[A chorus of boos rain down on Owen as he leaves the ring] Can you imagine what the Hart family must be thinking back in Calgary right now? They thought we were going to see Owen and Bret, as brothers, win the Tag Team championships! Instead, they see that man right there!

All he had to do was tag me, but he was too selfish to worry about me! He just worries about himself! He's gotta be a hero and fight the whole match by himself! All he had to do was tag me. I know he had a bad leg! Why didn't he just tag me?! Just tag me, Bret, but you're too damn selfish.

I can't believe those remarks!

I can! He hit the nail right on the head. That's exactly what I said, McMahon. That's exactly what I said, and Owen Hart has just waken up. From now on, you're gonna see a whole new attitude from that young man, and I see him going to the top.

You gotta remember one thing, McMahon. When it's all over, [the buzzer sounds] done and said, when the smoke clears and the dust settles, they don't care how...

[#6 is Bart Gunn] Here comes Bart. Here comes Bart Gunn!

...they just wanna know who. When it's all over, who won. Not how they win, who won.

[#7 is Diesel] Look at this monster.

That's one big man, McMahon. Almost as big as me.

Yeah, right.

Hey, if I'm standing on my wallet.

[#10 is Virgil, an alternate entry, who attacks Diesel] What a story this would be if Virgil could dump the big man out.

Well, the key word there, McMahon, is "alternate." [As he says this, Diesel eliminates Virgil] Virgil made his mistake long ago when he left me. See what I mean?

Who is gonna stop this huge monster in the ring?

Next!

That must have been Bret. That must be Bret Hart. That's unfortunate.

[laughs] A matter of opinion.

Nine men currently in the Rumble, and unfortunately it would've been ten with Bret Hart, I suppose. Bret Hart wanted to be in the Rumble; it was a dream of his to be in the Royal Rumble, to win this one, and then go on to perhaps once again be the WWF Champion. It has been a bad night for Bret Hart, one that I'm sure he will never ever forget, and a bad night for the whole Hart family.

Not Owen! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!

[as the buzzer sounds] The ring is really filling up with humanity now. Who is it? Who is it? [Entry #27 is, limping to the ring...] It's Bret Hart! It's Bret Hart!

I can't believe it! I just can't believe it! I'll tell you what. I'll tell you, McMahon, that's sure...he's sure showing a lot of guts!

Look at that determination! Look at that determination!

Yeah, look how stupid he is for risking this after he'd been hurt so bad! There's a lot of guts, but no brains at all!

I don't know what Bret can do in the ring, in the Royal Rumble, if he can do anything. But I'll tell you, if he doesn't do anything, I'll give that man credit for returning. What gumption, what guts on the part of Bret Hart.

I don't know what you're seeing, McMahon. I give him credit for being stupid. He's out there risking what could be his career with a severe injury, just to prove to all these people that he's got guts.