- Steven Haley: How long have you known John Conant?
- Bat Masterson: All of thirty minutes.
- Steven Haley: He told me you were an old friend.
- Bat Masterson: I've had friendships that didn't last that long.
- Pate: Are you suggesting that I cheat at cards?
- Bat Masterson: Well, it goes a little bit beyond suggesting.
- Pate: Get out of town. Tonight!
- Bat Masterson: I was just beginning to like it here.
- Pate: I won't tell you again.
- Bat Masterson: I didn't even like the first time you told me. Good day, sir.
- [Bat takes a last drink before confronting Pate's killers]
- Bat Masterson: To your health Mr. Conant... and mine.
- Sarah Lou Conant: Mr. Masterson, please don't go outside.
- Bat Masterson: Everyone seems to want to protect me.
- Sarah Lou Conant: From what Steve said, there's trouble for you out there.
- Bat Masterson: Trouble's a thought a man has to entertain from time to time.
- Steven Haley: Well, I think you've put them out of the gunfighting business.
- Bat Masterson: Yeah, they may have to take an honest job - like gambling.
- [first lines]
- Narrator: August 1881. The Cheyenne Club - oasis of culture and elegance in the rough, bustling cattle town of Cheyenne, Wyoming. Walking into one of his extraordinary adventures is Bat Masterson, a connoisseur of good living, the man who became a legend in his own time.