- Wyatt Earp: [Opening Narration] Dr. John H. Holliday, gambler, gunfighter and, by the oddity of circumstance, a friend of Wyatt Earp, was living on borrowed time. Long ill, Doc's idea of taking care of himself was to drink a quart of whiskey a day. But that a small boy named Benny Burkett could exercise a good influence on Doc Holliday was one of those improbable happenings of which no one in Dodge City would have bet a nickel.
- Doc Holliday: Deacon Earp, I'd rather be a beggar and spend my last dollar like a prince, than be a prince and spend my last money like a beggar.