You've made it to the top of the mountain, champ, but it's just as steep going down as it was coming up. And a hell of a lot faster. You've got to get used to another kind of life.

— Mr. Eskridge (Paul Winfield)

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9 seconds sound clip from the The Greatest (1977) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:03:16.070 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I mean, what kind of bread are you talking about?

- How much have you got in the bank? Well, you need that and a lot more.

- Excuse us, please. Can you just get back to your... Excuse us. Excuse us.

- Are you still number one?

- It'll all be going out, and nothing coming in to live on.

- You've made it to the top of the mountain, champ, but it's just as steep going down as it was coming up. And a hell of a lot faster. You've got to get used to another kind of life.

- Look, I mean, I don't care about that. I've been broke longer than I've been rich. I mean, I can adjust to that.

- We'll see.

- I mean, just in the last few days, things have changed. The conditions have changed.

- It's still the same for me, isn't it for you?

- How can it be when I'm not the champion?

- They took my title.

[...]

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