Were we better than the Japanese, or just luckier?
— Admiral Chester W. Nimitz (Henry Fonda)
4 seconds sound clip from the Midway (1976) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 02:08:46.561 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- How will we apologize to His Majesty?
- Leave that to me. I am the only one who must apologize to His Majesty.
- Thank you. That was the LSO, sir. Matt Garth is coming in. His plane is all shot up.
- Well, I wonder if Matt knew how big we won.
- I don't know, but I think I know what he'd have said.
- Were we better than the Japanese, or just luckier?
[...]