Quotes / I Coulda Been a Contender!

Lightning: How could a car like you quit at the top of your game?!
Doc: You think I quit?
(he motions to an old newspaper with the headline "CRASH! Hudson Hornet Out For Season")
Lightning: Right... Your big wreck in '54.
Doc: They quit on me. When I finally got put together, I went back expecting a big welcome. You know what they said? "Your history!" Moved right on to the next rookie standing in line. There was a lot left in me. I never got a chance to show 'em.

—Cars

I woulda killed if I'd been in "Speed-the-Plow"
But what's the difference? That's all behind me now
Now I'm paying the rent, and I'm swallowing my pride
And I'm working on the Jungle Cruise ride

— "Weird Al" Yankovic, “Skipper Dan”

My name is "Might-Have-Been"
My name is "Never Was"
My name's forgotten

— Hole, “Celebrity Skin”

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